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L.S- Law S+A}FftS, etc. 

Compilation of Annual Naval Appropriation Laws 


FROM 1883 TO 1903, 


INCLUDING PROVISIONS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION 
OF ALL VESSELS OE THE “NEW NAVY.” 


COMPILED BY 

PITMAN PULSIFER, 

Clerk Committee on Naval Affairs , United States Senate . 


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FORTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION, MARCH 3, 1883. 

[Public —No. 48.] 

AN ACT making appropriations for the naval service for the fiscal year ending June 
thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, and for other purposes. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums be, and 
they are hereby , appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the Treas¬ 
ury not otherwise appropriated, for the naval service of the government 
for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, 
and for other purposes: 

For the pay of the Navy, for the active-list, namely: For one Admiral, 
one Vice-Admiral, ten rear-admirals, eight chiefs of bureau, twenty-four 
commodores, forty-eight captains, ninety commanders, eighty lieutenant- 
commanders, two hundred and eighty lieutenants, one hundred mas¬ 
ters, the title of which grade is hereby changed to that of lieutenants, 
and the masters now on the list shall constitute a junior grade of, and 
be commissioned as, lieutenants, having the same rank and pay as now 
provided by law for masters, but promotion to and from said grade 
shall be by examination as provided by law for promotion to and from 
the grade of master, and nothing herein contained shall be so construed 
as to increase the pay now allowed by law to any officer in the line or 
staff; one hundred ensigns, ninety-one midshipmen, the title of which 
grade is hereby changed to that of ensign, and the midshipman now on 
the list shall constitute a junior grade of, and be commissioned as, en¬ 
signs, having the same rank and pay as now provided by law for mid¬ 
shipmen, but promotions to and from said grade shall be under the 
same regulations and requirements as now provided by law for promo¬ 
tion to and from the grade of midshipmen, and nothing herein contained 
shall be so construed as to increase the pay now allowed by law to any 
officer of said grade or of any officer of relative rank; fourteen medical 
directors, fifteen medical inspectors, fifty surgeons, eighty passed 
assistant surgeons, twelve assistant surgeons, two assistant surgeons 
not in the line of promotion who shall hereafter, after fifteen years’ 
service, be entitled to receive, as annual pay, when at sea, two thou¬ 
sand one hundred dollars, when on shore duty, one thousand eight 
hundred dollars, and when on leave or waiting orders, one thousand 
six hundred dollars, thirteen pay directors, twelve pay inspectors, 
fifty paymasters, thirty past assistant paymasters, twenty assistant 
paymasters, sixty-nine chief engineers, ninety-nine past assistant 
engineers, sixty-two assistant engineers, sixty-two cadet engineers, 
twenty-three chaplains, eleven professors of mathematics, ten naval con¬ 
structors, six assistant naval constructors, ten civil engineers, one hun¬ 
dred and ninety-five warrant officers, forty mates, three hundred and 
thirty-five naval cadets; in all, three million nine hundred and forty 
thousand eight hundred dollars: Hereafter only one half of the vacan¬ 
cies in the various grades in the staff corps of the navy shall be filled by 

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promotion until such grades shall be reduced to the numbers fixed for 
the several grades of the staff corps of the navy by the act of August 
fifth, eighteen hundred and eighty two, making appropriations for the 
naval service for the fiscal } r ear ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred 
and eighty three, and for other purposes. 

For pay of theretired list, namely: For forty-six rear-admirals, twenty - 
one commodores, eleven captains, ten commanders, sixteen lieutenant- 
commanders, nine lieutenants, eleven masters, six ensigns, one midship¬ 
man, twenty-two medical directors, two medical inspectors, two sur¬ 
geons, four passed assistant surgeons, seven assistant surgeons, seven 
pay-directors, twopay-inspectors, four paymasters, two passed assistant 
paymasters, one assistant paymaster, ten chief engineers, twenty one 
passed assistant engineers, twenty-five assistant engineers, eight chap¬ 
lains, six professors of mathematics, one chief constructor, three civil 
engineers, eleven boatswains, nine gunners, eleven carpenters, and nine 
sailmakers; in all, seven hundred and three thousand one hundred and 
eighty dollars: 

For pay to petty officers, seamen, ordinary seamen, landsmen, and 
boys, including men in the engineers 5 force, and for the Coast Survey 
Service, not exceeding eight thousand two hundred and fifty in all, two 
million four hundred and ninety thousand dollars. 

For two secretaries, one to the Admiral and one to the Vice-Admiral, 
clerks to paymasters, clerks at inspections, navy-yards, and stations, 
and extra pay to men enlisted under honorable discharge; commission 
and interest, transportation of funds, exchange, mileage to officers while 
traveling under orders in the United States, and for actual personal 
expenses of officers while traveling abroad under orders; and for actual 
and necessary traveling expenses of naval cadets while proceeding from 
their homes to the Naval Academy for examination and appointment as 
cadets and for the payment of any such officers as may be in service, 
either upon the active or retired list, during the year ending June thir¬ 
tieth, eighteen hundred and eighty four, in excess of the numbers of 
each class provided for in this act, and for any increase of pay arising 
from different duty, as the needs of the service may require, three hun¬ 
dred thousand dollars. And all officers of the Navy shall be credited 
with the actual time they may have served as officers or enlisted men 
in the regular or volunteer Army or Navy, or both, and shall receive 
all the benefits of such actual service in all respects in the same manner 
as if all said service had been continuous and in the regular Navy in 
the lowest grade having graduated pay held by such officer since last 
entering the service: Provided , That nothing in this clause shall be so 
construed as to authorize any change in the dates of commission or in 
the relative rank of such officers: Provided further , That nothing herein 
contained shall be so construed as to give an}^ additional pay to any 
such officer during the time of his service in the volunteer army or 
navy. 

For contingent expenses of the Navy, namely: For rent and furniture 
of buildings and offices not in navy-yards; expenses of courts-martial 
and courts of inquiry, boards of investigation, examining boards, with 
clerks’ and witnesses’ fees, and traveling expenses and costs; stationery 
and recording; expenses of purchasing-paymasters’ offices at the vari¬ 
ous cities, including clerks, furniture, fuel, stationery, and incidental 
expenses; newspapers and advertising; foreign postage; telegraphing, 
foreign and domestic; telephones; copying; care of library; mail and ex¬ 
press wagons, and livery and express fees; costs of suits; commissions, 


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warrants, diplomas, and discharges; relief of vessels in distress, and 
pilotage; recovery of valuables from shipwrecks; quarantine expenses; 
care and transportation of the dead; for putting in order and preserving 
the grave of Paul Hamilton, a former Secretary of the Navy, the ex¬ 
penditure therefor not to exceed one hundred dollars; reports, profes¬ 
sional investigation, cost of special instruction, and information abroad, 
and the collection and classification thereof; and all other emergencies 
and extraordinary expenses, arising at home or abroad, but impos¬ 
sible to be anticipated or classified, exclusive of personal services in 
the Navy Department or any of its subordinate bureaus or offices at 
Washington, District of Columbia, one hundred thousand dollars. 

BUREAU OF NAVIGATION. 

For foreign and local pilotage and towage of ships of war; services 
and materials in correcting compasses on board ship, and for adjusting 
and testing compasses on shore; nautical and astronomical instruments, 
nautical books, maps, charts, and sailing directions, and repairs of 
nautical instruments for ships of war; books for libraries for ships of 
war; naval signals and apparatus, namely, signal-lights, lanterns, 
rockets, running-lights, drawings, and engravings for signal-books; 
compass-fittings, including binnacles, tripods, and other appendages of 
ships’ compasses; logs and other appliances for measuring the ship’s 
ways, and leads and other appliances for sounding; lanterns and lamps, 
and their appendages, for general use on board ship, including those 
for the cabin, ward-room, and steerage, for the holds and spirit-room, 
for decks and quartermasters’ use; bunting and other materials for 
flags, and making and repairing flags of all kinds; oil for ships of war, 
other than that used for the engineer department; candles when used 
as a substitute for oil in binnacles and running-lights; for chimneys and 
wicks; and soap used in navigation department; stationery for com¬ 
manders and navigators of vessels of war, and for use of courts-martial; 
musical instruments and music for vessels of war; steering-signals and 
indicators, and for speaking-tubes and gongs for signal communication 
on board vessels of war; and for introducing electric lights on board 
vessels of war, not exceeding five thousand dollars; in all, one hundred 
thousand dollars. 

For special ocean surveys and the publication thereof, ten thousand 
dollars. 

For contingent expenses of the Bureau of Navigation, namely: For 
freight and transportation of navigation materials; postage and tele¬ 
graphing on public business; advertising for proposals; packing-boxes 
and materials; and all other contingent expenses, four thousand dollars. 

For the civil establishment at navy-yards and stations, five thousand 
dollars. 

BUREAU OF ORDNANCE. 

For procuring, producing, and preserving ordnance material; for 
the armament of ships, and for fuel, tools, materials and labor to be 
used in the general work of the Ordnance Department for these pur¬ 
poses, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. And any balance of 
the appropriation made for commencing the manufacture of steel rifled 
breech-loading guns, with carriages and ammunition, that may be 
unexpended during the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-three, 
is hereby re-appropriated and made available for continuing that serv- 


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ice during the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and 
eighty-four. 

For necessary repairs to ordnance buildings, magazines, gun parks, 
boats, lighters, wharves, machineiy, and other objects of the like char¬ 
acter, including breakwaters at the magazine, Ellis Island, New York, 
and the erection of a shell-filling house at the Bellevue magazine, Wash¬ 
ington, fifteen thousand dollars. 

That the President of the United States is hereby authorized and re¬ 
quested to select from the Army and Navy six officers, who shall con¬ 
stitute a board for the purpose of examining and reporting to Congress 
which of the navy-yards or arsenals owned by the government has the 
best location and is best adapted for the establishment of a government 
foundr}^, or what other method, if any, should be adopted for the manu¬ 
facture of heavy ordnance adapted to modern warfare, for the use of 
the Army and Navy of the United States, the cost of all buildings, 
tools, and implements necessary to be used in the manufacture thereof, 
including the cost of a steam-hammer or apparatus of sufficient size for 
the manufacture of the heaviest guns; and that the President is fur¬ 
ther requested to report to Congress the finding of said board at as 
early a date as possible; Provided , That no extra compensation shall 
be paid the officers serving on the board hereby created. 

For miscellaneous items, namely: For freight to foreign and home 
stations, advertising and auctioneers’ fees, cartage and express charges, 
repairs to fire-engines, gas and water pipes, gas and water tax at maga¬ 
zines, toll, ferriage, foreign postage, and telegrams, three thousand 
dollars. 

For the civil establishment at navy-} 7 ards and stations, five thousand 
dollars. 

For the torpedo corps, namely: For labor, material, and freight and 
express charges; general repairs to grounds, buildings, and wharves; 
boats’ instruction, instruments, tools, experiments, and general torpedo 
outfits, fifty thousand dollars. 

TORPEDOES. 

For the purchase and manufacture, after full investigation and test 
in the United States under the direction of the Secretary of the Navy, 
of torpedoes adapted to naval warfare, or of the right to manufacture 
the same and for the fixtures and machinery necessary for operating 
the same, one hundred thousand dollars: Provided , That no part of said 
money shall be expended for the purchase or manufacture of any tor¬ 
pedo or of the right to manufacture the same until the same shall have 
been approved by the Secretary of the Navy, after a favorable report to 
be made to him* by a board of naval officers to be created by him to 
examine and test said torpedoes and inventions. 

BUREAU OF EQUIPMENT AND RECRUITING. 

For equipment of vessels: For coal for steamers’ and ships’ use, in¬ 
cluding expenses of transportation, storage, and handling; hemp, wire, 
hides, and other materials for the manufacture of rope and cordage; 
iron for manufacture of cables, anchors, galleys, and chains; canvas for 
the manufacture of sails, awnings, bags, and hammocks; heating appa¬ 
ratus for receiving-ships; and for the purchase of all other articles of 
equipment at home and abroad, and for the payment of labor in equip¬ 
ping vessels and manufacture of equipment articles in the several navy- 


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yards, eight hundred thousand dollars; and the Secretary of the Navy 
is authorized and empowered, within his discretion, to constitute and in¬ 
troduce, as a portion of the equipment of the Navy, the life saving dress 
adopted and approved by the Life Saving Service of the United States. 

For expenses of recruiting: For expenses of recruiting, rent of ren¬ 
dezvous, and expenses of maintaining the same, advertising for men 
and boys, and all other expenses attending the recruiting for the naval 
service, and for the transportation of enlisted men and boys, at home 
and abroad, twenty-five thousand dollars. 

For contingent expenses equipment and recruiting: For extra ex¬ 
penses of training-ships, freight and transportation of equipment stores, 
printing, advertising, telegraphing, books and models, postage, car- 
tickets, ferriage, ice, apprehension of deserters and stragglers, assist¬ 
ance to vessels in distress, continuous-service certificates and good- 
conduct badges for enlisted men, school books for training-ships, extra 
medals for boys, and emergencies arising under cognizance of Bureau 
of Equipment and Recruiting unforeseen and impossible to classify, ten 
thousand dollars. 

For the civil establishment at navy-yards and stations nine thousand 
dollars. 

BUREAU OF YARDS AND DOCKS. 

For general maintenance of y^ards and docks, namely: For freight 
and transportation of materials and stores, books, models, maps, and 
drawings; purchase and repair of fire-engines; machinery, repairs on 
steam fire engines, and attendance on the same; purchase and mainte¬ 
nance of oxen and horses, and driving teams, carts, and timber-wheels, 
and all vehicles for use in the navy-yards, and tools and repairs of the 
same; dredging; postage on letters and other mailable matter on pub¬ 
lic service and telegrams; furniture for government houses and offices 
in the navy-yards; coal and other fuel; candles, oil, and gas; cleaning 
and clearing up yards, and care of public buildings; attendance on 
fires; lights; fire engines and apparatus; for clerical and incidental 
labor at navy-yards; water-tax, and for toll and ferriages; rent of offi¬ 
cers’ quarters at League Island; pay of the watchmen in the navy- 
yards; and for awning and packing-boxes, and advertising, two hundred 
and sixty-four thousand dollars, of which sum sixty four thousand dol¬ 
lars shall be immediately available. 

For contingent expenses that may arise at navy-yards and stations, 
twenty" thousand dollars. 

For the civil establishment at navy-yards and stations, twenty-four 
thousand dollars. 

BUREAU OF MEDICINE AND SURGERY. 

For support of the medical department: For surgeons’ necessaries 
for vessels in commission, navy-yards, naval stations, Marine Corps, 
and Coast Survey, forty thousand dollars. 

For the naval-hospital fund, namely: For maintenance of the naval 
hospitals at the various navy-yards and stations, thirty thousand dol¬ 
lars. And if the Secretary of the Navy shall not be able to maintain 
properly the whole number of naval hospitals now kept open on the 
amounts hereby appropriated for the maintenance of and civil estab¬ 
lishment at naval hospitals, he shall close those which are least neces¬ 
sary to the service, and provide for the patients now cared for therein 
at such other naval hospitals as may be most convenient 


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For contingent expenses of the bureau: For freight on medical stores; 
transportation of insane patients to the government hospital; advertis¬ 
ing; telegraphing; purchase of books; expenses attending the medical 
board of examiners; rent of rooms for naval dispensary, hygienic and 
sanitary investigation and illustration; purchase and repair of wagons 
and harness; purchase and feed of horses and cows; trees, garden tools, 
and seeds, twenty five thousand dollars. 

For necessary repairs of naval laboratory, naval hospitals, and ap¬ 
pendages, including roads, wharves, out-houses, sidewalks, fences, gar¬ 
dens, farms, and cemeteries, fifteen thousand dollars. 

For the maintenance of the civil establishment at the several naval 
hospitals, navy-yards, naval laboratory, and Naval Academy, twenty 
thousand dollars. 

BUREAU OF PROVISIONS AND CLOTHING. 

For provisions for the seamen and marines; commuted rations for 
officers, seamen and marines; expenses of the handling and transpor¬ 
tation of provisions; of inspections and storehouses; purchase of water 
for ships for cooking and drinking purposes, and for provisions and 
commutation of rations for seven hundred and fifty boys, one million 
one hundred thousand dollars. 

For contingent expenses: For freight on shipments (except provi¬ 
sions), candles, fuel; books and blanks; stationery; advertising and 
commissions on sales; furniture for inspection and pay-offices in navy- 
yards; foreign postage, telegrams, and express charges; toll, ferriages, 
and car-tickets; yeomans stores, iron safes, ice, newspapers, and inci¬ 
dental expenses absolutely necessary, forty thousand dollars. 

For civil establishment, six thousand dollars. 

BUREAU OF CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR. 

For preservation and completion of vessels on the stocks and in or¬ 
dinary; purchase of materials and stores of all kinds; labor in navy 
yards and on foreign stations; preservation of materials; purchase of 
tools; wear, tear, and repair of vessels afloat, and for general care, in¬ 
crease, and protection of the Navy in the line of construction and re¬ 
pair, and incidental expenses, namely, advertising and foreign postage, 
one million one hundred thousand dollars: Provided , That no part of 
this sum shall be applied to the repairs of any wooden ship when the 
estimated cost of such repairs, to be appraised by a competent board 
of naval officers, shall exceed twenty per centum of the estimated cost, 
appraised in like manner, of a new ship of the same size and like ma¬ 
terial: Provided further. That nothing herein contained shall deprive 
the Secretary of the Navy of the authority to order repairs of ships 
damaged in foreign waters or on the high seas, so far as may be neces¬ 
sary to bring them home. 

For the civil establishment, twenty thousand dollars. 

BUREAU OF STEAM ENGINEERING. 

For repairs, completion, and preservation of machinery and boilers, 
including steam steerers, steam capstans, steam windlasses, and so 
forth, in vessels on the the stocks and in ordinary; purchase and pres¬ 
ervation of all materials and stores; purchase, fitting, and repair of ma¬ 
chinery and tools in the navy-yards and stations; wear, tear, and re- 


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pair of machinery and boilers of naval vessels; incidental expenses, 
such as foreign postages, telegrams, advertising, freight, photograph- 
ing, books, stationery, and instruments, one million dollars: Provided , 
That no part of said sum shall be applied to the repair of engines and 
machinery of wooden ships where the estimated costs of such repair 
shall exceed twenty per centum of the estimated cost of new engines 
and machinery of the same character and power, but nothing herein 
contained shall prevent the repair or building of boilers for wooden 
ships, the hulls of which can be fully repaired for twenty per centum 
of the estimated cost of a new ship of the same size and material. 

For contingencies, such as instruments and materials for draughting- 
room, one thousand dollars. 

For the civil establishment, ten thousand dollars. 

INCREASE OF THE NAVY. 

To be applied by the Secretary of the Navy under the appropriate 
bureaus: For engines and machinery for the double-turreted iron-clads, 
in accordance with the recommendations of the Naval Advisory Board, 
one million dollars. 

The execution of no contract shall be entered upon for the completion 
of the engines and machinery of either of these vessels until the terms 
thereof shall be approved by said Board, who shall approve onty con¬ 
tracts which may be to the best advantages of the government, and fair 
and reasonable, according to the lowest market price for similar work. 
And the Secretary of the Navy shall take possession of the double- 
turreted iron-clads, and if he thinks best, remove the same to the govern¬ 
ment nav3-} T ards; and he shall ascertain the amounts which ought to be 
paid to the contractors severally for the use and occupation of their 
yards with said ships, and for the care thereof, and report the same, 
with all the facts connected therewith, to Congress. 

For the construction of the steel cruiser of not less than four thousand 
three hundred tons displacement now specially authorized by law, two 
steel cruisers of not more than three thousand nor less than two thou¬ 
sand five hundred tons displacement each, and one dispatch boat, as 
recommended by' the Naval Advisory Board in its report of December 
twentieth, eighteen hundred and eight3-two, one million three hundred 
thousand dollars; and for the construction of all which vessels, except 
their armament, the Secretaiy of the Nav3 T shall invite proposals from 
all American ship-builders whose ship-yards are fully equipped for build¬ 
ing or repairing iron and steel steamships, and constructors of marine 
engines, machinery, and boilers; and the Secretar3 r of the Navy is au¬ 
thorized to construct said vessels and procure their armament at a total 
cost for each not exceeding the amounts estimated b3 T the Naval Ad- 
visor3 r Board in said report, and in the event that such vessels or any 
of them shall be built % contract, such building shall be under con¬ 
tracts with the lowest and best responsible bidder or bidders, made 
after at least sixty days’ advertisement, published in five of the lead¬ 
ing newspapers of the United States, inviting proposals for construct¬ 
ing said vessels, subject to all such rules, regulations, superintendence, 
and provisions as to bonds and security for the due completion of the 
work as the Secretar3 r of the Nav3 T prescribe; and no such vessel 
shall be accepted unless completed in strict conformity' with the con¬ 
tract, with the advice and assistance of the Naval Advisory Board, and 


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in all respects in accordance with the provisions of the act of August 
fifth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, except as they are hereby modi¬ 
fied; and the authority to construct the same shall take effect at once; 
and the Secretary of the Navy may, in addition to the appropriation 
hereby made, apply to the constructing and finishing of the vessels 
in this clause refferred to any balance of the appropriation made to 
the Bureaus of Construction and Repair and Steam-Engineering for the 
current fiscal year or in the present act which may remain available for 
that purpose: Provided , That he shall utilize the national navy-yards, 
with the machinery, tools, and appliances belonging to the government 
there in use in the building of said ships, or any parts thereof, as fully 
and to as great an extent as the same can be done with advantage to 
the government. 

The services and expenses of the two civilian expert members of the 
Naval Advisory Board may be paid from the appropriations for the 
increase of the Navy, not exceeding eleven thousand dollars. 

For investigating and testing the practicability of deflective turrets 
designed b}^ Passed Assistant Engineer N. B. Clark, twenty thousand 
dollars, to be available immediately, the investigation and test to be 
made by the Naval Advisory Board. 

NAVAL ACADEMY. 

For pay of professors and others: For two professors, namely, one 
of mathematics and one of chemistry, at two thousand five hundred 
dollars each; three professors (assistants), namely, one of physics, one 
of Spanish, and one of English studies, histor}^, and law, at two thou¬ 
sand two hundred dollars each; six assistant professors, namely, four 
of French, one of English studies, history, and laws, and one of draw¬ 
ing, at one thousand eight hundred dollars each; sword-master, at one 
thousand five hundred dollars, and two assistants, at one thousand 
dollars each; boxing-master and gymnast, at one thousand two hun¬ 
dred dollars; assistant librarian, atone thousand four hundred dollars; 
secretarj^ of the Naval Academy, one thousand eight hundred dollars; 
three clerks to Superintendent, at one thousand two hundred dollars, 
one thousand dollars, and eight hundred dollars, respectively; one 
clerk to commandant of cadets, one thousand two hundred dollars; 
one clerk to paymaster, one thousand dollars; one dentist, one thou¬ 
sand six hundred dollars; one baker, six hundred dollars; one mechanic 
in department of physics and chemistiy, seven hundred and thirty dol¬ 
lars; one cook, three hundred and twenty-five dollars and fifty cents; one 
messenger to Superintendent, six hundred dollars; one armorer, five 
hundred and twenty-nine dollars and fifty cents; one gunner’s mate, four 
hundred and sixty-nine dollars and fifty cents, and one quarter-gunner, 
four hundred and nine dollars and fifty cents; one cockswain, four hun¬ 
dred and sixty-nine dollars and fifty cents; one seaman in the depart¬ 
ment of seamanship, at three hundred and forty-nine dollars and fifty 
cents; six attendants at recitation rooms, library, store, chapel, and 
offices, at two hundred and forty dollars each; one band master, five hun¬ 
dred and twenty-eight dollars; twenty-one first-class musicians, at three 
hundred and forty-eight dollars each; seven second class musicians at 
three hundred dollars each; one attendant in the department of astron¬ 
omy and one in the department of physics and chemistry, at three 
hundred dollars each; in all, fifty-three thousand five hundred and fifty- 
nine dollars. 


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For pay of watchman and others: For captain of the watch and 
weigher, at two dollars and fifty cents per day; four watchmen, at two 
dollars per day each; foreman of the gas and steam heating works of 
Academy, at five dollars per day; ten attendants at gas and steam 
heating works, one at three dollars, one at two dollars and fifty cents, 
and eight at two dollars per day each; one steam-pipe fitter, six hun¬ 
dred dollars; one foreman of joiners, one foreman of painters, and one 
foreman of masons, at three dollars and fifty cents per day each; one 
mason, at three dollars per day; two joiners and one painter, at two 
dollars and fifty cents per day each; one tinner, one gas-fitter, and one 
blacksmith, at two dollars and fifty cents per day each; in all, twenty- 
three thousand and sixty-two dollars and fifty cents. 

For pay of mechanics and others: For one mechanic at workshop, at 
two dollars and twenty-five cents per diem; one master-laborer, to keep 
public grounds in order, at two dollars and twenty-eight cents per 
diem; fourteen laborers, to assist in same, three at two dollars per diem 
each and eleven at one dollar and fifty cents per diem each; one laborer, 
to superintend quarters of cadet-midshipmen and public grounds, at 
two dollars per diem; twenty servants, to keep in order and attend to 
quarters of cadet-midshipmen and public buildings, at twenty dollars 
per month each; in all, fourteen thousand five hundred and ninety dol¬ 
lars and twenty-three cents. 

For pay of the employees in the department of steam-engineering, 
Naval Academy: One master-machinist, one boiler-maker, and one 
pattern-maker, at three dollars and fifty cents per day each; two machin¬ 
ists and one blacksmith, at two dollars and fifty cents per day each; 
four laborers, at one dollar and fifty cents per day each; in all, seven 
thousand six hundred and seventy-one dollars. 

For necessary repairs of public buildings, pavements, wharves, and 
walls inclosing the grounds of the Naval Academy, and for improve¬ 
ments, repairs, and furniture and fixtures, twenty-one thousand dol¬ 
lars: Provided , That no appropriations provided for in this act shall 
be construed to authorize or be applied to a new building for the use 
of the Superintendent or other officers of the Academy. 

For fuel, and for heating and lighting the Academy and school-ships, 
seventeen thousand dollars. 

For contingent expenses, Naval Academy: For purchase of books 
for the library, two thousand dollars. 

For stationery, blank-books, models, maps, and for text-books for 
use of instructors, two thousand dollars. 

For expenses of the Board of Visitors to the Naval Academy, one 
thousand five hundred dollars 

For purchase of chemicals, apparatus, and instruments in the depart¬ 
ment of physics and chemistiy, and for repairs of the same, two thou¬ 
sand five hundred dollars. . 

For purchase of gas and steam machinery; steam-pipe and fittings; 
rent of building for the use of the Academy; freight; cartage; water; 
music; music and astronomical instruments; uniforms for the bands¬ 
men; telegraphing; for feed and maintenance of teams; for current 
expenses and repairs of all kinds; and for incidental labor and expenses 
not applicable to any other appropriation, thirty-four thousand six 
hundred dollars. 

For stores in the department of steam-enginery, eight hundred dollars. 

For materials for repairs in steam-machinery, one thousand dollars. 


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MARINE CORPS. 

For pay of officers on the active-list, as follows: For one colonel com¬ 
mandant, one colonel, two lieutenant-colonels, one adjutant and 
inspector, one quartermaster, one paymaster, four majors, two assist¬ 
ant quartermasters, one judge advocate-general, United States Navy, 
nineteen captains, thirty first lieutenants, and twenty-two second lieu¬ 
tenants, one hundred and seventy-four thousand and forty dollars. 

For pay of officers on the retired-list: For one colonel, three majors, 
two assistant quartermasters, two captains, two first lieutenants, and 
three second lieutenants, twenty-five thousand eight hundred and li fr¬ 
eight dollars. 

For pay of non-commissioned officers, musicians, and privates: For 
one sergeant-major, one quartermaster-sergeant, one leader of the band, 
and one drum-major, fifty first sergeants, one hundred and forty ser¬ 
geants, one hundred and eighty corporals, thirty musicians, ninety-six 
drummers and fifers, and one thousand five hundred privates, three 
hundred and eighty-nine thousand and fifty-two dollars. 

For ten clerks and two messengers, sixteen thousand and thirty-five 
dollars; payments to discharged soldiers for clothing undrawn, twenty 
thousand dollars; transportation of officers traveling under orders with¬ 
out troops, eight thousand dollars; commutation of quarters for officers 
where there are no public buildings, ten thousand dollars; in all, fifty - 
four thousand and thirty-five dollars. 

For provisions for the Marine Corps, and for difference between cost 
of rations and commutation thereof for detailed men, sixt} T thousand 
dollars. 

For clothing, seventy-seven thousand dollars. 

For fuel, eighteen thousand dollars. 

For military stores, namely: for pay of one chief armorer, at three 
dollars per day; three mechanics, at two dollars and fifty cents per 
day each; purchase of military equipments, such as cartridge-boxes, 
bayonet-scabbards, haversacks, blanket-bags, canteens, musket-slings, 
swords, flags, knapsacks, drums, fifes, bugles, and other instruments, 

> five thousand dollars; purchase of ammunition, one thousand dollars; 
purchase and repair of instruments for the band, and purchase of 
music, five hundred dollars; in all, nine thousand seven hundred and 
eighty-six dollars and fifty cents. 

For transportation of troops and for expenses of recruiting, ten 
thousand dollars. 

For repairs of barracks, and rent of buildings to he used for the 
manufacture of clothing, stores for supplies, and offices of assistant 
quartermaster at Philadelphia, and for hire of quarters where there 
are ne public buildings, ten thousand dollars. 

For forage for four public horses, one for messenger to commandant 
and staff, Washington, District of Columbia, and three for general use 
at marine barracks, Mare Island, California, and League Island, Penn¬ 
sylvania, seven hundred and twenty dollars. 

For the purchase of forage, four thousand six hundred and eighty 
dollars: Provided , That no commutation for forage shall be paid. 

For contingencies, namely: For freight; ferriage; toll; cartage; 
funeral expenses of marines; stationery; telegraphing; rent of tele¬ 
phone; apprehension of deserters; per diem to enlisted men employed 
on constant labor, for periods not less than ten days; repair of gas and 


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water fixtures; office and barrack furniture; mess utensils for enlisted 
men; packing-boxes; wrapping-paper; oil-cloth; crash; rope; twine; 
carpenter’s tools; tools for police purposes; purchase and repair of 
hose; repairs to public carryall; purchase and repair of harness; repair 
of fire extinguishers; purchase and repair of handcarts and wheelbar¬ 
rows; purchase and repair of cooking-stoves, and ranges, stoves where 
there are no grates; purchase of ice; towels and soap for offices; im¬ 
proving parade-grounds; repair of pumps and walks; laying drain and 
water pipes; introducing gas; and for other purposes, including gas and 
oil for marine barracks maintained at the various navy-yards and sta¬ 
tions; and water at marine barracks, Boston, Massachusetts, Brooklyn, 
New York, Annapolis, Maryland, and Mare Island, California; also 
straw for bedding for enlisted men at the various posts, and furniture 
for government houses; in all, twenty-five thousand dollars. 

At the Naval Asylum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; For superintend¬ 
ent, six hundred dollars; steward, four hundred and eighty dollars; 
matron, three hundred and sixty dollars; cook, two hundred and forty 
dollars; two assistant cooks, one hundred and sixty-eight dollars each; 
chief laundress, one hundred and ninety-two dollars; six laundresses, 
at one hundred and sixty-eight dollars each; nine scrubbers and waiters, 
at one hundred and sixiy-eight dollars each; six laborers, at two hun¬ 
dred and forty dollars each; stable-keeper and driver, three hundred 
and sixty dollars; master-at-arms, four hundred and eighty dollars; 
corporal, three hundred dollars; barber, three hundred and sixty dol¬ 
lars; carpenter, eight hundred and forty-five dollars; water-rent and 
gas, two thousand dollars; ice, two hundred dollars; car-tickets, two 
hundred and fifty dollars; cemetery and burial expenses, and head¬ 
stones, three hundred and fifty dollars; improvement of grounds, five 
hundred dollars; repairs to buildings and preservation of all kinds, 
painting, and for grates, furnaces, ranges, furniture, and repairs of fur¬ 
niture, four thousand five hundred dollars; and for .support of benefi¬ 
ciaries, forty-three thousand five hundred dollars; in all, fifty-nine 
thousand eight hundred and thirteen dollars, which sum shall be paid 
out of the income from the naval pension fund. 

Sec. 2. That hereafter no officer of the Navy shall be employed on 
any shore duty, except in cases specially provided by law, unless the 
Secretary of the Navy shall determine that the employment of an officer 
on such duty is required by the public interests, and he shall so state 
in the order of employment, and also the duration of such service, 
beyond which time it shall not continue. 

Approved, March 3 , 1883 . 















FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS, FIRST SESSION JTJLY 7. 1884. 

[Public— No. 113.] 

AN ACT making temporary provision for the naval service. 

Be tt enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled , That for the purpose of pro¬ 
viding for the expenses of the naval service for the six months ending 
December thirty first, eighteen hundred and eighty four, there is hereby 
appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appro¬ 
priated one half or fifty per centum of the sums of money (and for the 
like purposes and continuing the same provisions relating thereto) as 
were appropriated for the service of the fiscal year ending June thir¬ 
tieth eighteen hundred and eighty four, by the act entitled “An Act 
making appropriations for the naval service for the fiscal year ending 
June thirtieth eighteen hundred and eighty four and for other pur¬ 
poses” approved March third eighteen hundred and eighty three (ex¬ 
cept as hereinafter declared), subject to all the limitations and condi¬ 
tions in respect to the disbursement of the appropriations hereby made 
that were imposed by said act and the other laws of the United States 
upon or in respect to the appropriations made by said act: Provided , 
That nothing is appropriated by this act “for special ocean surveys and 
the publication thereof ” or “for the purchase and manufacture after 
full investigation and test in the United States under the direction of 
the Secretary of the Navy of torpedoes adapted to naval warfare or of 
the right to manufacture the same and for the fixtures and machinery 
necessary for operating the same”; That the clause under the heading 
“Bureau of Yards and Docks” commencing “For general maintenance 
of yards and docks ” is amended so as to appropriate for the six months 
herein provided for the sum of one hundred and ten thousand dollars; 

That under the heading “Increase of the Navy” in said act, in lieu 
of all the paragraphs thereunder and preceding the heading of “Naval 
Academy” there is hereby substituted the following: 

For continuing work upon the three new steel cruisers and one dispatch- 
boat authorized by act of Congress approved March third eighteen 
hundred and eight-three as follows: Chicago three hundred and forty 
nine thousand one hundred and thirty three dollars and forty five cents; 
Boston, two hundred and thirty one thousand eight hundred and fifty 
three dollars and twenty eight cents; Atlanta two hundred and thirty 
one thousand eight hundred and fifty three dollars and twenty seven 
cents; Dolphin one hundred and eight thousand six hundred and sixty 
dollars, in all nine hundred and twenty one thousand five hundred dol¬ 
lars; the four pivot-guns of the Chicago to be mounted on Clark’s 
deflective single-gun turrets or Y shields, of the same weight as is now 
allowed for the mounting and armor protection of the guns: Provided , 
That it shall not change the contract entered into by the Government 
for the construction of said vessels.” 


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u For completion of steam-machinery and boilers, with necessary fit¬ 
tings for sea-service, of steel cruisers and dispatch boat, under contract 
with John Roach, as per act approved March third, eighteen hundred 
and eighty-three: United States steel cruiser Chicago, two hundred 
and twenty thousand dollars; United States steel cruiser Boston, one 
hundred and fifty five thousand dollars; United States steel cruiser 
Atlanta, one hundred and fifty r five thousand dollars; United States 
dispatch-boat Dolphin, ninety thousand dollars; in all, six hundred 
and twenty thousand dollars. 

For completing equipment outfits of three new cruisers and one 
dispatch-boat, now in course of construction, seventy eight thousand 
six hundred dollars.” 

“For navigation outfit of the four new steel cruisers thirty thousand 
dollars.” 

“ For ordnance outfit of the three new steel cruisers and one dispatch 
boat, five hundred thousand dollars.” 

Nothing herein contained shall be construed as appropriating money 
for or authorizing the continuation of work upon the double-turreted- 
monitors, Monadnock, Terror, Amphitrite and Puritan, and any unex¬ 
pended balance now remaining of the appropriation contained in said 
act approved March third eighteen hundred and eight}^ three for engines 
and machinery for the said double turreted monitors shall be covered 
into the Treasury, except such part thereof as may be required under 
existing contracts made for the engines and machinery of the three 
last named monitors. 

Approved, July 7, 1884. 


FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION—JANUARY 30, 1885. 

[Public —No. 19.] 

AN ACT making additional appropriations for the naval service for the fiscal year 

ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, and for other purposes. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums be, 
and they are hereby, appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the 
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the naval service of the Gov¬ 
ernment for the six months beginning January first, eighteen hundred 
and eighty-five, and ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty- 
five, and for other purposes: 

For the pay of the Navy, for the active-list, namely: For one Admiral, 
one Vice-Admiral, eight rear-admirals, seven Chiefs of Bureaus, 
twent} T -one commodores, forty-five captains, eighty-seven commanders, 
seventy-eight lieutenant-commanders, two hundred and seventy-two 
lieutenants, ninety-five junior lieutenants, one hundred and ninety- 
three ensigns, fourteen medical directors, fifteen medical inspectors, 
fifty surgeons, seventy-nine passed assistant surgeons, eight assistant 
surgeons, two assistant surgeons not in the line of promotion (who 
shall hereafter, after fifteen years’ service, be entitled to receive, as 
annual pay, when at sea, two thousand one hundred dollars, when on 
shore duty one thousand eight hundred dollars, and when on leave or 
waiting orders one thousand six hundred dollars), thirteen pay direc¬ 
tors, twelve pay inspectors, forty-nine paymasters, twenty-nine passed 
assistant paymasters, twenty assistant paymasters, sixty-nine chief 
engineers, ninety-three passed assistant engineers, seventy-eight assist¬ 
ant engineers, twenty-four chaplains, eleven professors of mathemat¬ 
ics, ten naval constructors, nine assistant naval constructors, ten civil 
engineers, one hundred and eighty-eight warrant officers, thirty-eight 
mates, two hundred and ninety-five naval cadets; in all, one million 
seven hundred and forty-three thousand seven hundred and fifty 
dollars. 

For pay of the retired-list, namely: For forty-three rear-admirals, 
twenty commodores, eleven captains, twelve commanders, sixteen 
lieutenant-commanders, twenty-seven lieutenants, seven ensigns, 
twenty-two medical directors, two medical inspectors, four surgeons, 
five passed assistant surgeons, seven assistant surgeons, nine pay- 
directors, two pay-inspectors, four paymasters, two passed assistant 
paymasters, one assistant paymaster, eleven chief engineers, twenty 
passed assistant engineers, twenty-six assistant engineers, eight chap¬ 
lains, six professors of mathematics, one chief constructor, three civil 
engineers, thirteen boatswains, ten gunners, nine carpenters, and seven 
sailmakers; in all, three hundred and sixty-one thousand eight hun¬ 
dred and sixty-five dollars. 


S. Doc. 100-2 


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For pay to petty officers, seamen, ordinary seamen, landsmen, and 
boys, including men in the engineers’ force and for the Coast Survey 
service, not exceeding eight thousand two hundred and fifty in all, one 
million two hundred and fort} 7 -five thousand dollars. 

For two secretaries, one to the Admiral and one to the Vice-Admiral, 
clerks to paymasters, clerks at inspections, navy-yards, and stations, 
and extra pay to men enlisted under honorable discharge; commission 
and interest, transportation of funds, exchange; mileage to officers while 
travelling under orders in t)ie United States, and for actual personal 
expenses of officers while travelling abroad under orders, and for trav¬ 
elling expenses of apothecaries, yeomen, and civilian employees, and for 
actual and necessary travelling expenses of navel cadets while proceed¬ 
ing from their homes to the Naval Academy for exami nation and appoint¬ 
ment as cadets, and for the payment of any such officers as may be in 
service, either upon the active or retired list, during the year ending 
June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, in excess of the num¬ 
bers of each class provided for in this act, and for any increase of pay 
arising from different duty, as the needs of the service may require; for 
rent and furniture of buildings and offices not in navy-yards; expenses 
of courts-martial and courts of inquiry, boards of investigation, examin¬ 
ing boards, with clerks’ and witnesses fees, and traveling expenses and 
costs; stationery and recording; expenses of purchasing-paymasters’ 
offices at the various cities, including clerks, furniture, fuel, station¬ 
ery, and incidental expenses; newspapers and advertising; foreign post¬ 
age; telegraphing, foreign and domestic; telephones; copying; care of 
library; mail and express wagons, and livery and express fees; costs 
of suits; commissions, warrants, diplomas, and discharges; relief of 
vessels in distress, and pilotage; recovery of valuables from ship¬ 
wrecks; quarantine expenses; care and transportation of the dead; 
reports, professional investigation, cost of special instruction, and in¬ 
formation from abroad, and the collection and classification thereof, 
one hundred and eighty-seven thousand five hundred dollars. 

For all emergencies and extraordinary expenses arising at home or 
abroad, but impossible to be anticipated or classified, exclusive of per¬ 
sonal services in the Navy Department or any of its subordinate Bu¬ 
reaus or offices at Washington, District of Columbia, seven thousand 
five hundred dollars. 

BUREAU OF NAVlGxlTION. 

For foreign and local pilotage and towage of ships of war; services 
and materials in correcting compasses on board ship, and for adjusting 
and testing compasses on shore; nautical and astronomical instru¬ 
ments, nautical books, maps, charts, and sailing directions, and repairs 
of nautical instruments for ships of war; books for libraries of ships of 
war; naval signals and apparatus,namely,signal-lights, lanterns, rockets, 
running-lights, drawings, and engravings for signal-books; compass- 
fittings, including binnacles, tripods, and other appendages of ships’ 
compasses; logs and other appliances for measuring the ship’s ways, 
and leads and other appliances for sounding; lanterns and lamps and 
their appendages, for general use on board ship, including those for 
the cabin, ward-room, and steerage, for the holds and spirit-rooms, for 
decks and quartermasters’ use; bunting and other materials for flags, 
and making and repairing flags of all kinds; oil for ships of war, other 
than that used in the engineer department; candles when used as a 


NAVAL APPROPRIATION LAWS. 


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substitute for oil in binnacles and running-lights; chimneys and wicks 
and soap used in the navigation department; stationery for commanders 
and navigators of vessels of v:ar, and for use of courts-martial; musical 
instruments and music for vessels of war; steering-signals and indi¬ 
cators, and speaking-tubes and gongs for signal communication on 
board vessels of war; and for introducing electric lights on board ves¬ 
sels of war, not exceeding two thousand five hundred dollars; in all, 
thirty-seven thousand five hundred dollars. 

For the civil establishment at navy-yards and stations, two thousand 
five hundred dollars. 

For erection of compass-testing house, seven thousand dollars. 

For contingent expenses of the Bureau of Navigation, namely: For 
freight and transportation of navigation materials, postage and tele¬ 
graphing on public business, advertising for proposals, packing-boxes 
and materials, and all other contingent expenses, one thousand five 
hundred dollars. 

BUREAU OF ORDNANCE. 

For procuring, producing, and preserving ordnance material; for the 
armament of ships; for fuel, tools, materials, and labor to be used in 
the general work of the Ordnance Department; for furniture at maga¬ 
zines, at the ordnance dock, New York, and at the naval experimental 
battery, fift} T thousand dollars. 

For necessary repairs to ordnance buildings, magazines, gun-parks, 
boats, lighters, wharves, machinery, and other objects of the like char¬ 
acter, seven thousand five hundred dollars. 

For miscellaneous items, namely: For freight to foreign and home 
stations, advertising and auctioneers’ fees,cartage and express charges, 
repairs to fire-engines, gas and water pipes, gas and water tax at maga¬ 
zines, toll, ferriage, foreign, postage, and telegrams to and from the 
Bureau, one thousand five hundred dollars. 

For the civil establishment at navy-yards and stations, two thousand 
five hundred dollars. 

For the torpedo corps, namely: For labor, material, freight and 
express charges; general repairs to grounds, buildings, and wharves; 
boats; instruction; instruments, tools, furniture, experiments, and gen¬ 
eral torpedo outfits, twenty-five thousand dollars. 

BUREAU OF EQUIPMENT AND RECRUITING. 

For equipment of vessels: For coal for steamers’ and ships’ use, 
including expenses of transportation, storage, and handling; hemp, 
wire, hides, and other materials for the manufacture of rope and cord¬ 
age; iron for the manufacture of anchors, cables, galleys, and chains; 
canvas for the manufacture of sails, awnings, bags, and hammocks; 
heating-apparatus for receiving-ships; and for the purchase of all other 
articles of equipment at home and abroad, and for the payment of 
labor in equipping vessels and manufacture of equipment articles in 
the several navy-yards, three hundred and fifty thousand dollars. 

For expenses of recruiting: For expenses of recruiting for the naval 
service, rent of rendezvous and expenses of maintaining the same, 
advertising for men and bo} T s, and all other expenses attending the 
recruiting for the naval service, and for the transportation of enlisted 
men and boys at home and abroad, twelve thousand five hundred 
dollars. ' 


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NAVAL APPROPRIATION LAWS. 


For contingent expenses equipment and recruiting: For extra ex¬ 
penses of training-ships, freight and transportation of equipment stores, 
printing, advertising, telegraphing, books and models, postage, car- 
tickets, ferriage, ice, apprehension of deserters and stragglers, assist¬ 
ance to vessels in distress, continuous-service certificates and good-con¬ 
duct badges for enlisted men, school-books for training-ships, medals 
for boys, and emergencies arising under cognizance of Bureau of 
Equipment and Recruiting unforeseen and impossible to classify, five 
thousand dollars. 

For the civil establishment at navy-yards and stations, four thousand 
five hundred dollars. 

BUREAU OF YARDS AND DOCKS. 

For general maintenance of yards and docks, namely: For freights 
and transportation of materials and stores; books, models, maps, and 
drawings; purchase and repair of fire-engines; machinery; repairs on 
steam fire-engines, and attendance on the same; purchase and mainte¬ 
nance of oxen and horses, and driving teams, carts, and timber-wheels, 
and all vehicles for use in the navy-yards, and tools and repairs of the 
same; dredging; postage on letters and other mailable matter on pub¬ 
lic service, and telegrams; furniture for Government houses and offices 
in the nav} T -yards; coal and other fuel; candles, oil, and gas; cleaning 
and clearing up yards, and care of public buildings; attendance on fires, 
lights, fire-engines and apparatus; for clerical and incidental labor at 
navy-yards; water-tax, and for toll and ferriages; rent of four-officers’ 
quarters at League Island; pay of the watchmen in the navy-yards; 
and for awning and packing-boxes, and advertising for yard and dock 
purposes, ninety thousand dollars. 

For contingent expenses that may arise at navy-yards and stations, 
five thousand dollars. 

For the civil establishment at navy-yards and stations, twelve thou¬ 
sand dollars. 

BUREAU OF MEDICINE AND SURGERY. 

For support of the medical department: For surgeons, necessaries 
for vessels in commission, navy-yards, naval stations, Marine Corps, 
and Coast Survey, twenty thousand dollars. 

For the naval-hospital fund, namely: For maintenance of the naval- 
hospitals at the various navy-yards and stations, fifteen thousand dol¬ 
lars. And if the Secretary of the Navy shall not be able to maintain 
properly the whole number of naval hospitals now kept open on the 
amounts hereby appropriated for the maintenance of and civil estab¬ 
lishment at naval hospitals, he shall close those which are least neces¬ 
sary to the service, and provide for the patients now cared for therein 
at such other naval hospitals as may be most convenient. 

For contingent expenses of the Bureau: For freight on medical stores; 
transportation of insane patients; advertising; telegraphing; purchase 
of books; expenses attending the medical board of examiners; rent of 
rooms for naval dispensary; hygienic and sanitary investigation and 
illustration; purchase and repair of wagons and harness; purchase and 
feed of horses and cows; trees, garden tools, and seeds, twelve thou¬ 
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NAVAL APPROPRIATION LAWS. 


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For necessary repairs of naval laboratoiy, naval hospitals, and ap- 
pendages, including roads, wharves, out-houses, sidewalks, fences, gar¬ 
dens, farms, and cemeteries, two thousand live hundred dollars. 

For the maintenance of the civil establishment at the several naval 
hospitals, navy-yards, naval laboratory, and Naval Academy, ten thou¬ 
sand dollars. 

BUREAU OF PROVISIONS AND CLOTHING. 

For provisions for the seamen and marines; commuted rations for 
officers, seamen, and marines; expenses of the handling and transpor¬ 
tation of provisions; of inspections and storehouses; purchase of water 
for ships for cooking and drinking purposes; and for provisions and 
commutation of rations for seven hundred and fifty boys, five hundred 
and fifty thousand dollars: Provided , That all enlisted men and boys in 
the Navy, attached to any United States vessel or station and doing 
duty thereon, and naval cadets, shall be allowed a ration, or commuta¬ 
tion thereof in money, under such limitations and regulations as the 
Secretary of the Navy may prescribe. 

For contingent expenses: For freight on shipments (except provi¬ 
sions); candles, fuel; books and blanks; stationer}^; advertising and 
commissions on sales; furniture for inspection and pay offices in navy- 
yards; foreign postage, telegrams, and express charges; toll, ferriages, 
car-tickets; yeoman’s stores, iron safes, newspapers, ice, and incidental 
expenses absolutely necessaiy, fifteen thousand dollars. 

For the civil establishment, three thousand dollars. 

BUREAU OF CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR. 

For preservation and completion of vessels on the stocks and in ordi- 
naiy; purchase of materials and stores of all kinds; labor in navy-yards 
and on foreign stations; preservation of materials; purchase of tools; 
w T ear, tear, and repair of vessels afloat, and for general care, increase, 
and protection of the Navy in the line of construction and repair, and 
incidental expenses, namely, advertising, foreign postage, telegrams, 
photographing, books, plans, stationeiy, and instruments for drawing¬ 
room, four hundred and fifty thousand dollars: Provided , That no part 
of this sum shall be applied to the repairs of any wooden ship when the 
estimated cost of such repairs, to be appraised by a competent board of 
naval officers, shall exceed twenty per centum of the estimated cost, ap¬ 
praised in like manner, of a new ship of the same size and like material: 
Provided further , That nothing herein contained shall deprive the Sec¬ 
retary of the Navy of the authority to order repairs of ships damaged 
in foreign waters or on the high seas, so far as may be necessary to bring 
them home. 

For the civil establishment, ten thousand dollars. 

BUREAU OF STEAM-ENGINEERING. 

For repairs, completion, and preservation of machinery and boilers, 
including steam-steerers, steam-capstans, steam-windlasses, and so 
forth, in vessels on the stocks and in ordinary; purchase and preserva¬ 
tion of all materials and stores purchase, fitting, and repair of machin¬ 
ery and tools in the navy-yards and stations; w 7 ear, tear, and repair of 
machinery .and boilers of naval vessels; incidental expenses, such as 


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NAVAL APPROPRIATION LAWS. 


foreign postages, telegrams, advertising, freight, photographing, books, 
stationery, and instruments, two hundred and eighty thousand dollars; 
and the unexpended balance of the appropriation of one million dollars 
made by the act approved March third, eighteen hundred and eighty - 
three, for engines and machinery for the double-turreted iron-clads be, 
and the same is hereby, reappropriated and made available during the 
last half of the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty- 
five, for the purposes enumerated in this paragraph: Provided , That no 
part of said sum shall be applied to the repair of engines and machinery 
of wooden ships where the estimated costs of such repair shall exceed 
twenty per centum of the estimated cost of new engines and machinery 
of the same character and power; but nothing herein contained shall 
prevent the repair or building of boilers for wooden ships the hulls of 
which can be fully repaired for twenty per centum of the estimated 
cost of a new ship of the same size and material. 

For contingencies, such as instrument and materials for draughting- 
room, five hundred dollars. 

For the civil establishment, five thousand dollars. 

INCREASE OF THE NAVY. 

For completing the Mohican at the Mare Island Nav } 7 Yard, fifty 
thousand dollars. 

For care and safe-keeping of the iron-clad monitors now in the hands 
of the contractors, when they shall have been turned over to the Gov¬ 
ernment by said contractors, five thousand dollars. 

NAVAL ACADEMY. 

For pay of professors and others: For two professors, namety, one of 
mathematics, and one of chemistry, at the rate per annum of two thou¬ 
sand five hundred dollars each; three professors (assistants), namely, 
one of physics, one of Spanish, and one of English studies, history, and 
law, at the rate per annum of two thousand two hundred dollars each; 
six assistant professors, namely, four of French, one of English studies, 
history, and law, and one of drawing, at the rate per annum of one 
thousand eight hundred dollars each; sword-master, at the rate per 
annum of one thousand five hundred dollars, and two assistants, at the 
rate per annum of one thousand dollars each; boxing-master and gym¬ 
nast, at the rate per annum of one thousand two hundred dollars; as¬ 
sistant librarian, at the rate per annum of one thousand four hundred 
dollars; Secretary of the Naval Academy, at the rate per annum of 
one thousand eight hundred dollars; three clerks to superintendent, at 
the rate per annum of one thousand two hundred dollars, one thousand 
dollars, and eight hundred dollars, respectively; one clerk to comman¬ 
dant of cadets, at the rate per annum of one thousand two hundred 
dollars; one clerk to paymaster, at the rate per annum of one thousand 
dollars; one dentist, at the rate per annum of one thousand six hundred 
dollars; one baker, at the rate per annum of six hundred dollars; one 
mechanic in department of physics and chemistry, at the rate per annum 
of seven hundred and thirty dollars; one cook, at the rate per annum 
of three hundred and twenty-five dollars and fifty cents; one messenger 
to superintendent, at the rate per annum of six hundred dollars; one 
armorer, at the rate per annum of five hundred and twenty-nine dollars 
and fifty cents; one gunner’s mate, at the rate per annum of four bun- 


NAVAL APPROPRIATION LAWS. 


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dred and sixty-nine dollars and fifty cents, and one quarter-gunner, at 
the rate per annum of four hundred and nine dollars and fifty cents; 
one cockswain, at the rate per annum of four hundred and sixty-nine 
dollars and fifty cents; one seaman in the department of seamanship, 
at the rate per annum of three hundred and forty-nine dollars and fifty 
cents; one attendant in the department of astronomy and one in the 
department of physics and chemistry, at the rate per annum of three 
hundred dollars each; six attendants at recitation-rooms, library, store, 
chapel, and offices, at the rate per annum of two hundred and forty dol¬ 
lars each; one band-master, at the rate per annum of five hundred and 
twenty eight dollars; twent} T -one first-class musicians, at the rate per 
annum of three hundred and forty-eight dollars each; seven second- 
class musicians, at the rate per annum of three hundred dollars each; 
in all, twenty-six thousand seven hundred and seventy-nine dollars and 
fifty cents. 

For pay of watchmen and others: For captain of the watch and 
weigher, at two dollars and fifty cents per day; four watchmen, at two 
dollars per day each; foreman of the gas and steam-heating works of 
Academy, at five dollars per day; ten attendants at gas and steam¬ 
heating works, one at three dollars,, one at two dollars and fifty cents, 
and eight at two dollars per day each; one. steam-pipe fitter, at the rate 
per annum of six hundred dollars; one foreman of joiners, one foreman 
of painters, and one foreman of masons, at three dollars and fifty cents 
per day each; one mason, at three dollars per day; two joiners and one 
painter, at two dollars and fifty cents per day each; one tinner, one 
gas-fitter, and one blacksmith, at two dollars and fifty cents per day 
each; in all, eleven thousand five hundred and twelve dollars and 
seventy-five cents. 

For pay of mechanics and others; For one mechanic at workshop, at 
two dollars and twenty-five cents per diem; one master laborer, to keep 
public grounds in order, at two dollars and twenty-eight cents per diem; 
fourteen laborers, to assist in same, three at two dollars per diem each 
and eleven at one dollar and fifty cents per diem each; one laborer, to 
superintend quarters of cadet-midshipmen and public grounds, at two 
dollars per diem; twenty servants, to keep in order and attend to quar¬ 
ters of cadet-midshipmen and public buildings, at twenty dollars per 
month each; in all, seven thousand two hundred and eighty-eight dol¬ 
lars and forty-eight cents. 

For pay of the employees in the department of steam-engineering, 
Naval Academy: One master machinist, one boiler-maker, and one 
pattern-maker, at three dollars and fifty cents per day each; two ma¬ 
chinists and one blacksmith, at two dollars and fifty cents per day each; 
four laborers, at one dollar and fifty cents per day each; in all, three 
thousand eight hundred and thirty-four dollars. 

For necessary repairs of public buildings, pavements, wharves, and 
walls inclosing the grounds of the Naval Academy, and for improve¬ 
ments, repairs, and furniture and fixtures, ten thousand five hundred 
dollars: Provided , That no appropriations provided for in this act shall 
be construed to authorize or be applied to a new building for the use 
of the superintendent or other officers of the Academy. 

For fuel, and for heating and lighting the Academy and school-ships, 
eight thousand five hundred dollars. 

For contingent expenses, Naval Academy: For purchase of books 
for the library, one thousand dollars. 


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For stationery, blank-books, models, maps, and for text-books for use 
of instructors, one thousand dollars. 

For expenses of the Board of Visitors to the Naval Academy, seven 
hundred and fifty dollars. 

For purchase of chemicals, apparatus, and instruments in the depart¬ 
ment of physics and chemistry, and for repairs of the same, one thou¬ 
sand two hundred and fifty dollars. 

For purchase of gas and steam machinery; steam-pipe and fittings; 
rent of building for the use of the Academy; freight; cartage; water; 
music; musical and astronomical instruments; uniforms for the bands¬ 
men; telegraphing; for feed and maintenance of teams; for current 
expenses and repairs of all kinds; and for incidental labor and expenses 
not applicable to any other appropriation, seventeen thousand three 
hundred dollars. 

For stores in the department of steam-enginery, four hundred dollars. 

For materials for repairs in steam-machinery, five hundred dollars 

MARINE CORPS. 

For pay of officers on the active-list, as follows: For one colonel com¬ 
mandant, one colonel, two lieutenant-colonels, one adjutant and in¬ 
spector, one quartermaster, one paymaster, four majors, two assistant 
quartermasters, one judge-advocate-general United States Nav}", nine¬ 
teen captains, thirty first lieutenants, and twenty-two second lieuten¬ 
ants, ninety-eight thousand two hundred and twenty dollars; and from 
and after the passage of this act there shall be no appointments, ex¬ 
cept b} r promotion, to fill vacancies occurring in the list of commissioned 
officers of the Marine Corps until the number of such officers shall have 
been reduced, by casualties or otherwise, below seventy-five as fixed by 
the act approved June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-six; and 
after the number of officers shall be reduced as above provided, the 
whole number of commissioned officers on the active list in the Marine 
Corps shall not exceed sevent} r -five. 

For pay of officers on the retired-list: For one colonel, three majors, 
two assistant quartermasters, three captains, two first lieutenants, and 
three second lieutenants, fourteen thousand eight hundred and nineteen 
dollars. 

For pay of non-commissioned officers, musicians, and privates: For 
one sergeant-major, one quartermaster-sergeant, one leader of the band, 
and one drum-major, fifty first sergeants, one hundred and forty ser¬ 
geants, one hundred and eighty corporals, thirty musicians, ninety-six 
drummers and fifers, and one thousand five hundred privates, one hun¬ 
dred and ninety-four thousand five hundred and twent}^-six dollars. 

For ten clerks and two messengers, eight thousand and seventeen 
dollars and fifty cents; payments to discharged soldiers for clothing 
undrawn, ten thousand dollars; transportation of officers travelling 
under orders without troops, four thousand dollars; commutation of 
quarters for officers where there are no public buildings, two thousand 
dollars; in all, twenty-four thousand and seventeen dollars and fifty 
cents. 

For provisions for the Marine Corps, and for difference between cost 
of rations and commutation thereof for detailed men, thirtv thousand 
dollars. 

For clothing, thirty-eight thousand five hundred dollars. 

For fuel, nine thousand dollars. 


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For military stores, namely: For pay of one chief armorer, at three 
dollars per day; three mechanics, at two dollars and fifty cents per day 
each; purchase of military equipments, such as cartridge-boxes, bayo¬ 
net-scabbards, haversacks, blanket-bags, canteens, musket-slings, 
swords, flags, knapsacks, drums, fifes, bugles, and other instruments, 
two thousand five hundred dollars; purchase of ammunition, five hun¬ 
dred dollars; purchase and repair of instruments for the band and pur¬ 
chase of music, two hundred and fifty dollars; in all, four thousand 
eight hundred and ninety-three dollars and twenty-five cents. 

For transportation of troops and for expenses of recruiting, five thou¬ 
sand dollars. 

For repairs of barracks, and rent of buildings to be used for the manu¬ 
facture of clothing, stores for supplies, and offices of assistant quar¬ 
termaster at Philadelphia, and for hire of quarters where there are no 
public buildings, seven thousand two hundred and fifty dollars. 

For forage for four public horses, one for messenger to commandant 
and staff, Washington, District of Columbia, and three for general use 
at marine barracks, Mare Island, California, and League Island, Penn¬ 
sylvania, three hundred and sixty dollars. 

For the purchase of forage, two thousand three hundred and forty 
dollars: Provided , That no commutation for forage shall be paid. 

For contingencies, namely: For freight; ferriage; toll; cartage; 
funeral expenses of marines; stationery; telegraphing; rent of tele¬ 
phone; apprehension of deserters; per diem to enlisted men employed 
on constant labor for periods not less than ten days; repair of gas and 
water fixtures; office and barrack furniture; mess utensils for enlisted 
men; packing-boxes; wrapping-paper; oil-cloth; crash; rope; twine; 
carpenter’s tools; tools for police purposes; purchase and repair of 
hose; repairs to public carryall; purchase and repair of harness; re¬ 
pair of fire-extinguishers; purchase and repair of hand-carts and wheel¬ 
barrows; purchase and repair of cooking-stoves, ranges, and so forth; 
stoves where there are no grates; purchase of ice; towlsand soap for 
offices; improving parade-grounds; repair of pumps and wharves lay¬ 
ing drain and water pipes; introducing gas; and for other purposes, 
including gas and oil for marine barracks maintained at the various 
navy-yards and stations; and water at marine barracks, Boston, Massa¬ 
chusetts; Brooklyn, New York; Annapolis, Maryland, and Mare Island, 
California; also straw for bedding for enlisted men at the various posts, 
and furniture for Government houses; in all, twelve thousand five 
hundred dollars. 

At the Naval Asylum, Philadelphia, Penns3 T lvania: For superintend¬ 
ent, at the rate per annum of six hundred dollars; steward, at the rate 
per annum of four hundred and eighty dollars; matron, at the rate per 
annum of three hundred and sixty dollars; cook, at the rate per annum 
of two hundred and forty dollars; two assistant cooks, at the rate per 
annum of one hundred and sixty-eight dollars each; chief laundress, at 
the rate per annum of one hundred and ninety-two dollars; six laun¬ 
dresses, at the rate per annum of one hundred and sixty-eight dollars 
each; nine scrubbers and waiters, at the rate per annum of one hundred 
and sixty-eight dollars each; six laborers, at the rate per annum of two 
hundred* and forty dollars each; stable-keeper and driver, at the rate 
per annum of three hundred and sixty dollars; master-at-arms, at the 
rate per annum of four hundred and eighty dollars; corporal, at the rate 
per annum of three hundred dollars; barber, at the rate per annum of three 
hundred and sixty dollars; carpenter, at the rate per annum of eight 


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hundred and forty-five dollars; water-rent and gas, one thousand dol¬ 
lars; ice, one hundred dollars; car-tickets, one hundred and twenty-five 
dollars; cemetery and burial expenses, and headstones, one hundred 
and seventy-five dollars; improvement of grounds, two hundred and 
fifty dollars; repairs to buildings and preservation of all kinds, paint¬ 
ing, and for grates, furnaces, ranges, furniture, and repairs of furniture,, 
two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; and for support of benefi¬ 
ciaries, twenty-one thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars; in all, 
twenty-nine thousand nine hundred and six dollars and fifty cents, 
which sum shall be paid out of the income from the naval pension fund. 

Sec. 2. That all appropriations made by the act of July seventh, 
eighteen hundred and eighty-four, making temporary provisions for 
the naval service for the six months ending December thirty-first, 
eighteen hundred and eighty-four, or any balances thereof that may 
be unexpended at that date, be, and they are hereby, reappropriated, 
continued, and made available for the remainder of the fiscal year 
ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-five. 

Sec. 3. That the Secretary of the Navy is hereby directed to report 
to Congress, at its next and each regular session thereafter, the amount 
expended during the prior fiscal year, from the appropriations for the 
pay of the Navy, Bureaus of Navigation, Ordnance, Equipment and 
Recruiting, Yards and Docks, Medicine and Surgery, Provisions and 
Clothing, Construction and Repair, and Steam-Engineering, for civilians 
employed on clerical duty, or in any other capacity than as ordinary 
mechanics and workingmen, and to submit, under the estimates for 
pay of the Navy and for the respective Bureaus enumerated above, 
specific estimates for such civilian employees for the fiscal year eighteen 
hundred and eighty-seven, and each fiscal year thereafter. 

Approved, January 30th, 1885. 


FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION—MARCH 3, 1885. 

[Public —No. 90.] 

AN ACT making appropriations for the naval service for the fiscal year ending June 
thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, and for other purposes. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representat ives of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled , That the following sums be, 
and they are hereby, appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the 
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the naval service of the Gov¬ 
ernment for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and 
eighty-six, and for other purposes: 

For the pay of the Navy, for the active-list, namely: For one Admi¬ 
ral, one Vice-Admiral, seven rear-admirals, eight Chiefs of Bureaus, 
nineteen commodores, forty-three captains, eight-four commanders, 
seventy-four lieutenant-commanders' two hundred and sixty lieuten¬ 
ants, eighty-nine junior lieutenants, one hundred and ninety-one en¬ 
signs, fourteen medical directors, fifteen medical inspectors, forty-seven 
surgeons, seventy-four passed assistant surgeons, eight assistant sur¬ 
geons, two assistant surgeons not in the line of promotion, thirteen pay- 
directors, twelve pay-inspectors, forty-eight paymasters, twenty-eight 
passed assistant paymasters, nineteen assistant paymasters, sixty-nine 
chief engineers, eighty-eight passed assistant engineers, eighty-one 
assistant engineers, twenty-four chaplains, twelve professors of mathe¬ 
matics, ten naval constructors, nine assistant naval constructors, ten 
civil engineers, one hundred and sixty-six warrant officers, thirty-seven 
mates, two hundred and ninety-six naval cadets; in all, three million 
six hundred and fifty-two thousand nine hundred dollars. 

For pay of the retired-list, namely: For forty-eight rear-admirals, fif¬ 
teen commodores, twelve captains, ten commanders, twenty-one lieuten 
ant-commanders, thirty-five lieutenants, eight ensigns, twenty-one 
medical directors, three medical inspectors, seven surgeons, six passed 
assistant surgeons, six assistant surgeons, ten pay-directors, two pay 
inspectors, four paymasters, two passed assistant paymasters, one 
assistant paymaster, fourteen chief engineers, twenty-four passed as¬ 
sistant engineers, twenty-five assistant engineers, eight chaplains, six 
professors of mathematics, one chief constructor, three civil engineers, 
seventeen boatswains, sixteen gunners, ten carpenters, and eleven sail- 
makers; in all, seven hundred and ninety-seven thousand eight hun¬ 
dred and eighty dollars. 

For pay to petty officers, seamen, ordinary seamen, landsmen, and 
boys, including men in the engineeers’ force and for the Coast Survey 
service, not exceeding eight thousand two hundred and fifty in all, two 
million four hundred and. ninety thousand dollars. 

MISCELLANEOUS. 

For two secretaries, one to the Admiral and one to the Vice-Admiral, 
clerks to paymasters, clerks at inspections, navy-yards, and stations, 

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and extra pay to men enlisted under honorable discharge; commission 
and interest, transportation of funds, exchange; mileage to officers 
while traveling under orders in the United States, and for actual per¬ 
sonal expenses of officers while traveling abroad under orders, and for 
traveling expenses of apothecaries, yeomen, and civilian employees, 
and for actual and necessary traveling expenses of naval cadets while 
proceeding from their homes to the Naval Academy for examination and 
appointment as cadets, and for the payment of any such officers as may be 
in service, either upon the active or retired list, during the year ending 
June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, in excess of the num¬ 
bers of each class provided for in this act, and for any increase of pay 
arising from different duty, as the needs of the service may require; 
for rent and furniture of buildings and offices not in navy-yards; ex¬ 
penses of courts-martial and courts of inquiry, boards of investigation, 
examining boards, with clerks’ and witnesses’ fees, and traveling ex¬ 
penses and costs; stationery and recording; expenses of purchasing- 
paymasters’ offices at the various cities, including clerks, furniture, 
fuel, stationery, and incidental expenses; newspapers and advertising; 
foreign postage; telegraphing, foreign and domestic; telephones; copy¬ 
ing; care of library; mail and express wagons, and lively and express 
fees; costs of suits; commissions, warrants, diplomas, and discharges; 
relief of vessels in distress, and pilotage; recovery' of valuables from 
shipwrecks; quarantine expenses; care and transportation of the dead; 
reports, professional investigation, cost of special instruction, and in¬ 
formation from abroad, and the collection and classification thereof, 
three hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars. 

For all emergencies and extraordinary expenses, arising at home or 
abroad, but impossible to be anticipated or classified, exclusive of per¬ 
sonal services in the Navy Department or any of its subordinate Bu¬ 
reaus or offices, at Washington, District of Columbia, twenty thousand 
dollars. 

BUREAU OF NAVIGATION. 

For foreign and local pilotage and towage of ships of war; services 
and materials in correcting compasses on board ship, and for adjusting 
and testing compasses on shore; nautical and astronomical instruments, 
nautical books, maps, charts, and sailing directions, and repairs of nau¬ 
tical instruments for ships of war; books for libraries of ships of war; 
naval signals and apparatus, namely, signal-lights, lanterns, rockets, 
running-lights, drawings, and engravings for signal-books; compass- 
fittings, including binnacles, tripods, and other appendages of ships’ 
compasses; logs and other appliances for measuring the ship’s ways, 
and leads and other appliances for sounding; lanterns and lamps, and 
their appendages, for general use on board ship, including those for the 
cabin, ward-room, and steerage, for the holds and spirit-room, for decks 
and quartermasters’ use; bunting and other materials for flags, and 
making and repairing flags of all kinds; oil for ships of war, other than 
that used in the engineer department; candles when used as a substi¬ 
tute for oil in binnacles and running-lights; chimneys and wicks; and 
soap used in the navigation department; stationery for commanders 
and navigators of vessels of war, and for use of courts-martial; musical 
instruments and music for vessels of war; steering-signals and indicat¬ 
ors, and speaking-tubes and gongs for signal communication on board 
vessels of war; and for introducing electric lights on board vessels of 
war, in all, eight}^-seven thousand five hundred dollars. 


NAVAL APPROPRIATION LAWS. 27 

For special ocean surveys and the publication thereof, ten thousand 
dollars. 

For contingent expenses of the Bureau of Navigation, namely: For 
freight and transportation of navigation materials, postage and tele¬ 
graphing on public business, advertising for proposals, packing-boxes 
and materials, and all other contingent expenses, four thousand dollars. 

For the civil establishment at navy-yards and stations, five thousand 
dollars. 

BUREAU OF ORDNANCE. 

For preserving and handling ordnance and ordnance material of the 
kinds now in service, for the armament of ships therewith, for the pur¬ 
chase or manufacture of ammunition therefor, for materials and labor 
to be used in the general work of the Ordnance Bureau for these pur¬ 
poses; for furniture at magazines, at the ordnance dock, New York, 
and at the naval ordnance proving-ground, one hundred and twenty- 
five thousand dollars. 

For the purchase or manufacture of steel guns of small caliber for 
ships now in service, and for testing the same at the naval ordnance 
proving ground, twenty-one thousand dollars. 

For the completion and public test of two breech-loading rifle cannon 
of the larger calibers now in course of construction for the Navy, with 
carriages and ammunition for both, eighty thousand dollars. 

For completing a six-inch wire-wound gun, four thousand dollars. 

Fortesting American armor made of American material, twenty-five 
thousand dollars. 

For necessary repairs to ordnance buildings, magazines, gun parks, 
boats, lighters, wharves, machinery, and other objects of the like char¬ 
acter, fifteen thousand dollars. 

For miscellaneous items, namely: For freight to foreign and home 
stations, advertising and auctioneers’ fees, cartage and express charges, 
repairs to fire-engines, gas and water pipes, gas and water tax at maga¬ 
zines, toll, ferriage, foreign postage, and telegrams to and from the 
Bureau, three thousand dollars. 

For the civil establishment at navy-yards and stations, five thousand 
dollars. 

F or the torpedo corps, namely: F or labor, material, freight and express 
charges; general repairs to grounds, buildings, and wharves; boats; 
instruction; instruments, tools, furniture, experiments, and general tor¬ 
pedo outfits, sixty thousand dollars. 

BUREAU OF EQUIPMENT AND RECRUITING. 

For equipment of vessels: For coal for steamers’ and ships’ use, in¬ 
cluding expenses of transportation, storage, and handling; hemp, wire, 
hides, and other materials for the manufacture of rope and cordage; 
iron for the manufacture of anchors, cables, galleys, and chains; can¬ 
vas for the manufacture of sails, awnings, bags, and hammocks; heat 
ing apparatus for receiving-ships; and for the purchase of all other ar¬ 
ticles of equipment at home and abroad, and for the payment of labor 
in equipping vessels and manufacture of equipment articles in the sev¬ 
eral navy-yards, eight hundred thousand dollars. 

For expenses of recruiting: For expenses of recruiting for the naval 
service, rent of rendezvous and expenses of maintaining the same, ad¬ 
vertising for men and boys, and all other expenses attending the re- 


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NAVAL APPROPRIATION LAWS. 


cruiting for the naval service and for the transportation of enlisted 
men and boys at home and abroad, thirty thousand dollars. 

For contingent expenses equipment and recruiting: For extra ex¬ 
penses of training-ships, freight and transportation of equipment stores, 
printing, advertising, telegraphing, books and models, postage,ferriage, 
ice, apprehension of deserters and stragglers, assistance to vessels in 
distress, continuous-service certificates and good-conduct badges for en¬ 
listed men, school-books for training-ships, medals for boys, and emer¬ 
gencies arising under cognizance of Bureau of Equipment and Recruit¬ 
ing unforeseen and impossible to classify, fifteen thousand dollars. 

For the civil establishment at navy-yards and stations, nine thousand 
dollars. 

BUREAU OF YARDS AND DOCKS. 

For general maintenance of yards and docks, namely: For freights 
and transportation of materials and stores, books, models, maps, arid 
drawings; purchase and repair of fire-engines; machinery; repairs on 
steam fire-engines, and attendance on the same; purchase and main¬ 
tenance of oxen and horses, and driving teams, carts, and timber- 
wheels, and all vehicles for use in the navy-}-ards; tools and repairs of 
the same; dredging; postage on letters and other mailable matter on 
public service; telegrams; furniture for Government houses and offices 
in the navy-yards; coal and other fuel; candles, oil, and gas; cleaning 
and clearing up yards and care of public buildings; attendance on fires, 
lights, fire-engines and apparatus; for clerical and incidental labor at 
navy-yards; water-tax, and for toll and ferriages; rent of four officers’ 
quarters at League Island; pay of the watchmen in the navy-yards; 
and for awning and packing-boxes, and advertising for yard and dock 
purposes, two hundred thousand dollars. 

For contingent expenses that may arise at nav} T -yards and stations, 
twent}^ thousand dollars. 

For the civil establishment at navy-yards and stations, twenty-four 
thousand dollars. 

BUREAU OF MEDICINE AND SURGERY. 

For support of the medical department: For surgeons’ necessaries 
for vessels in commission, navy-yards, naval stations, Marine Corps, 
and Coast Survey, and for the civil establishment at the several naval 
hospitals, navy-yards, naval laboratory, and Naval Academy, sixty 
thousand dollars. 

For the naval-hospital fund, namely: For maintenance of the naval 
hospitals at the various navy-} T ards and stations, thiity thousand dollars. 

For contingent expenses of the Bureau: For freight or expressage on 
medical stores; toll, ferriages transportation of insane patients; adver¬ 
tising; telegraphing; rent of telephones; purchase of books; postage 
and purchase of stamps for foreign service; expenses attending the 
medical board of examiners; rent of rooms for naval dispensary and 
museum of hygiene; hygienic and sanitary investigation and illustra¬ 
tion; sanitary and hygienic instruction; purchase and repair of wagons 
and harness; purchase and feed of horses and cows; trees, plants, garden- 
tools, and seeds; furniture and incidental articles for museum of 
hygiene, naval dispensary, Washington, naval-laboratory, sick-quarters 
at Naval Academy, and dispensaries at navy-yards; washing for med¬ 
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NAVAL APPROPRIATION LAWS. 


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naval laboratory, sick-quarters at Naval Academy, dispensaries at navy- 
vards, and for receiving-ships and rendezvous, twent} T -five thousand 
dollars. 

For necessary repairs of naval laboratory, naval hospitals, and ap¬ 
pendages, including roads, wharves, out-houses, side-walks, fences, gar¬ 
dens, farms, and cemeteries, ten thousand dollars. 

BUREAU OF PROVISIONS AND CLOTHING. 

For provisions for the seamen and marines; commuted rations for 
officers, naval cadets, seamen, and marines; expenses of inspections 
and storehouses, including labor; purchase of water for cooking and 
drinking on board ships; and for provisions and commutation of rations 
for seven hundred and fifty boys, one million eighty-five thousand dol¬ 
lars. 

For contingent expenses: For freight on shipments, candles, fuel, 
books and blanks, stationery, advertising, furniture for inspection and 
pay-offices in navy-yards, expenses of naval-clothing factory, foreign 
postage, telegrams,and express charges, tolls, ferriages, yeoman’s stores, 
iron safes, newspapers, ice, and incidental expenses absolutely necessary, 
fifty thousand dollars. 

For the civil establishment, six thousand dollars. 

BUREAU OF CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR. 

For preservation and completion of vessels on the stocks and in ordi¬ 
nary; purchase of materials and stores of all kinds; labor in navy- 
yards and on foreign stations ; preservation of materials; purchase of 
tools; wear, tear, and repair of vessels afloat, and for general care, in¬ 
crease. and protection of the Navy in the line of construction and repair; 
incidental expenses, namely, advertising, foreign postage, telegrams, 
photographing, books, plans, stationery, and instruments for drawing¬ 
room. one million dollars: Provided , That no part of this sum shall be 
applied to the repairs of any wooden ship when the estimated cost of 
such repairs, to be appraised by a competent board of naval officers, 
shall exceed twenty per centum of the estimated cost, appraised in like 
manner, of a new ship of the same size and like material: Provided 
further. That nothing herein contained shall deprive the Secretary of 
the Navy of the authority to order repairs of ships damaged in foreign 
waters or on the high seas, so far as may be necessary to bring them 
home. 

For the civil establishment, twenty thousand dollars. 

BUREAU OF STEAM-ENGINEERING. 

For repairs, completion, and preservation of machinery and boilers, in¬ 
cluding steam-steerers, steam-capstans, steam-windlasses, and so forth, 
in vessels on the stocks and in ordinary; purchase and preservation of 
all materials and stores; purchase, fitting, and repair of machinery and 
tools in the navy-yards and stations; wear, tear, and repair of machin¬ 
ery and boilers of naval vessels; incidental expenses for naval vessels, 
yards, and Bureaus, such as foreign postages, telegrams, advertising, 
freight, photographing, books, stationery, and instruments, nine hun¬ 
dred" and fifty”thousand dollars: Provided , That no part of said sum 
shall be applied to the repair of engines and machinery of wooden ships 
where the estimated costs of such repair shall exceed twenty per centum 


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of the estimated cost of new engines and machinery of the same char¬ 
acter and power; but nothing herein contained shall prevent the repair 
or building of boilers for wooden ships the hulls of which can be fully 
repaired for twenty per centum of the estimated cost of a new ship of 
the same size and materials. 

For contingencies, such as instruments and materials for draughting- 
room, one thousand dollars. 

For the civil establishment, ten thousand dollars. 

NAVAL academy. 

For pay of professors and others: For two professors, namely, one of 
mathematics and one of chemistry, at two thousand five hundred dol¬ 
lars each; three professors (assistants), namely, one of physics, one of 
Spanish and French, and one of English studies, history, and law, at 
two thousand two hundred dollars each; six assistant professors, 
namely, four of French, one of English studies, history, and laws, and 
one of drawing, at one thousand eight hundred dollars each; sword- 
master, at one thousand five hundred dollars, and two assistants, at one 
thousand dollars each; boxing-master and gymnast, at one thousand 
two hundred dollars; assistant librarian, at one thousand four hundred 
dollars; secretary of the Naval Academy, one thousand eight hundred 
dollars; three clerks to superintendent, at one thousand two hundred 
dollars, one thousand dollars, and eight hundred dollars, respectively; 
one clerk to commandant of cadets, one thousand two hundred dollars; 
one clerk to paymaster, one thousand dollars; one dentist, one thousand 
six hundred dollars; one baker, six hundred dollars; one mechanic in 
department of physics and chemistry, seven hundred and thirty dol¬ 
lars; one cook, three hundred and twenty-five dollars and fifty cents; 
one messenger to superintendent, six hundred dollars; one armorer, 
five hundred and twenty-nine dollars and fifty cents; one gunner’s 
mate, four hundred and sixty-nine dollars and fifty cents, and one 
quarter-gunner, four hundred and nine dollars and fifty cents; one 
cockswain, four hundred and sixty-nine dollars and fifty cents; one sea¬ 
man in the department of seamanship, at three hundred and forty-nine 
dollars and fift } 7 cents; one attendant in the department of astronomy 
and one in the department of physics and chemistry, at three hundred 
dollars each; six attendants at recitation-rooms, library, store, chapel, 
and offices, at two hundred and forty dollars each; one band-master, 
five hundred and twenty-eight dollars; twenty-one first-class musicians, 
at three hundred and forty-eight dollars each; seven second-class mu¬ 
sicians, at three hundred dollars each; in all, fifty-three thousand five 
hundred and fifty-nine dollars. 

For pa } 7 of watchmen and others: For captain of the watch and 
weigher, at two dollars and fifty cents per day; four watchmen, at two 
dollars per day each; foreman of the gas and steam-heating works of 
Academy, at five dollars per day; ten attendants at gas and steam- 
heating works, one at three dollars, one at two dollars and fifty cents, 
and eight at two dollars per day each; one yeoman, six hundred dol¬ 
lars; one foreman of joiners, one foreman of painters, and one foreman 
of masons, at three dollars and fifty cents per day each; one mason, at 
three dollars per day; two joiners and one painter, at two dollars and 
fifty cents per day each; one tinner, one gas-fitter, and one blacksmith, 
at two dollars and fifty cents per day each; in all, twenty-three thou¬ 
sand and twenty-five dollars and fifty cents. 


NAVAL APPROPRIATION LAWS. 


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For pay of mechanics and others: For one mechanic at workshop, at 
two dollars and twenty-five cents per diem; one master-laborer, to keep 
public grounds in order, at two dollars and twenty-eight cents per 
diem; fourteen laborers, to assist in same, three at two dollars per 
diem each and eleven at one dollar and fifty cents per diem each; one 
laborer, to superintend quarters of cadet-midshipmen and public 
grounds, at two dollars per diem; twenty servants, to keep in order 
and attend to quarters of cadet-midshipmen and public buildings, at 
twenty dollars per month each; in all, fourteen thousand five hundred 
and seventy-six dollars and ninety-five cents. 

For pay of the employees in the department of steam-engineer¬ 
ing, Naval Academy: One master machinist, one boiler-maker, and one 
pattern-maker, at three dollars and fifty cents per day each; two ma¬ 
chinists and one blacksmith, at two dollars and fifty cents per day each; 
four laborers, at one dollar and fifty cents per day each; in all, seven 
thousand six hundred and sixty-eight dollars. 

For necessary repairs of public buildings, pavements, wharves, and 
w T alls inclosing the grounds of the Naval Academy, and for improve¬ 
ments, repairs, and furniture and fixtures, twenty-one thousand dollars: 
Provided , That no appropriations provided for in this act shall be con¬ 
strued to authorize or be applied to a new building for the use of the 
superintendent of other officers of the Academy. 

For fuel for heating and lighting the Academy and school-ships, sev¬ 
enteen thousand dollars. 

For contingent expenses, Naval Academy: For purchase of books for 
the library, two thousand dollars. 

For stationery, blank-books, models, maps, and for text-books for use 
of instructors, two thousand dollars. 

For expenses of the Board of Visitors to the Naval Academy, one 
thousand five hundred dollars. 

For purchase of chemicals, apparatus, and instruments in the depart¬ 
ment of physics and chemistiy, and for repairs of the same, two thou¬ 
sand five hundred dollars. 

For purchase of gas and steam machinery; steam-pipe and fittings; 
rent of building for the use of the Academy; freight; cartage; water; 
music; musical and astronomical instruments; uniforms for the bands¬ 
men; telegraphing; for feed and maintenance of teams; for current 
expenses and repairs of all kinds; and for incidental labor and expenses 
not applicable to any other appropriation, thirty-four thousand six hun¬ 
dred dollars. 

For stores in the department of steam-enginery, eight hundred dollars. 

For materials for repairs in steam-machinery, one thousand dollars. 

MARINE CORPS. 

For pay of officers on the active-list, as follows: For one colonel com¬ 
mandant, one colonel, two lieutenant colonels, one adjutant and inspector, 
one quartermaster, one pa 3 T master, four majors, two assistant quarter¬ 
masters, one judge advocate-general United States Navy, nineteen cap¬ 
tains, thirty first lieutenants, and twenty-two second lieutenants, one 
hundred and eighty-five thousand two hundred and forty dollars. 

For pay of officers on the retired-list: For one colonel, three majors, 
two assistant quartermasters, four captains, and three second lieuten¬ 
ants, twenty-seven thousand three hundred and fifteen dollars. 

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For pay of non-commissioned officers, musicians, and privates: For 
one sergeant-major, one quartermaster-sergeant, one leader of the 
band, and one drum-major, fifty first sergeants, one hundred and forty 
sergeants, one hundred and eighty corporals, thirty musicians, ninety- 
six drummers and fifers, and one thousand five hundred privates, three 
hundred and eighty-nine thousand and fifty-two dollars. 

For ten clerks and two messengers, sixteen thousand and thirty-five 
dollars; payments to discharged soldiers for clothing undrawn, twenty 
thousand dollars; transportation of officers travelling under orders 
without troops, eight thousand dollars; commutation of quarters for 
officers where there are no public buildings, four thousand dollars; in 
all, fortjr-eight thousand and thirty-five dollars. 

For provisions for the Marine Corps, and for difference between cost 
of rations and commutation thereof for detailed men, sixty-thousand 
dollars. 

For clothing, seventy-seven thousand dollars. 

For fuel, eighteen thousand dollars. 

For military stores, namely: For pay of one chief armorer, at three 
dollars per day; three mechanics, at two dollars and fifty cents per 
day each; purchase of military equipments, such as cartridge-boxes, 
bayonet-scabbards, haversacks, blanket bags, canteens, musket-slings, 
swords, flags, knapsacks, spare parts for repairing muskets, drums, fifes, 
bugles, and other instruments, five thousand dollars; purchase of am¬ 
munition, one thousand dollars; purchase and repair of instruments for 
the band, and purchase of music, five hundred dollars; in all, nine thou¬ 
sand seven hundred and eighty-six dollars and fifty cents. 

For transportation of troops and for expenses of recruiting, ten thou¬ 
sand dollars. 

For repairs of barracks, and rent of buildings to be used for the manu¬ 
facture of clothing, stores for supplies, and offices of assistant quarter¬ 
master at Philadelphia, and for hire of quarters where there are no 
public buildings, fourteen thousand five hundred dollars. 

For forage for four public horses, one for messenger to commandant 
and staff, Washington, District of Columbia, and three for general use 
at marine barracks, Mare Island, California, and League Island, Penn¬ 
sylvania, seven hundred and twenty dollars. 

For the purchase of forage, four thousand six hundred and eighty 
dollars: Provided , That no commutation for forage shall be paid. 

For contingencies, namely: For freight; ferriage; toll; cartage; 
funeral expenses of marines; stationery; telegraphing; rent of tele¬ 
phone; apprehension of deserters; per diem to enlisted men employed 
on constant labor for periods not less than ten days; repair of gas and 
water fixtures; office and barrack furniture; mess utensils for enlisted 
men; packing-boxes; wrapping-paper; oil-cloth; crash; rope; twine; 
carpenter’s tools; tools for police purposes; purchase and repair of 
hose; repairs to public carryall; purchase and repair of harness; re¬ 
pair of fire-extinguishers; purchase and repair of hand-carts and 
wheelbarrows; purchase and repair of cooking-stoves, ranges, and so 
forth; stoves where there are no grates; purchase of ice; towels and 
soap for offices; improving parade grounds; repair of pumps and 
wharves; laying drain and water pipes; introducing gas; and for other 
purposes, including gas and oil for marine barracks maintained at the 
various navy-yards and stations; and water at marine barracks, Boston, 
Massachusetts; Brooklyn, New York; Annapolis, Maryland, and Mare 
Island, California; also straw for bedding for enlisted men at the va- 


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rious posts, and furniture for Government houses; in all, twenty-five 
thousand dollars. 

At the Naval Asylum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: For superintend 
ent, six hundred dollars; steward, four hundred and eighty dollars; 
matron, three hundred and sixty dollars; chief cook, two hundred and 
forty dollars; two assistant cooks, one hundred and sixty-eight dollars 
each; chief laundress, one hundred and ninety-two dollars; six laun¬ 
dresses, at one hundred and sixt} T -eight dollars each; twelve scrubbers 
and waiters, at one hundred and sixty-eight dollars each; six laborers, 
at two hundred and forty dollars each; stable-keeper and driver, three 
hundred and sixty dollars; master-at-arms, four hundred and eighty 
dollars; corporal, three hundred dollars; barber, three hundred and 
sixty dollars; carpenter, eight hundred and forty-five dollars; water- 
rent and gas, two thousand dollars; cemetery and burial expenses, and 
headstones, three hundred and fifty dollars; improvement of grounds, 
five hundred dollars; repairs to buildings, and for grates, furnaces, 
ranges, furniture, and repairs of furniture, four thousand five hundred 
dollars; and for support of beneficiaries, forty-three thousand five hun¬ 
dred dollars; in all, sixty thousand and sixty-seven dollars, which sum 
shall be paid out of the income from the naval pension fund. 

To enable the President to strengthen the naval establishment of the 
United States by additional vessels of the best and most modern design, 
having the highest attainable speed, the sum of one million eight hun¬ 
dred and ninety-five thousand dollars is hereby appropriated, to be ex¬ 
pended as follows and under the following limitations: 

For the construction of two cruisers of not less than three thousand 
nor more than five thousand tons displacement, costing, exclusive of 
armament, not more than one million one hundred thousand dollars 
each; one heavily armed gunboat of about sixteen hundred tons dis¬ 
placement, costing, exclusive of armament, not more than five hundred 
and twenty thousand dollars; and one light gunboat of about eight 
hundred tons displacement, costing, exclusive of armament, not more 
than two hundred and seventy five thousand dollars; and authority is 
hereby given for the construction of said four vessels, at not exceeding 
the total cost for each above specified, in accordance with such final 
plan as may be determined upon, after a revision and reconsideration 
of all designs which have been heretofore made, and in the manner and 
conformity to the conditions and limitations provided for the construc¬ 
tion of the new cruisers in the acts of August fifth, eighteen hundred 
and eighty-two, and of March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, 
except so far as said acts provide for and define the duties of Naval 
Advisory Board. 

Sec. 2. That the President be, and he is hereby, authorized to return 
the Arctic steamer Alert to Her Majesty’s Government, with the thanks 
of the Government of the United States for the generous and graceful 
act of courtesy in so promptly tendering the gift of that vessel, and 
for the valuable service thereby rendered to the cause of science and 
humanity. 

Sec. 3. That the Secretary of the Navy be, and he is hereby, directed 
to transfer to the Treasury Department, for use as a revenue-cutter in 
the waters of Alaska, the steamer Bear, of the late Greeley relief ex¬ 
pedition, and is hereby authorized to place the steamer Thetis for use 
in the Navy, as a surveying vessel or otherwise. 

Approved, March 3, 1885. 


FORTY-NINTH CONGRESS, FIRST SESSION—JULY 26, 1886. 

[Public—N o. 139.] 

An act making appropriations for the naval service for the fiscal 
year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, and for other purposes. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled , That the following’ sums be, 
and they are hereby, appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the 
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the naval service of the 
Government for the 3 T ear ending* June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and 
eighty-seven, and for other purposes: 

TAY OF THE NAVY. 

For the pay of officers on sea-duty; officers on shore and other duty; 
officers on waiting orders; officers on the retired-list; Admiral’s and Vice- 
Admiral’s secretaries; clerks to commandants of yards and stations; 
clerks to paymasters at yards and stations; inspections; receiving-ships 
and other vessels; extra pay to men re-enlisting under honorable dis¬ 
charge; pay of pett}^ officers, seamen, landsmen, and boys, including 
men in the engineers’ force, and for the Coast Survey service and Fish 
Commission, seven thousand live hundred men and seven hundred and 
fifty boys, at the pay prescribed by law; in all, seven million dollars. 

PAY, MISCELLANEOUS. 

For commission and interest; transportation of funds; exchange; 
mileage to officers while traveling under orders in the United States, 
and for actual personal expenses of officers while traveling abroad 
under orders, and for traveling expenses of apothecaries, yeomen, and 
civilian employees, and for actual and necessary traveling expenses of 
naval cadets while proceeding from their homes to the Naval Academy 
for examination and appointment as cadets; for rent and furniture of 
buildings and offices not in navy-yards; expenses of courts-martial and 
courts of inquiry, boards of investigation, examining boards,with clerks’ 
and witnesses’ fees, and traveling expenses and costs; stationery and 
recording; expenses of purchasing-paymasters’ offices of the various 
cities, including clerks, furniture, fuel, stationery, and incidental ex¬ 
penses; newspapers and advertising; foreign postage; telegraphing, 
foreign and domestic; telephones; copying; care of library; mail and 
express wagons, ferriage, tolls, and livery and express fees; costs of 
suits; commissions, warrants, diplomas, and discharges; relief of ves¬ 
sels in distress; canal tolls and pilotage; recovery of valuables from 
shipwrecks; quarantine expenses; care and transportation of the dead; 
reports, professional investigation, cost of special instruction at home 
or abroad, including maintenance of students, and information from 
abroad, and the collection and classification thereof, and other neces¬ 
sary incidental expenses, two hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars. 

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For the compensation of the two civilian members of the Naval Ad¬ 
visory Board for the time the}" may serve after June thirtieth, eighteen 
hundred and eighty-six, at the rate of two thousand live hundred dol¬ 
lars each for six months, and of two hundred and fifty dollars each for 
traveling and other expenses for six months, five thousand five hundred 
dollars: Provided , That the sum accepted them under this act shall 
be in full of all services rendered after J une thirtieth, eighteen hundred 
and eighty-six. 

CONTINGENT NAVY. 

For all emergencies and extraordinary expenses arising at home or 
abroad, but impossible to be anticipated or classified, exclusive of per¬ 
sonal services in the Navy Department or any of its subordinate Bureaus 
or offices, at Washington, District of Columbia, ten thousand dollars. 

BUREAU OF NAVIGATION. 

Foreign and local pilotage and towage of ships of war; services and 
materials in correcting compasses on board ships, and for adjusting 
and testing compasses on shore; nautical and astronomical instru¬ 
ments, nautical books, maps, charts, and sailing directions, and 
repairs of nautical instruments for ships of war; books for libra¬ 
ries of ships of war; naval signals and apparatus, namely, signal- 
lights, lanterns, rockets, running-lights, drawings and engravings 
for signal-books; compass-fittings, including binnacles, tripods, and 
other appendages of ships’ compasses; logs and other appliances for 
measuring the ship’s way, and leads and other appliances for sound¬ 
ing; lanterns and lamps, and their appendages, for general use on 
board ship, including those for the cabin, ward-room, and steerage, and 
for the holds and spirit-room, for deck and quartermasters’ use; bunt¬ 
ing and other materials for flags, and making and repairing flags of all 
kinds; oil for ships of war, other than that used in the engineer de¬ 
partment; candles, when used as a substitute for oil in binnacles and 
running-lights; chimneys and wicks, and soap used in the navigation 
department; photographic instruments and materials; stationery for 
commanders and navigators of vessels of war, and for use of courts- 
martial; musical instruments and music for vessels of war; steering- 
signals and indicators, and speaking-tubes and gongs for signal com¬ 
munications on board vessels of war; and for introducing and main¬ 
taining electric lights on board vessels of war, in all, eighty-three thou¬ 
sand five hundred dollars. 

For special ocean surveys and the publication thereof, four thousand 
dollars. 

For preparing and engraving on copper plates the surveys of the 
Mexican coast, and for publishing the same, seven thousand dollars. 

For completing compass-testing houses, and furniture for same, two 
thousand dollars. 

For contingent expenses of the Bureau of Navigation, namelju For 
freight and transportation of navigation materials, postage and tele¬ 
graphing on public business, advertising for proposals, packing-boxes 
and materials, furniture, stationery, and fuel for navigation offices at 
navy-yards, and all other contingent expenses, five thousand dollars. 

For the completion and other expenses connected with the reduction 
of the observations of the transit of Venus, in eighteen hundred and 
seventy-four and eighteen hundred and eighty-two, to be expended 
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NAVAL APPROPRIATION LAWS. 


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That said Commission shall deliver all the instruments and other public 
property in its possession into the custody of the Secretary of the Navy, 
three thousand dollars. 

For the civil establishment at navy-yards and stations, including 
master of tugs, storekeepers, clerks, writers, and all clerical work, nine 
thousand dollars; and no other fund appropriated by this act shall be 
used in payment for such services. 

BUREAU OF ORDNANCE. 

For procuring, producing, preserving and handling ordnance ma¬ 
terial; for the armament of ships; for fuel, tools, material, and laboi 
to be used in the general work of the Ordnance Department; for furni¬ 
ture at magazines, at the ordnance dock, New York, and at the naval 
ordnance battery and proving-ground, one hundred and nine thousand 
three hundred dollars. 

One or more rilled cannon of each type constructed at the cost of the 
United States for the Navy shall be publicly subjected to the proper 
test for endurance including such rapid firing as a like gun would be 
subjected to in battle. This test shall be under the direction and to 
the satisfaction of the Secretary of the Navy, and if such guns do not 
prove satisfactory, the type they represent .shall not be put in use in 
the naval service. 

For necessary repairs to ordnance buildings, magazines, gun-parks, 
boats, lighters, wharves, machinery, and other objects of the like char¬ 
acter, fifteen thousand dollars. 

For miscellaneous items, namely: Freight to foreign and home stations, 
advertising and auctioneer’s fees, cartage and express charges, repairs 
to fire-engines, gas and water pipes, gas and water tax at magazines, 
toll, ferriage, foreign postage, and telegrams to and from the Bureau 
four thousand dollars. 

For the civil establishment at navy-yards and stations, including 
writers, clerks, foreman, draughtsmen, assistant draughtsman, and a 
chemist, twenty-three thousand two hundred and four dollars; and nc 
other fund appropriated by this act shall be used in payment for such 
services. 

For the torpedo corps, namely: For labor; material; freight and 
express charges; general care of and repairs to grounds, buildings, 
wharves; boats; instruction; instruments, tools, furniture, experiments, 
and general torpedo outfits, fifty thousand dollars. 

For new ferry-launch, in place of the one now in use, which shall be 
sold, and building fuse-room and coal-shed, eight thousand five hundred 
dollars. 

Chicago, Boston, Atlanta, and Dolphin: To complete the armament 
of the three steam-cruisers the Chicago, Boston, and Atlanta, and the 
dispatch-boat Dolphin, ninety-one thousand one hundred and thirty 
seven dollars. 


BUREAU OF EQUIPMENT AND RECRUITING. 

For equipment of vessels: For coal for steamers’ and ships’ use, in¬ 
cluding expenses of transportation, storage, and handling; hemp, wire, 
hides, and other materials for the manufacture of rope and cordage; 
iron for the manufacture of anchors, cables, galleys, and chains; can¬ 
vas for the manufacture of sails, awnings, bags, and hammocks; heat- 
ing apparatus for receiving-ships; and for the purchase of all other 
articles of equipment at home and abroad, and for the payment of labor 


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in equipping vessels and manufacture of equipment articles in the sev¬ 
eral navy-yards, seven hundred and eighty-two thousand two hundred 
dollars. 

For expenses of recruiting for the naval service, rent of rendezvous 
and expense of maintaining the same, advertising for men and bo} r s, 
and all other expenses attending the recruiting for the naval service, 
and for the transportation of enlisted men and boys at home and abroad, 
twenty-five thousand dollars. 

For contingent expenses equipment and recruiting: For extra ex¬ 
penses of training-ships, freight and transportation of equipment stores, 
printing, advertising, telegraphing, books and models, postage on let¬ 
ters sent abroad, ferriage, ice, apprehension of deserters and stragglers, 
continuous-service certificates, good-conduct badges and libraries for 
enlisted men, school-books for training-ships, medals for boys, and 
emergencies arising under cognizance of the Bureau of Equipment and 
Recruiting unforeseen and impossible to classify, twenty thousand dol¬ 
lars. 

For the civil establishment at navy-yards and stations, including 
clerks,writers, and superintendent of rope-walk, sixteen thousand eight 
hundred dollars; and no other fund shall be used in payment for such 
services. 

BUREAU OF YARDS AND DOCKS. 

For general maintenance of yards and docks, namely: For freight 
and transportation of materials and stores; books, maps, models, and 
drawings; purchase and repair of fire-engines; machinery; repairs on 
steam fire-engines, and attendance on the same; purchase and mainte¬ 
nance of oxen and horses, and driving-teams; carts and timber-wheels, 
and all vehicles for use in the navy-yards, and tools and repairs of the 
same; postage on letters and other mailable matter on public service 
sent to foreign countries, and telegrams; furniture for Government 
houses and offices in the navy-yards; coal and other fuel; candles, oil, 
and gas; cleaning and clearing up yards and care of public buildings; 
attendance on fires, lights, fire-engines, and apparatus; for incidental 
labor at navy-yards; water tax, and for tolls and ferriage; rent of four 
officers’ quarters at Philadelphia; pay of watchmen in the navy-yards; 
and for awnings and packing-boxes, and advertising for yards and docks 
purposes, one hundred and seventy thousand dollars. 

For contingent expenses that may arise at navy-yards and stations, 
twenty thousand dollars. 

For the civil establishment at navy-yards and stations, consisting of 
writers, clerks, messengers, telegraph operators, draughtsmen, foreman 
laborers and foreman masons, quarterman brick and stone masons, and 
pilots, including the work of bell-ringing and lamp lighting, sixty-two 
thousand dollars; and no other fund appropriated by this act shall be 
used in payment for such service. 

NAYAL ASYLUM. 

For the Naval Asylum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: For superin¬ 
tendent, six hundred dollars; steward, four hundred and eighty dollars; 
matron, three hundred and sixty dollars; chief cook, two hundred and 
forty dollars; two assistant cooks, three hundred and thirty six dollars; 
chief laundress, one hundred and ninety-two dollars; six' laundresses, 
at one hundred and sixty-eight dollars’ each; four scrubbers, at one 
hundred and sixty-eight dollars each; eight waiters, at one hundred 


NAVAL APPROPRIATION LAWS. 


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and sixtv-eight dollars each; six laborers, at two hundred and forty 
dollars each; stable-keeper and driver, three hundred and sixty dollars; 
master-at-arms, four hundred and eighty dollars; two house corporals, 
at three hundred dollars each; barber, three hundred and sixty dollars; 
carpenter, eight hundred and forty-five dollars; water-rent and gas, 
one thousand eight hundred dollars; cemetery, burial expenses, and 
head-stones, three hundred and fifty dollars; improvement of grounds, 
five hundred dollars; repairs to buildings, furnaces, grates, and ranges, 
furniture, and repairs to furniture, four thousand five hundred dollars; 
fitting up bath-rooms with twelve tubs for use of beneficiaries, eight 
hundred dollars; and for support of beneficiaries, forty-five thousand 
eight hundred dollars; in all, sixty-three thousand and fifty-seven dol¬ 
lars; which sum shall be paid out of the income from the naval pen¬ 
sion fund. 

BUREAU OF MEDICINE AND SURGERY. 

For support of the medical department; For surgeons’ necessaries for 
vessels in commission, navy-yards, naval stations, Marine Corps, and 
Coast Survey, and for the civil establishment at the several naval hos¬ 
pitals, navy-yards, naval laboratory, and Naval Academy, fifty-five thou¬ 
sand dollars. 

For the naval-hospital fund; For maintenance of the naval hospitals 
at the various navy-yards and stations, thirty thousand dollars. 

For contingent expenses: For freight or expressage on medical 
stores, toll, ferriages; transportation of insane patients; advertising; 
telegraphing; rent of telephones; purchase of books; postage, and 
purchase of stamps for foreign service; expenses attending the medical 
board of examiners; rent of rooms for naval dispensary and museum 
of h} T giene; h} T gienic and sanitary investigation and illustration; sani¬ 
tary and hvgienic instruction; purchase and repairs of wagons and 
harness; purchase and feed of horses and cows; trees, plants, garden- 
tools, and seeds; furniture and incidental articles for museum of hy¬ 
giene, naval dispensary, Washington, naval laboratory, sick-quarters 
at Naval Academy, and dispensaries at navy-yards; washing for medi¬ 
cal department at museum of hygiene, naval dispensary, Washington, 
naval laborator 3 T , sick-quarters at Naval Academy, dispensaries at 
navy-yards, and for receiving-ships and rendezvous, and all other nec¬ 
essary contingent expenses, twenty thousand dollars. 

For necessary repairs of naval laboratory, naval hospitals, and ap¬ 
pendages, including roads, wharves, out-houses, sidewalks, fences, 
gardens, farms, and cemeteries, fifteen thousand dollars. 

BUREAU OF PROVISIONS AND CLOTHING. 

For provisions for the seamen and marines; commuted rations for 
officers, naval cadets, seamen, and marines; commuted rations stopped 
on account of sick in hospital and credited to the hospital fund; water 
for drinking and cooking purposes on board ships; and for labor and 
expenses of inspections, in all, one million and fifty-two thousand dol¬ 
lars; and the sum of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars of the 
amount now standing to the credit of the clothing fund, and the further 
sum of seventy-five thousand dollars of the amount now standing to 
the credit of the small stores fund of the Bureau of Provisions and 
Clothing shall be forthwith covered into the Treasury. 

For contingent expenses: For freight on shipments, candles, fuel, 
books and blanks, stationery, advertising, furniture for inspections and 


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pay-offices in the navy-yards, expenses of naval-clothing factory, for¬ 
eign postage, telegrams, express charges, tolls, ferriages, yeomen’s 
stores, iron safes, newspapers, ice, and other necessar } 7 incidental ex¬ 
penses, fift}^ thousand dollars. 

For the civil establishment, to include firemen, writers, receivers, 
assistant receivers, messengers, leading men and pressmen in inspec¬ 
tion office, superintendent of coffee and spice mill, box-maker, coffee- 
roaster, engine-tender, teamster, telephone-operating, cutter, machine- 
operator, and two laborers, thirty-five thousand dollars; and no other 
fund appropriated b}^ this act shall be used in payment for such services. 

BUREAU OF CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR. 

For preservation and completion of vessels on the stocks and in 
ordinary; purchase of materials and stores of all kinds; labor in navy- 
yards and on foreign stations; preservation of materials; purchase of 
tools for use in shops; wear, tear, and repair of vessels afloat, and for 
general care, increase, and protection of the Navy in the line of con¬ 
struction and repair; incidental expenses, such as advertising, foreign 
postages, telegrams, photographing, books, plans, stationery, and in¬ 
struments for the drawing-room, nine hundred thousand dollars: Pro¬ 
vided , That in the discretion of the Secretary of the Navy thirty thou¬ 
sand dollars of the amount hereby appropriated may be used to repair 
and furnish a suitable vessel, if in his judgment it can be done without 
injury to the service, said vessel to be used as a nautical school ship at 
the port of Philadelphia, Penns} T lvania, under the authority and pro¬ 
visions of the act of Congress of June twentieth, eighteen hundred and 
seventy-four; but the United States shall be put to no charge or expense 
and shall incur no liability in relation to said vessel while the same is 
in such use: Providedfurther , That no part of this sum shall be applied 
to the repairs of any wooden ship when the estimated cost of such re¬ 
pairs, to be appraised by a competent board of naval officers, shall ex¬ 
ceed twenty per centum of the estimated cost, appraised in like manner, 
of a new ship of the same size and like material: Provided further , That 
nothing herein contained shall deprive the Secretary of the Navy of the 
authority to order repairs of ships damaged in foreign waters or on the 
high seas, so far as may be necessary to bring them home. 

For the civil establishment at navy-yards, including clerks, draughts¬ 
men, and writers, forty-three thousand dollars; and no other fund ap¬ 
propriated by this act shall be used in payment for such services. 

Chicago, Boston, Atlanta, and Dolphin: To complete the construction 
of the three steel cruisers the Chicago, Boston, and Atlanta, and to pay 
the amount due on the dispatch-boat Dolphin, authorized b} T the act 
approved March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, ninety-five 
thousand eight hundred and sixt} 7 -one dollars. 

BUREAU OF STEAM-ENGINEERING. 

For completion, repairs, and preservation of machinery' and boilers 
of naval vessels, including cost of new boilers, steam-steerers, pneu¬ 
matic steerers, steam-capstans, steam-windlasses, and other steam aux¬ 
iliaries; preservation of and small repairs to machinery and boilers in 
vessels in ordinary, receiving and training vessels; repair and care of 
machinery of }^ard tugs and launches; purchase, handling, and preser¬ 
vation of all materials and stores;purchase, fitting, repair, and preserva¬ 
tion of machinery and tools in the navy-yards and stations; running 


NAVAL APPROPRIATION LAWS. 


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yard engines; incidental expenses for naval vessels, yards, and the 
Bureau, such as foreign postages, telegrams, advertising, freight, photo¬ 
graphing, books, stationary, and instruments, seven hundred and sixty- 
three thousand dollars: Provided , That no part of said sum shall be 
applied to the repair of engines and machinery of wooden ships where 
the estimated cost of such repair shall exceed twenty per centum of the 
estimated costs of new engines and machinery of the same character 
and power; but nothing herein contained shall prevent the repair or 
building of boilers for wooden ships the hulls of which can be fully 
repaired for twenty per centum of the estimated cost of a new ship of 
the same size and materials. 

For contingencies, drawing materials, and instruments, for the 
draughting-room, live hundred dollars. 

For the civil establishment in the navy-yards, to include clerks, 
draughtsmen, assistant draughtsmen, messengers, writers, receivers, 
and weighers, twenty-seven thousand six hundred and sixty-seven dol¬ 
lars and twenty-live cents; and no other fund appropriated by this act 
shall be used in payment for such services. 

The duties of the several clerks, writers, and other employees at the 
navy-yards appropriated for in this act shall be designated by the Sec¬ 
retary of the Navy or under his direction. 

NAVAL ACADEMY. 

For pay of professors and others: For two professors, namely, one of 
mathematics and one of physics at two thousand live hundred dollars 
each; three professors (assistants), namely, one of chemistry, one of 
Spanish and French, and. one of English studies, history, and law, at 
two thousand two hundred dollars each; five assistant professors, 
namely, one of English studies, history, and law, three of French, and 
one of drawing, at one thousand eight hundred dollars each; sword- 
master, at one thousand live hundred dollars, and two assistants, at one 
thousand dollars each; boxing-master and gymnast, at one thousand 
two hundred dollars; assistant librarian, atone thousand four hundred 
dollars; secretary of the Naval Academy, one thousand eight hundred 
dollars; three clerks to superintendent, one at one thousand two hun¬ 
dred dollars, one at one thousand dollars, and one at eight hundred 
dollars; one clerk to commandant of cadets, one thousand two hun¬ 
dred dollars; one clerk to paymaster, one thousand dollars; one 
dentist, one thousand six hundred dollars; one baker, six hundred 
dollars; one mechanic in department of physics and chemistry, at 
seven hundred and thirty dollars; one cook, three hundred and twenty- 
five dollars and fifty cents; one messenger to superintendent, six hun¬ 
dred dollars; one armorer, five hundred and twenty-nine dollars and 
fifty cents; one gunner’s mate, four hundred and sixty-nine dollars 
and fifty cents, and one quarter-gunner, four hundred and nine dollars 
and fifty cents; one cockswain, four hundred and sixty-nine dollars 
and fifty cents; one seaman in the department of seamanship, three 
hundred and forty-nine dollars and fifty cents; one attendant in the 
department of astronomy and one in the department of physics and 
chemistry, at three hundred dollars each; six attendants at recitation- 
rooms, library, store, chapel, and offices, at three hundred dollars each; 
one band-master, five hundred and twenty-eight dollars; twenty-one 
first-class musicians, at three hundred and forty-eight dollars each; 
seven second-class musicians, at three hundred dollars each; in all, fifty- 
two thousand one hundred and nineteen dollars. 


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For special course of study and training of naval cadets, as author¬ 
ized by act of Congress approved August fifth, eighteen hundred and 
eighty-two, live thousand dollars. 

For pay of watchmen, mechanics, and others: For captain of the 
watch and weigher, at two dollars and fifty cents per day; four watch¬ 
men, at two dollars per da}^ each; foreman of the gas and steam-heating 
works of Academy, at five dollars per day; ten attendants at gas and 
steam-heating works, one at three dollars, one at two dollars and lift}" 
cents, and eight at two dollars per day each; four laborers at gas and 
steam-heating works, at one dollar and fifty cents per day each; one 
yeoman, six hundred dollars; one foreman of joiners, one foreman of 
painters, and one foreman of masons, at three dollars and fifty" cents 
per day each; one mason, at three dollars per day; two joiners and one 
painter, at two dollars and fifty cents per da}^ each; one tinner, one 
gas-fitter, and one blacksmith, at two dollars and fifty cents per day 
each; one mechanic at workshop, at two dollars and twenty-five cents 
per day; one master-laborer, to keep public grounds in order, at two 
dollars and twenty-eight cents per day; twenty-two laborers, to assist 
in same, three at two dollars per diem each, eleven at one dollar and 
fifty cents per diem each, and eight at one dollar and twenty-five cents 
per diem each; one laborer to superintend and keep in order upper 
quarters of naval cadets, at two dollars per diem; twenty servants to 
keep in order and attend to quarters of naval cadets and public build¬ 
ings, at twenty-five dollars per month each; in all, forty-four thousand 
one hundred and twenty-two dollars and fort}^-five cents. 

For pay of the employees in the department of steam-engineering, 
Naval Academy: For one master-machinist, at four dollars per day; 
one boiler-maker and one pattern-maker, at three dollars and fifty cents 
per day each; two machinists and one blacksmith, at two dollars and 
fifty cents per day each; four laborers, at one dollar and fifty cents per 
•day each; in all, seven thousand eight hundred and fift}^-one dollars. 

For necessary repairs of public buildings, pavements, wharves, and 
walls inclosing the grounds of the Naval Academy, and for improve¬ 
ments, repairs, and furniture and fixtures, twenty-one thousand dollars. 

For fuel and for heating and lighting the Academy and school-ships, 
seventeen thousand dollars. 

For contingent expenses, Naval Acadenr^: For purchase of books 
for the library, two thousand dollars. 

For stationery, blank-books, models, maps, and for text books for use 
of instructors, two thousand dollars. 

For expenses of the Board of Visitors to the Naval Academy, one 
thousand five hundred dollars, being for mileage and five dollars per 
diem foi each member for expenses during actual attendance at the 
Academy. 

For purchase of chemicals, apparatus, and instruments in the de¬ 
partment of physics and chemistry, and for repairs of the same, two 
thousand five hundred dollars. 

For purchase of gas and steam machinery, steam-pipe and fittings, 
rent of building for the use of the Academy, freight, cartage, water, 
music, musical and astronomical instruments, uniforms for the bands¬ 
men, telegraphing, for feed and maintenance of teams, for current ex¬ 
penses and repairs of all kinds, and for incidental labor and expenses 
not applicable to any other appropriation, thirty-two thousand dollars. 

For stores in the department of steam-engineering, eight hundred 
dollars. 


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For materials for repairs in steam-machinery, one thousand dollars. 

For head-stones for the graves of sixty sailors and marines buried in 
the naval cemetery at the Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland, who 
lost their lives by being wrecked in the United States steamer Huron, 
live hundred dollars. 

For commencing the erection of the new Naval Observatory on the 
site purchased under the act of Congress approved February fourth, 
eighteen hundred and eighty, fifty thousand dollars: Provided , That 
the construction of no building shall be commenced except an observa¬ 
tory proper, with necessary offices for observers and computers. 

MARINE CORPS. 

For pay of officers on the active-list, as follows: For one colonel com¬ 
mandant,one colonel, two lieutenant-colonels,one adjutant and inspector, 
one paymaster, one quartermaster, four majors, two assistant quarter¬ 
masters, one judge-advocate-general United States Navy, nineteen cap¬ 
tains, thirty first lieutenants, and nineteen second lieutenants, one hun¬ 
dred and eighty-one thousand two hundred and sixty-five dollars. 

For pay of officers on the retired list: For one colonel, one quarter¬ 
master, three majors, tw r o assistant quartermasters, four captains, one 
first lieutenant, and three second lieutenants, thirty-one thousand two 
hundred and ninety dollars. 

For pay of non-commissioned officers, musicians, and privates: For 
one sergeant-major, one quartermaster-sergeant, one leader of the band, 
one drum-major, fifty first sergeants, one hundred and forty sergeants* 
one hundred and eighty corporals, thirty musicians, ninety-six drum¬ 
mers and lifers, and one thousand five hundred privates, three hundred 
and eighty-nine thousand and fifty-two dollars. 

For pay of civil force, namely: For ten clerks and two messengers, 
sixteen thousand and thirty-five dollars; payments to discharged sol¬ 
diers for clothing undrawn, twenty thousand dollars; transportation of 
officers traveling under orders without troops, eight thousand dollars; 
commutation of quarters for officers on duty where there are no public 
quarters, four thousand dollars; in all, forty-eight thousand and thirty- 
five dollars. 

For provisions for the Marine Corps, and for difference between cost 
of rations and commutation thereof for detailed men, sixty-two thou¬ 
sand five hundred dollars. 

For clothing, fifty thousand dollars. 

For fuel, eighteen thousand dollars. 

For military stores, namely: For pa} r of one chief armorer, at three 
dollars per day; three mechanics, at two dollars and fifty cents each 
per day; purchase of military equipments, such as cartridge-boxes, 
bayonet-scabbards, haversacks, blanket-bags, canteens, musket-slings, 
swords, drums, bugles, flags, and spare parts for repairing-muskets, 
and other necessary incidental articles, five thousand dollars; purchase 
of ammunition, one thousand dollars; purchase and repair of instru¬ 
ments for band, and purchase of music and musical accessories, five 
hundred dollars; in all, nine thousand seven hundred and eighty-six 
dollars and fifty cents. 

For transportation of troops and for expenses of recruiting, ten 
thousand dollars. 

For repairs of barracks at Portsmouth, New Hampshire; Boston, 
Massachusetts; Brooklyn, New York; League Island, Pennsylvania; 


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Annapolis, Maryland; headquarters and navy-yards, Washington, Dis¬ 
trict of Columbia; Gosport, Virginia; and Mare Island, California, nine 
thousand dollars; for the erection of a building for marine barracks at 
navy-yard, Pensacola, Florida, to take the place of one destroyed.on 
account of yellow fever, two thousand dollars; placing tin roof on marine 
barracks and officers’ quarters at Washington, District of Columbia, 
one thousand two hundred dollars; rent of building used for manu¬ 
facture of clothing, stowing supplies, and offices of assistant quarter¬ 
masters, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and San Francisco, California, two 
thousand two hundred and sixty dollars; in all, fourteen thousand four 
hundred and sixty dollars. 

For forage in kind for four horses of the Quartermaster’s Department, 
and the authorized number of officers’ horses, four thousand four hun¬ 
dred dollars. 

For contingencies, namely: For gas and oil at marine barracks, Ports¬ 
mouth, New Hampshire; Boston, Massachusetts; Brooklyn, New York; 
League Island, Pennsylvania; assistant quartermasters’ offices, Phila¬ 
delphia, Pennsylvania, and San Francisco, California; Annapolis, Mary¬ 
land; headquarters and navy-yard, Washington, District of Columbia; 
Gosport, Virginia; Pensacola, Florida; and Mare Island, California; 
straw for bedding for enlisted men at the various posts; water at marine 
barracks, Boston,Massachusetts; Brooklyn,NewYork; Annapolis,Mary¬ 
land; and Mare Island, California; furniture for Government houses; 
freight; ferriage; toll; cartage; funeral expenses of marines; station¬ 
ery; telegraphing; rent of telephones; apprehension of deserters; per 
diem to enlisted men employed on constant labor; repairs of gas and 
water fixtures; office and barrack furniture; mess utensils for enlisted 
men, such as bowls, plates, spoons, knives, and forks; packing-boxes; 
wrapping-paper; oil-cloth; crash; rope; twine; carpenter’s tools; tools 
for police purposes; purchase and repair of hose; repairs to public 
wagons; purchase and repair of harness; repair of fire extinguishers; 
purchase of hand-grenades; purchase and repair of hand-carts and 
wheelbarrows; purchase and repair of cooking-stoves, ranges, and so 
forth; stoves where there are no grates; purchase of ice, towels, and 
soap for offices; improving parade-grounds; repair of pumps and 
wharves; laying drain and water pipes; introducing gas; and for other 
purposes; in all, twenty-six thousand dollars. 

For hire of quarters for officers where there are no public quarters, 
four thousand five hundred dollars. 

Sec. 2.. All balances of moneys appropriated for the pay of the Navy 
or pay of the Marine Corps, for any year existing after the accounts 
for said year shall have been settled shall be covered into the Treasury. 

Approved, July 26, 1886. 


FORTY-NINTH CONGRESS, FIRST SESSION—AUGUST 3, 1886. 

[Public —No. 167.] 

An act to increase the Naval establishment. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled , That the President is hereb} 7 
authorized to have constructed, as hereinafter provided— 

First. Two sea-going* double-bottomed armored vessels of about six 
thousand tons displacement, designed for a speed of at least sixteen 
knots an hour, with engines having all necessary appliances for work¬ 
ing under forced draught, and costing, including engines and machinery 
and excluding armament, not more than two million five hundred thou¬ 
sand dollars each. Said vessels shall have each a complete torpedo 
outfit and be armed in the most effective manner. 

Second. One protected double- bottomed cruiser of not less than three 
thousand five hundred nor more than five thousand tons displacement, 
designed to have the highest practicable speed and furnished with the 
best type of modern engines, furnished with necessary appliances for 
working under forced draught. Said vessel shall cost, including engines 
and machinery and excluding armament, not exceeding one million five 
hundred thousand dollars. 

Third. One first class topedo-boat, costing in the aggregate not more 
than one hundred thousand dollars. 

Sec. 2. That the vessels hereinbefore authorized to be constructed 
shall be built of steel of domestic manufacture, having a tensile strength 
of not less than sixty thousand pounds per square inch, and an elonga¬ 
tion in eight inches of not less than twenty-five per centum. 

Sec. 3. That the President is hereby authorized to direct the comple¬ 
tion, as hereinafter provided, of the double-turreted monitors Puritan, 
Amphitrite, Monadnock, and Terror, at a total cost, exclusive of arma¬ 
ment, not to exceed three million one hundred and seventy-eight thou¬ 
sand and forty-six dollars. 

Sec. 4. That the armor used in constructing said armored vessels and 
for completing said monitors shall be of the best obtainable quality and 
of domestic manufacture, provided contracts for furnishing the same 
in a reasonable time, at a reasonable price, and of the required qualit} 7 
can be made with responsible parties. Such armor shall be accepted 
only after passing such tests as shall be prescribed by the Secretary of 
the Navy and inserted in the contracts. 

Sec. 5. That the Secretary of the Navy shall cause one or more of the 
new vessels hereinbefore provided for to be constructed and one or more 
of the said monitors to be completed in one or more of the navy-yards 
of the United States; and if he shall be unable to contract with respon¬ 
sible parties to construct or complete, at reasonable prices, all or any 
of the vessels hereinbefore provided for, he shall cause the same to be 
constructed or completed in such of the navy-yards of the United States 
as may be best adapted thereto. 


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Sec. 6. That the engines, boilers, and machinery of all the new ves¬ 
sels provided for by this act shall be of domestic manufacture and pro¬ 
cured by contract, unless the Secretary of the Navy shall be unable to 
obtain the same at fair prices, in which case he may construct the same,, 
or any portion thereof, in the navy-} r ards of the United States: Pro¬ 
vided\ That the Secretary of the Navy may purchase abroad only such 
shafting as it may be impossible to obtain in the United States in time 
for use in the construction of the vessels herein provided for. 

Sec. 7. That the Secretary of the Navy shall not contract for the 
construction or completion of any of said vessels, or of their engines, 
machinery, or boilers, until drawings and specifications of the same shall 
have been provided or adopted by him; and after said drawings and 
specifications shall have been provided, adopted, and approved as afore¬ 
said, and work shall have been commenced on any contract made there¬ 
for, such plans and specifications shall not be changed in any respect 
when the cost of such change in the execution of the work exceeds five 
hundred dollars, except upon the written order of the Secretary or Act¬ 
ing Secretary of the Navy; and if changes are thus made, the actual 
cost thereof and the damage caused thereby shall be ascertained, esti¬ 
mated, and determined by a board of naval officers to be provided for 
in the contract; and in any contract made pursuant to this act it shall 
be provided in the terms thereof that the contractor shall be bound by 
the determination of said board, or a majority thereof, as to the amount of 
increase or diminished compensation said contractor shall be entitled to 
receive, if any, in consequence of such change or changes. In every con¬ 
tract to be made under this act there shall be prescribed a period within 
which the work provided for in said contract, orspecified portions thereof, 
shall be completed, and the completion of such work within the periods 
prescribed shall be insured by penal provisions. For the construction 
or completion of such vessels hereinbefore provided for as the Secre¬ 
tary of the Navy shall propose to have constructed or completed by 
contract, as well as also for the engines, boilers, and machinery herein¬ 
before provided for, he shall invite proposals from every American ship¬ 
builder and other person who shall show to the satisfaction of the Sec¬ 
retary of the Navy that within three months from the date of the con¬ 
tract he will be possessed of the necessary plant for the performance of 
the work in the United States which he shall offer to undertake, and 
such contract shall be let to the lowest and best responsible bidder or 
bidders, after at least sixty days’ advertisement, published in five lead¬ 
ing papers of the United States, inviting proposals for the work pro¬ 
posed, which work shall be subject to all such rules, regulations, super¬ 
intendence by naval officers during construction, and provisions as to 
bonds and security for the quality and due completion of the work as 
the Secretary of the Navy shall prescribe; and no vessel, boiler, engine, 
machinery, or portion thereof shall be accepted unless completed in 
strict conformity with the contract; and the authority given hereby 
shall take effect at once. The Secretary of the Navy shall have the 
power to reject any or all bids made under the provisions of this act. 

Sec. 8. That the sum of one million dollars is hereby appropriated 
towards the armament of the vessels authorized by the act of March 
third, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, of the vessels authorized by 
section one of this act, and of the unfinished monitors hereinbefore men¬ 
tioned, and of the Miantanomoh; and the Secretary of the Navy is 
hereby authorized to direct the application of such portions of this sum 


NAVAL APPROPRIATION LAWS. 


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as may be necessary to the manufacture or purchase of such tools and 
machinery or the erection of such structures as may be required for use 
in the manufacture of such armament, or any part thereof: Provided , 
That the Secretary of the Navy may contract with domestic manufac¬ 
turers for the construction of such portion of the heavy guns herein 
provided for as may not be built by the Government. 

Sec. i). That the Secretary of the Navy is hereby authorized to con¬ 
tract with the Pneumatic Dynamite-Gun Companyr>f New York for one 
dynamite-gun cruiser, as follows: Said cruiser to be not less than two 
hundred and thirty feet long, twenty-six feet breadth of beam, seven 
and one-half feet draught, three thousand two hundred horse-power, 
and guaranteed to attain a speed of twenty knots an hour, and to be 
equipped with three pneumatic dynamite-guns of ten and one-half inch 
caliber, and guaranteed to throw shells containing two hundred pounds 
of dynamite or other high explosives at least one mile, each gun to be 
capable of being discharged once in two minutes, at a price not to ex¬ 
ceed three hundred and fifty thousand dollars; said contract to be made 
only on condition that there shall be a favorable report made by the ex¬ 
isting Naval Board on the system; to be paid for as the work pro¬ 
gresses, and upon the report of such board or boards of inspectors as 
the Secretary of the Navy may for that purpose appoint, reserving 
thirty per centum on all such payments until the whole work is com¬ 
pleted and accepted by the Secretary of the Navy. 

The Pneumatic Dynamite-Gun Company shall furnish bonds satis- 
factory to the Secretary of the Navy for the faithful performance of its 
contract, and for the refunding of the money paid hereunder in case of 
the non-performance of the same, and shall further agree with the Sec¬ 
retary of the Navy upon a limit of price which shall not be exceeded in 
any future contracts which the Government may desire to enter into for 
the purchase of the company’s guns. 

Sec. 10. That towards the construction and completion of the vessels 
hereinbefore mentioned, including the vessel and guns mentioned in 
section nine, the sum of two million five hundred thousand dollars is 
hereby appropriated, of which not more than seventy-five thousand dol¬ 
lars may be expended in manufacturing, purchasing, and experimenting 
with torpedoes of domestic manufacture and not exceeding one hundred 
and fifty thousand dollars may be expended, under the direction of the 
Secretary of the Navy, in improving the plant of such of the navy- 
yards as he may select. 

Approved, August 3, 1886. 

S. Doc. 100-4 



FORTY-NINTH CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION—MARCH 3, 1887. 

An act making appropriations for the naval service for the fiscal year 
ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, and for other purposes. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled , That the following* sums be, 
and they are hereby, appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the 
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the naval service of tne Gov¬ 
ernment for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty- 
eight, and for other purposes: 

PAY OF THE NAVY. 

For the pa}' of officers on sea duty; officers on shore and other duty; 
officers on waiting orders; officers on the retired list; Admiral’s and 
Vice-Admirars secretaries; clerks to commandants of yards and stations; 
clerks to paymasters at yards and stations; inspections; receiving-ships 
and other vessels, extra pay to men re-enlisting under honorable dis¬ 
charge; pay of petty officers, seamen, landsmen and boys, including men 
in the engineer’s force and for the coast survey service and Fish Com¬ 
mission, seven thousand live hundred men and seven hundred and fifty 
boys, at the pay prescribed by law, in all seven million dollars. 

PAY, MISCELLANEOUS. 

For commissions and interest; transportation of funds; exchange; 
mileage to officers while traveling under orders in the United States, 
and for actual personal expenses of officers while traveling abroad under 
orders, and for traveling expenses of apothecaries, yeomen and civilian 
employees, and for actual and necessary traveling expenses of naval 
cadets while proceeding from their homes to the Naval Academy for 
examination and appointment as cadets; for rent and furniture of build¬ 
ings and offices not in navy-yards; expenses of courts-martial and courts 
of inquiry, boards of investigation, examining boards, with clerks’ 
and witnesses’ fees, and traveling expenses and costs; stationery and 
recording; expenses of purchasing-paymasters’ offices of the various 
cities, including clerks, furniture, fuel, stationery, and incidental 
expenses; newspapers and advertising; foreign postage; telegraphing, 
foreign and domestic; telephones; copying; care of library, including 
purchase of books and periodicals mail and express wagons, ferriage, 
tolls, and livery and express fees; costs of suits; commissions, war¬ 
rants, diplomas, and discharges; relief of vessels in distress; canal tolls 
and pilotage; recovery of valuables from shipwrecks; quarantine ex¬ 
penses; reports, professional investigation, cost of special instruction 
at home or abroad, including maintenance of students and information 
from abroad, and the collection and classification thereof, and other 
necessary incidental expenses, two hundred and five thousand dollars. 

Contingent, Navy: For all emergencies and extraordinary expenses 

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NAVAL APPROPRIATION LAWS. 


arising at home or abroad, but impossible to be anticipated or classified, 
exclusive of personal services in the Navy Department or any of its 
subordinate Bureaus or offices, at Washington, District of Columbia, 
seven thousand dollars. 

BUREAU OF NAVIGATION. 

Navigation and supplies: For foreign and local pilotage and tow¬ 
age of ships of war; services and materials in correcting compasses on 
board ship, and for adjusting and testing compasses on shore; nautical 
and astronomical instruments; nautical books, maps, charts, and sailing 
directions, and repairs of nautical instruments for ships of war; books 
for libraries of ships of war; naval signals and apparatus, namely, signal 
lights, lanterns, rockets, running-lights, drawings and engravings for 
signal-books; compass-fittings, including binnacles, tripods, and other 
appendages of ship’s compasses; logs and other appliances for measur¬ 
ing the ship’s way, and leads and other appliances for sounding; lanterns 
and lamps, and their appendages, for general use on board ship, in¬ 
cluding those for the cabin, wardroom, and steerage, for the holds and 
spirit-room, for decks and quartermaster’s use; bunting and other ma¬ 
terials for flags, and making and repairing flags of all kinds; oil for ships 
of war, other than that used in the engineer department; candles, when 
used as a substitute for oil in binnacles and running lights, chimneys 
and wicks, and soap used in the navigation department; photographic 
instruments and materials; stationery for commanders and navigators 
of vessels of war, and for use of courts-martial; musical instruments 
and music for vessels of war; steering signals and indicators, and 
speaking-tubes and gongs, for signal communications on board vessels 
of war; and for introducing and maintaining electric lights on board 
vessels of war, in all eighty-three thousand live hundred dollars. 

Ocean surveys: For special ocean surveys, and the publication 
thereof, five thousand dollars. 

Publication of surveys of Mexican coast: For preparing and 
engraving on copper-plates the surveys of Mexican coast, five thousand 
dollars. 

Contingent, Bureau of Navigation: For contingent expenses 
of the Bureau of Navigation, namely: For freight and transportation 
of navigation materials; postage and telegraphing on public business; 
advertising for proposals; packing-boxes and materials; furniture, 
stationery, and fuel for navigation offices at navy-yards; and all other 
contingent expenses, live thousand dollars. 

Civil establishment, Bureau of Navigation: Navy-yard, New 
York: For one clerk, at one thousand four hundred dollars; one writer, 
at one thousand dollars; one storekeeper, at nine hundred dollars; one 
master of tugs, at one thousand five hundred dollars; 

Navy-yard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire: For one clerk, at one 
thousand dollars; 

Navy-yard, Norfolk, Virginia: For one clerk, at one thousand two 
hundred dollars; 

Navy-yard, Washington, District of Columbia: For one clerk, at one 
thousand dollars; 

Navy-yard, Mare Island, California: For one clerk, at one thousand 
dollars; in all nine thousand dollars. And no other fund appropriated 
by this act shall be used in payment for such services. 


NAVAL APPROPRIATION LAWS. 


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BUREAU OF ORDNANCE. 

Ordnance and ordnance stores: For procuring, producing, pre¬ 
serving, and handling ordnance material; for the armament of ships; 
for fuel tools, material, and labor to be used in the general work of the 
Ordnance Department; for furniture at magazines, at the ordnance 
dock, New 1 ork, and at the naval ordnance battery and proving ground, 
one hundred and twenty thousand four hundred dollars of which sum 
twenty thousand four hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be 
necessary, may be used, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Navy, 
for the purchase and completion of three steel-cast, rough-bored and 
turned, six-inch, high-power rifle cannon, of domestic manufacture, one 
of which shall be of Bessemer steel, one of open hearth steel, and one 
of crucible steel: Provided , That the castings for said cannon shall not 
be paid for until the cannon shall have been completed and have suc¬ 
cessfully stood the statutory test required by the act of July twenty- 
sixth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, entitled u An act making ap¬ 
propriations for the naval service for the fiscal year ending June thir¬ 
tieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, and for other purposes.” 

For proof of naval armament, six thousand dollars. 

For purchase of land for proving and ranging ground for naval guns, 
and for constructing buildings, butts, shelters, and batteries, forty thou¬ 
sand dollars. 

Repairs, Bureau of Ordnance: For necessary repairs to ordnance 
buildings, magazines, gun-parks, boats, lighters, wharves, machinery, 
and other objects of the like character, fifteen thousand dollars. 

Contingent, Bureau of Ordnance: For miscellaneous items, 
namely: Freight to foreign and home stations; advertising; cartage, 
and express charges; repairs to fire engines; gas and water pipes; gas 
and water tax at magazines; toll, ferriage, foreign postage, and tele¬ 
grams Jto and from the Bureau, five thousand dollars. 

Civil establishment, Bureau of Ordnance: For the civil estab¬ 
lishment under the Bureau of Ordnance, namely: 

Navy-yard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire: For one writer (when re¬ 
quired), five hundred dollars; 

Navy-yard, Boston, Massachusetts: For one writer (when required), 
five hundred dollars; 

Navy-yard, New York, For one clerk, at one thousand four hundred 
dollars; 

Navy-yard, Washington, District of Columbia: For one clerk, at one 
thousand six hundred dollars; two writers, at one thousand and seven¬ 
teen dollars and twenty-five cents each; one draughtsman, at one thou¬ 
sand five hundred and forty-five dollars; three draughtsmen, at one 
thousand and eighty-one dollars each; one assistant draughtsman, at 
seven hundred and seventy-two dollars; one foreman, at two thousand 
one hundred and fifty-six dollars; two copyists, at seven hundred and 
twenty dollars each;*one telegraph operator, at nine hundred dollars; 

Navy-vard, Norfolk, Virginia: For one clerk, at one thousand two 
hundred dollars; 

Navy-yard, Mare Island, California: For one writer, at one thou¬ 
sand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents; 

Naval ordnance proving ground: For one writer, at one thousand 
and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents; 


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Torpedo station, Newport, Rhode Island: For one chemist, at two 
thousand five hundred dollars; one clerk, at one thousand two hundred 
dollars; one draughtsman, at one thousand five hundred dollars; in all, 
twenty-four thousand three hundred and forty-two dollars and twenty- 
five cents. And no other fund appropriated by this act shall be used 
in payment for such service. 

Torpedo Corps: For labor, material, freight, and express charges; 
general care of and repairs to grounds, buildings, wharves; boats; 
instruction; instruments, tools, furniture, experiments, and general 
torpedo outfits, fifty thousand dollars; extension to electrical labora¬ 
tory, three thousand dollars; ponton, eight hundred dollars; repairs to 
sea-wall three thousand dollars; water-pipe from Newport to station, 
one thousand dollars; in all, fifty-seven thousand eight hundred dollars. 

To enable the Secretary of the Navy to purchase the steamer Stiletto 
for use as a torpedo boat for experimental purposes, twenty-five thou¬ 
sand dollars. 


BUREAU OF EQUIPMENT AND RECRUITING. 

Equipment of vessels: For coal for steamers’ and ships’ use, in¬ 
cluding expenses of transportation, storage, and handling; hemp, wire, 
and other materials for the manufacture of rope and cordage; iron for 
the manufacture of anchors, cables, galleys, and chains; canvas for the 
manufacture of sails, awnings, bags, and hammocks; water for steam 
launches; heating apparatus for receiving-ships; and for the purchase 
of all other articles of equipment at home and abroad, and for the pay¬ 
ment of labor in equipping vessels and manufacture of equipment arti¬ 
cles in the several navy-yards, six hundred and twenty-five thousand 
dollars. 

Transportation and recruiting: For expenses of recruiting for 
the naval service, rent of rendezvous and expenses of maintaining the 
same, advertising for men and boys and all other expenses attending 
the recruiting for the naval service and for the transportation of enlisted 
men and boys at home and abroad, twenty-five thousand dollars. 

Contingent Bureau of Equipment and Recruiting: For ex¬ 
tra expenses of training ships, freight and transportation of equipment 
stores, printing, advertising, telegraphing, books and models, postage 
on letters sent abroad, ferriage, ice, apprehension of deserters and 
stragglers, continuous-service certificates, good-conduct badges, and 
libraries for enlisted men, school-books for training-ships, medals for 
boys, and emergencies arising under cognizance of the Bureau of Equip¬ 
ment and Recruiting unforeseen and impossible to classify, fifteen 
thousand dollars. 

Civil establishment, Bureau of Equipment and Recruiting: 
Navy-yard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire: For one clerk, at one thou¬ 
sand two hundred dollars; 

Navy-yard, Boston, ’Massachusetts: For one superintendent of rope- 
walk, at one thousand eight hundred and seventy-five dollars; one 
clerk, at one thousand four hundred dollars; one clerk at one thou¬ 
sand three hundred dollars; one writer, at nine hundred and fifty dol¬ 
lars; 

Navy-yard, New York: For one clerk at one thousand two hundred 
dollars; 

Navy-vard, League Island, Pennsylvania: For one clerk at one 
thousand two hundred dollars; 


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Navy-yard, Norfolk, Virginia: For one clerk, at one thousand two 
hundred dollars; 

Navy-yard, Mare Island, California: For one clerk, at one thousand 
two hundred dollars; in all, eleven thousand live hundred and twenty- 
live dollars. And no other fund appropriated by this act shall be used 
in payment for such services. 

BUREAU OF YARDS AND DOCKS. 

Maintenance of yards and docks: For general maintenance of 
yards and docks, namely: For freight and transportation of materials 
and stores; books, maps, models, and drawings; purchase and repair of 
fire-engines; machinery; repairs on steam fire-engines and attendance 
on the same; purchase and maintenance of oxen and horses and driving 
teams; carts and timber-wheels, and all vehicles for use in the nav} 7 - 
yards, and tools and repairs of the same; postage on letters and other 
mailable matter on public service sent to foreign countries, and tele¬ 
grams; stationery; furniture for government houses and offices in the 
navy-yards; coal and other fuel; candles, oil, and gas; cleaning and 
clearing up yards and care of buildings; attendance on fires; lights, 
fire engines and apparatus; for incidental labor at navy^ards; water- 
tax and tolls and ferriage; rent of four officers’ quarters at Philadel¬ 
phia, Pennsylvania; for pay of watchmen in navy-yards, and for awn¬ 
ings and and packing boxes, and advertising for yards and docks pur¬ 
poses, one hundred and seventy thousand dollars. 

Public works: For rebuilding wharves at nav} T -yard, Boston, Mas¬ 
sachusetts, twent} T -five thousand dollars; 

For rebuilding floating-gate, dry-dock, Boston, Massachusetts, to be 
immediately available, thirty-one thousand dollars; 

For two timber dry-docks, to be located at such navy-yards as the 
Secretary of the Nav} T may indicate, each dock to be not less than four 
hundred and eighty feet in length, the cost of the two docks not to ex¬ 
ceed in the aggregate the amount herein appropriated, one million one 
hundred thousand dollars; 

For railroad extension in the navy-yard at Norfolk, Virginia, and 
engine-house, twenty thousand dollars; 

For cisterns at the nav} r -yard at Mare Island, California, forty-six 
thousand three hundred and sixty-four dollars; 

For repairs and preservation at navy-yards, four hundred and fifty 
thousand dollars; 

Naval Training Station. Coaster’s Harbor Island, Rhode Island: For 
extending wharf and dredging; repairs to main causeway, sea-wall, 
roads, buildings, and grounds, and the necessary labor and implements 
required for the proper preservation of the same; for repairs and im¬ 
provements on buildings; heating, lighting, and furniture for same; 
books and stationery; freight and other contingent expenses; purchase 
of food and maintenance of horses and mail-wagon, and attendance on 
same, fourteen thousand dollars. 

For continuing the erection of the new Naval Observatory authorized 
by the act of Congress approved July twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred 
and eighty six, sixty thousand dollars, of which sum ten thousand dol¬ 
lars may be used for the purchase of a new meridian circle. Said ob¬ 
servatory shall not cost more than four hundred thousand dollars and 
no work shall be done thereon except under a contract which shall pro¬ 
vide for the completion of the same, upon plans previously adopted, for 


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a sum not exceeding said limit of cost hereby affixed; in all, one million 
seven hundred and thirty-two thousand three hundred and sixty-four 
dollars. 

Contingent, Bureau of Yards and Docks: For contingent ex¬ 
penses that may arise at navy-yards and stations, twenty thousand dol¬ 
lars. 

Civil establishment, Bureau of Yards and Docks: Navy-yard, 
Portsmouth, New Hampshire: For one clerk to civil engineer, at one 
thousand four hundred dollars; one mail-messenger, at six hundred 
dollars per annum; one messenger, at six hundred dollars per annum; 
one foreman-laborer, at four dollars per diem; one pilot, at three dol¬ 
lars per diem; 

Navy-yard, Boston, Massachusetts: For one clerk to civil engineer, 
at one thousand four hundred dollars; one foreman laborer, at four dol¬ 
lars per diem; one messenger to commandant, at one dollar and seventy - 
six cents per diem; one messenger to civil engineer, at one dollar and 
seventy-six cents per diem; one mail-messenger, at six hundred dollars 
per annum; 

Navy-yard, Brooklyn, New York: For one clerk to civil engineer, at 
one thousand four hundred dollars; one writer, at one thousand and 
seventeen dollars and twenty-live cents; one foreman-laborer, at four 
dollars and fifty cents per diem; one mail messenger, at six hundred 
dollars per annum; one messenger to commandant, at two dollars and 
fifty cents per diem; one messenger to captain, at two dollars and 
twenty-five cents per diem; one messenger to yards and docks, at two 
dollars per diem; one draughtsman, at five dollars per diem; one quar- 
terman, at four dollars per diem; 

Navy-yard, League Island, Pennsjdvania: For one clerk to civil en¬ 
gineer, at one thousand four hundred dollars; one messenger to com¬ 
mandant, at two dollars per diem; one foreman-laborer, at four dollars 
per diem; 

Navy-yard, Washington, District of Columbia: For one clerk to civil 
engineer, at one thousand four hundred dollars; one messenger, atone 
dollar and seventy-six cents per diem; one foreman laborer, at three 
dollars and fifty cents per diem; 

Nav} r -yard, Norfolk, Virginia: For one clerk to civil engineer, at one 
thousand four hundred dollars; one writer at one thousand and seven¬ 
teen dollars and twenty-live cents; one foreman-labor, at four dollars 
per diem; three messengers at two dollars per diem each; one pilot, 
at two dollars and twenty-six cents per diem; 

Navy-} r ard, Pensacola, Florida: For one clerk to civil engineer, at 
one thousand two hundred dollars; one mail messenger, at six hundred 
dollars per annum. 

Navy-yard, Mare Island, California: For one clerk to civil engineer, 
at one thousand four hundred dollars, one writer at one thousand and 
seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents; one foreman-mason, at six 
dollars per diem one foreman-laborer at five dollars and fifty cents per 
diem; one pilot, at four dollars and eighty cents per diem; one draughts¬ 
man, at five dollars per diem; one mail-messenger at two dollars and 
seventy four cents per diem; one messenger at two dollars and twenty 
cents per diem; one messenger and lamp lighter, at two dollars and 
twenty cents per diem; one bell-ringer, at two dollars and twenty-six 
cents per diem; 


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Naval Station, Sacketts Harbor: For one ship-keeper, at one dollar 
per diem; in all, forty-five thousand seven hundred and forty-nin dol¬ 
lars and nine cents. And no other fund appropriated by this act shall 
be used in payment for such services. 

Naval Asylum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: For one super¬ 
intendent, at six hundred dollars; one steward, at four hundred and 
eighty dollars; one matron, at three hundred and sixty dollars; one 
chief cook, at two hundred and forty dollars; two assistant cooks, at 
one hundred and sixty-eight dollars each; one chief laundress, at one 
hundred and ninety-two dollars; six laundresses at one hundred and 
sixty-eight dollars each; four scrubbers, at one hundred and sixty-eight 
dollars each; eight waiters at one hundred and sixt} T -eight dollars each; 
six laborers, at two hundred and foidy dollars each; one stable keeper 
and driver, at three hundred and sixty dollars; one master-at arms, at 
four hundred and eighty dollars; two house corporals, at three hun¬ 
dred dollars each, one barber, at three hundred and sixty dollars; one 
carpenter, at eight hundred and forty-five dollars; 

Water-rent and gas, one thousand eight hundred dollars; cemetery, 
burial expenses and headstones, three hundred and fifty dollars; im¬ 
provements of grounds, five hundred dollars; repairs to buildings fur¬ 
naces, grates ranges, furniture, and repairs of furniture, four thousand 
five hundred dollars; music in chapel, six hundred dollars; 

For support of beneficiaries, forty-six thousand one hundred dollars; 
in all sixty-three thousand one hundred and sbdy-seven dollars, which 
sum shall be out of the income from the naval pension fund. 

BUREAU OF MEDICINE AND SURGERY. 

Medical department: For surgeons’ necessaries for vessels in 
commission, navy yards, naval stations, Marine Corps, and and coast 
survey, and for the civil establishment at the several naval hospitals, 
navy yards, naval laboratory, museum of hygiene, and naval academy 
fifty-seven thousand five hundred dollars. 

Naval-hospital fund: For maintenance of the naval hospitals at 
the various navy-yards and stations, thirty thousand dollars. 

Naval hospital and sanitarium: For the construction of a naval 
hospital and sanitarium, and wharf for landing, on Widow’s Island, 
Penobscot Bay, Maine, fifty-thousand dollars, to be immediate^ avail¬ 
able; said sum to be in full for all expenses of erecting and furnishing 
said sanitarium, including all necessary improvements on the island. 

Contingent, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery: For freight 
or expressage on medical stores, toll, ferriages, transportation of sick 
and insane patients; care, transportation, and burial of the dead; ad¬ 
vertising; telegraphing; rent of telephones; purchase of books and 
stationery; postage and purchase of stamps for foreign service; ex¬ 
penses attending the medical board of examiners; rent of rooms for 
naval dispensary and museum of hygiene; hygienic and sanitary in¬ 
vestigation and illustration; sanitary and hygienic instruction; pur¬ 
chase and repairs of wagons and harness; purchase of feed for horses 
and cows, trees, plants, garden tools, and seeds; furniture and inci¬ 
dental articles for the museum of hygiene; naval dispensary, Wash¬ 
ington; naval laboratory, sick quarters at Naval Academy and dispen¬ 
saries at navy } T ards; washing for medical department at museum of 
hygiene, navafdispensary, Washington, naval laboratory, sick quarters 


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at Naval Academy, dispensaries at navy-} r ards and ships, and rendez¬ 
vous, and all other necessary contingent expenses, twenty-five thousand 
dollars. 

Repairs, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery: For necessary re¬ 
pairs of naval laboratory, naval hospitals, and appendages, including 
roads, wharves, out-houses, side-walks fences, gardens, farms, and ceme¬ 
teries, fifteen thousand dollars. 

For the improvement of the naval-hospital park at Portsmouth, Vir¬ 
ginia, five thousand dollars. 

BUREAU OF PROVISIONS AND CLOTHING. 

For provisions for the seamen and marines; commuted rations for 
officers, naval cadets, seamen, and marines; commuted rations stopped 
on account of sick in hospital and accredited to the hospital fund; water 
for drinking and cooking purposes on board ships; and for labor and 
expenses of inspections, in all one million one hundred and twenty-one 
thousand dollars. 

Contingent expenses: For freight on shipments, candles, fuel 
books and blanks, stationery, advertising, furniture for inspections and 
paj^-offices in the navy-yards expenses of naval-clothing factory, and 
machinery for same; foreign postage, telegrams, express charges, tolls, 
ferriages, 3 ^eoman’s stores, iron safes, newspapers, ice and incidental ex¬ 
penses absolutety necessary, fifty thousand dollars; and to pay the ex¬ 
penses of consolidating and arranging under orders of the Secretary of 
the Navy, the stores and other property of the United States under 
control of the Department of the navy, to be immediately available, 
twenty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessar}u 

For the civil establishment, to include clerks, firemen, writers, re¬ 
ceivers, assistant receivers, messengers, leading men and pressmen in 
inspection office, superintendent of coffee and spice mill, box-maker, 
coffee-roaster, engine tender, teamster, telephone-operating, cutter, 
machine-operator; and laborers seventy thousand dollars. And no other 
fund appropriated by this act shall be used in pa}^ment for such services. 

BUREAU OF CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR. 

Construction and repair of vessels: For preservation and com¬ 
pletion of vessels on the stocks and in ordinary; purchase of materials 
and stores of all kinds; for steam-steerers, pneumatic steerers, steam- 
capstans, steam-windlasses, and other steam auxiliaries; labor in navy- 
yards and on foreign stations; purchase of machine^ and tools for use 
in shops; wear, tear, and repair of vessels afloat, and for general care, 
increase, and protection of the Navy in the line of construction and re¬ 
pair; incidental expenses, such as advertising, freight, foreign postages, 
telegrams, photographing, books, plans, stationery, and instruments for 
drawing-room, nine hundred thousand dollars: Provided , That no part 
of this sum shall be applied to the repairs of any wooden ship when the 
estimated cost of such repairs, to be appraised by a competent board of 
naval officers, shall exceed twenty per centum of the estimated cost, 
appraised in like manner, of a new ship of the same size and like ma¬ 
terial: Provided further, That nothing herein contained shall deprive 
the Secretary of the Navy of the authority to order repairs of ships 
damaged in foreign waters or on the high seas, so far as may be neces- 


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sary to bring them home: Provided further, That the Secretary of the 
Navy shall sell the New York, under the laws and regulations applica¬ 
ble to the sale of condemned property in the Navy Department. 

For repair on the Hartford, Kearsage, Trenton Swatara, Thetis, 
Richmond, Nipsic, and Enterprise or such of said vessels as the Sec¬ 
retary of the Navy may deem advisable, two hundred thousand dollars, 
to be immediately available. 

Civil establishment, Bureau of Construction and Repair: 
Navy yard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire: For one clerk to naval con¬ 
structor, at one thousand four hundred dollars; two writers, at one 
thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents each; 

Navy-yard Boston, Massachusetts: For one clerk to naval con¬ 
structor, at one thousand four hundred dollars; one writers, at one 
thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents. 

Navy-yard, Brooklyn, New York: For one clerk to naval constructor, 
at one thousand four hundred dollars; three writers, at one thousand 
and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents each; 

Navy-yard, League Island, Pennsylvania: For one clerk to naval 
constructor, at one thousand four hundred dollars; 

Navy-yard, Washington, District of Columbia: For one clerk to naval 
constructor, at one thousand four hundred dollars; 

Navy-yard, Norfolk, Virginia: For one clerk to naval constructor, at 
one thousand four hundred dollars; two writers, at one thousand and 
seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents each; 

Navy-yard, Pensacola, Florida: For one writer, at one thousand and 
seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents; 

Navy-yard, Mare Island, California: For one clerk to naval con¬ 
structor, at one thousand four hundred dollars; two writers, at one 
thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents each; in all, 
t wenty thousand nine hundred and eighty-nine dollars and seventy-five 
cents. And no other fund appropriated by this act shall be used in 
payment of such services. 

bureau of steam-engineering. 

Steam machinery: For completion, repairs, and preservation of 
machinery and boilers of naval vessels, including cost of new boilers, 
for preservation of and small repairs to machinery and boilers in vessels 
in ordinary, receiving and training vessels, repair and care of machinery 
of yard tugs and launches; for purchase, handling and preservation of 
materials and stores; for purchase, fitting, repair, and preservation of 
machinery and tools in the navy-yards and stations; running yard 
engines; "for incidental expenses for naval vessels, yards, and the 
Bureau, such as foreign postages, telegrams, advertising, freight, pho- 
tographingjbooks, stationery, and instruments, sixhundred and seventy- 
five thousand dollars: Provided , That no part of said sum shall be ap¬ 
plied to the repair of engines and machinery of wooden ships where 
the estimated costs of such repair shall exceed twenty per centum of the 
estimated cost of new engines and machinery of the same character and 
power; but nothing herein contained shall prevent the repair or build¬ 
ing of boilers for wooden ships, the hulls of which can be fully repaired 
for twenty per centum of the estimated cost of a new ship of the same 
size and materials. 


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Contingent, Bureau of Steam-Engineering: For contingencies, 
drawing materials, and instruments for the draughting-room, five hun¬ 
dred dollars. 

Civil establishment, Bureau of Steam-Engineering: Navy- 
yard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire: For clerk to department, at one 
thousand two hundred dollars; messenger, at six hundred dollars; 

Navy-yard, Brooklyn, New York: For clerk to department, at one 
thousand four hundred dollars; draughtsman, at one thousand five 
hundred dollars; messenger, at six hundred dollars; writer, at one 
thousand dollars; assistant draughtsman, at one thousand two hundred 
dollars; 

Navy-yard, League Island, Pennsylvania: For clerk to department, 
at one thousand two hundred dollars; 

Navy-yard, Norfolk, Virginia: For clerk to department, at one thou¬ 
sand three hundred dollars; assistant draughtsman, at one thousand 
one hundred dollars; messenger, at six hundred dollars; 

Navy-yard, Pensacola, Florida: For writer, at one thousand dollars; 

Navy-yard, Mare Island, California: For clerk to department, at one 
thousand four hundred dollars; draughtsman, at one thousand five hun¬ 
dred dollars; messenger, at six hundred dollars; writer, at one thou¬ 
sand dollars; in all, seventeen thousand two hundred dollars. And no 
other fund appropriated by this act shall be used in payment for such 
services. 


naval academy. 

Pay of professors and others, Naval Academy: For one 
professor of mathematics and one of physics, at two thousand five hun¬ 
dred dollars each, five thousand dollars; three professors (assistants), 
namely, one of chemistry, one of French and Spanish, and one of 
English studies, history, and law, at two thousand two hundred dol¬ 
lars each, six thousand six hundred dollars; five assistant professors, 
namely, one of English studies, history, and law, three of French, and 
one of drawing, at one thousand eight hundred dollars each, nine thou¬ 
sand dollars; one sword-master, at one thousand five hundred dollars, 
and two assistants at one thousand dollars each; one boxing-master 
and gymnast, at one thousand two hundred dollars; one assistant 
librarian, at one thousand four hundred dollars; one secretary of 
the Naval Academy, at one thousand eight hundred dollars, three 
clerks to the superintendent, at one thousand two hundred dollars, one 
thousand dollars, and eight hundred dollars, respectively, three thou¬ 
sand dollars; one clerk to commandant of cadets, at one thousand two 
hundred dollars; one clerk to paymaster, at one thousand dollars; one 
dentist, at one thousand six hundred dollars; one baker, at six hundred 
dollars; one mechanic in department of physics and chemistry, at seven 
hundred and thirty dollars; one cook, at three hundred and twenty-five 
dollars and fifty cents; one messenger to superintendent, at six hundred 
dollars; one armorer, at five hundred and twenty-nine dollars and fift} v 
cents; one gunner’s mate, at four hundred and sixty-nine dollars and 
fifty cents; one quarter-gunner, at four hundred and nine dollars and 
fifty cents; one cockswain, at four hundred and sixty-nine dollars and 
fifty cents; one seaman in department of seamanship, at three hundred 
and forty-nine dollars and fifty cents; one attendant in the department of 
astronomy and one in the department of physics and chemistry, at three 
hundred dollars each, six hundred dollars; six attendants at recitation- 


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rooms, library, store, chapel, and offices, at three hundred dollars each, 
one thousand eight hundred dollars; one band-master, at live hun¬ 
dred and twentv-eight dollars; twenty-one first-class musicians, at three 
hundred and forty-eight dollars each, seven thousand three hundred 
and eight dollars; seven second-class musicians, at three hundred 
dollars each, two thousand one hundred dollars; in all fifty-two thou¬ 
sand one hundred and nineteen dollars. 

For special course of study and training of naval cadets, as authorized 
by act of Congress approved" August fifth, eighteen hundred and eighty- 
two, five thousand dollars. 

Pay of watchmen, mechanics and others, Naval Academy: 
For captain of the watch and weigher, at two dollars and fifty cents 
per day; four watchmen, at two dollars per day each; foreman of gas 
and steam-heating works of the Academy, at five dollars per day; labor 
at gas-works and steam-buildings; for masons, carpenters, and other 
mechanics, and laborers for care of buildings, grounds, wharves, and 
boats, thirty-seven thousand eight hundred and sixty-four dollars and 
ninety-five cents; one attendant in the purifying-house of the gas-house, 
at one dollar and fifty cents per day, five hundred and forty-nine dol¬ 
lars; in all, forty-four thousand and eighty-six dollars and ninetj^-five 
cents. 

Pay of steam-employees, Naval Academy: For pay of mechanics 
and others in department of steam-engineering, seven thousand eight 
hundred and twenty-four dollars and fifty cents. 

Total pay for Naval Academy, one hundred and nine thousand and 
thirty dollars and forty-five cents. 

Repairs and improvements, Naval Academy: Necessary re¬ 
pairs of public buildings, pavements, wharves, and walls inclosing the 
grounds of the Naval Academy, and for improvements, repairs, and 
furniture and fixtures, twenty-one thousand dollars. 

Heating and lighting, Naval Academy: Fuel, and for heating and 
lighting the Academy, and school-ships, seventeen thousand dollars. 

Contingent, Naval Academy: Purchase of books for the library, 
two thousand dollars; stationery, blank-books, models, maps, and for 
text-books for use of instructors, two thousand dollars; expenses of 
the Board of Visitors to the Naval Academy, being for mileage and five 
dollars per diem for each member for expenses during actual attend¬ 
ance at the Academy, one thousand five hundred dollars; purchase 
of chemicals, apparatus, and instruments in the department of phys¬ 
ics and chemistry, and for repairs of the same, two thousand five 
hundred dollars; purchase of gas and steam-machinery, steam-pipe 
and fittings, rent of buildings for the use of the Academy, freight, 
cartage, water, music, musical and astronomical instruments, uniforms 
for the bandsmen, telegraphing, for feed and maintenance of teams, for 
current expenses and repairs of all kinds, and for incidental labor and 
expenses not applicable to any other appropriation, thirty-two thousand 
dollars; stores in the department of steam-engineering, eight hun¬ 
dred dollars; materials for repairs in steam-machinery, one thousand 
dollars; repairs to wharves, three thousand dollars; boat-house for 
steam-launches, five thousand dollars; addition to library building, 
seven thousand dollars; in all, fifty-six thousand eight hundred dollars. 

Total for Naval Academy, two hundred and three thousand eight 
hundred and thirty dollars and forty-five cents. 


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MARINE CORPS. 

Pay, Marine Corps: For pay of officers on the active list: For 
one colonel commandant, one colonel, two lieutenant-colonels, one ad¬ 
jutant and inspector, one paymaster, one quartermaster, four majors, 
two assistant quartermasters, one judge-advocate general United States 
Nav} 7 , nineteen captains, thirty first lieutenants, and seventeen second 
lieutenants, one hundred and eighty-four thousand six hundred and ten 
dollars; 

For pay of officers on the retired-list: For one colonel, one quarter¬ 
master, three majors, two assistant quartermasters, six captains, one 
first lieutenant, and three second lieutenants, thirty-five thousand and 
seventy dollars; 

For pay of non-commissioned officers, musicians, and privates: For 
one sergeant-major, one quartermaster-sergeant, one leader of the band, 
one drum-major, fifty first sergeants, one hundred and forty sergeants, 
one hundred and eighty corporals, thirty musicians, ninety-six drum¬ 
mers and fifers, and one thousand five hundred privates, three hundred 
and eighty thousand dollars; 

For pay of retired enlisted men: For one sergeant-major, one drum- 
major, one first sergeant, four sergeants, one first-class musician, two 
drummers, one fifer, and five privates, four thousand nine hundred and 
forty-seven dollars and eighty-eight cents; 

For pay of civil force: For ten clerks and two messengers, sixteen 
thousand and thirty-five dollars; 

For undrawn clothing: For payment to discharged soldiers for cloth¬ 
ing undrawn, twenty thousand dollars; 

For transportation: For transportation of officers traveling under 
orders without troops, seven thousand dollars; 

Commutation of quarters: For commutation of quarters for officers 
on duty without troops where there are no public quarters, four thou¬ 
sand dollars; in all, six hundred and fifty-one thousand six hundred 
and sixty-two dollars and eighty-eight cents. 

Provisions, Marine Corps: For one thousand non-commissioned 
officers, musicians, and private^, three hundred and sixty-six days, at 
one ration per day, three hundred and sixty-six thousand rations, at 
sixteen cents per ration; 

Diff erence between the cost of rations at sixteen cents and commuta¬ 
tion at one dollar for one enlisted man employed as clerk to colonel 
commandant, three hundred and sixty-six days, three hundred and 
sixty-six rations at eighty-four cents per ration; 

Difference between the cost of rations at sixteen cents and commuta¬ 
tion at seventy-five cents for nine enlisted men employed as clerks and 
messengers in commandant’s, adjutant and inspector’s, paymaster and 
quartermaster’s offices, Washington, District of Columbia, and assistant 
quartermaster’s offices, Philadelphia, Penns} T lvania, and San Francisco, 
California, three hundred and sixty six days, three thousand two hun¬ 
dred and ninety-four rations, at fifty-nine cents per ration; 

Difference between the cost of rations at sixteen cents and commuta¬ 
tion at fifty cents for three enlisted men employed as above, three hun¬ 
dred and sixty-six days, one thousand and ninety-eight rations, at 
thirty-four cents per ration; 

Amount required to be transferred to paymaster Marine Corps on 
account of rations to retired men, seventeen men, at fifty-seven dollars 
and fourteen cents per annum; in all, fifty-eight thousand dollars. 


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Clothing Marine Corps: For two thousand non-commissioned offi¬ 
cers, musicians, and privates, at thirty-seven dollars and sixty cents 
actual cost per annum, sixty thousand dollars. 

For fuel, Marine Corps, eighteen thousand dollars. 

Military stores, Marine Corps: For pay of chief armorer, at 
three dollars per day, nine hundred and forty-two dollars; three me¬ 
chanics, at two dollars and fifty cents each per da}% two thousand three 
hundred and fifty-five dollars; in all, three thousand two hundred and 
ninety-seven dollars; 

For purchase of military equipments, such as cartridge-boxes, bayo¬ 
net-scabbards, haversacks, blanket-bags, canteens, musket-slings, 
swords, drums, trumpets, flags, waist-belts, waist-plates, cartridge- 
belts, and spare parts for repairing muskets, five thousand dollars; 

For purchase of ammunition, one thousand dollars; 

Purchase and repair of instruments for band, purchase of music and 
musical accessories, five hundred dollars; in all, nine thousand seven 
hundred and ninety-seven dollars. 

Transportation and recruiting, Marine Corps: For transpor¬ 
tation of troops, and the expenses of recruiting service, nine thousand 
dollars. 

For repair of barracks: At Portsmouth, New Hampshire; Bos¬ 
ton, Massachusetts: Brooklyn, New York; League Island, Pennsyl¬ 
vania; Annapolis, Maryland; head-quarters and navy-yard, Washing¬ 
ton, District of Columbia; Norfolk, Virginia; Pensacola, Florida; and 
Mare Island, California; and per diem to enlisted men emploj^ed, under 
the direction of the Quartermaster’s Department, on the repair of bar¬ 
racks and other public buildings, nine thousand dollars; for the erection 
officers’ quarters at navy-yard, Mare Island, California (appropriation 
to be immediately available), fifteen thousand dollars, or so much 
thereof as may be necessaiy; and no more than said sum shall be ex¬ 
pended for the erection and completion of said quarters, and no con¬ 
tract therefor shall be valid which shall not provide for the comple¬ 
tion thereof for a sum within this appropriation; repairs of barracks, 
Mare Island, California, two thousand dollars introducing steam-heating 
apparatus in marine barracks, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, as per 
estimates, one thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars; rent of build¬ 
ings used for manufacture of clothing, storing supplies, and offices of 
assistant quartermasters, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and San Fran¬ 
cisco, California, one thousand seven hundred and eighty dollars; in 
all, twenty-nine thousand five hundred and thirty dollars. 

Forage, Marine Corps; For forage in kind for four horses of the 
quartermaster’s department, and the authorized number of officers’ 
horses, four thousand dollars. 

Contingent, Marine Corps: For freight, ferriage, toll, cartage, 
funeral expenses of marines, stationery, telegraphing, rent of tele¬ 
phone, purchase and repair of type-writers, apprehension of deserters, 
repair of gas and water fixtures, office and barrack furniture, mess 
utensils for enlisted men, such as bowls, plates, spoons, knives, forks, 
packing-boxes, wrapping-paper, oil-cloth, crash, rope, twine, camphor 
and carbolized paper, carpenters’ tools, tools for police purposes, iron 
safe, purchase and repair of public wagons, purchase and repair of har¬ 
ness, purchase of public horses, services of veterinary surgeons and 
medicine for public horses, purchase and repair of hose, repair of fire 
extinguishers, purchase of fire hand grenades, purchase and repair of 
carts and wheelbarrows, purchase and repair of cooking-stoves, ranges, 


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stoves where there are no grates, purchase of ice, towels, and soap for 
offices, postage stamps for foreign postage, purchase of newspapers and 
periodicals, improving parade-grounds, repair of pumps and wharves, 
faying drain and water pipe, introducing gas, and for gas and oil for 
marine barracks maintained at the various navy-yards and stations, 
water at the marine barracks, Boston, Massachusetts; Brooklyn, New 
York; Annapolis, Maryland; Mare Island, California; also straw for 
bedding for enlisted men at the various posts, furniture for Govern¬ 
ment horses and repair of same, and for all emergencies and extraor¬ 
dinary expenses arising at home and abroad, but impossible to antici¬ 
pate or classify, twenty-six thousand, three hundred and twenty-two 
dollars and two cents. 

Hire of quarters, Marine Corps: For hire of quarters for offi¬ 
cers serving with troops where there are no public quarters belonging 
to the Government, and where there are not sufficient quarters pos¬ 
sessed by the United States to accommodate them, four thousand five 
hundred dollars. 

For hire of quarters for seven enlisted men employed as clerks and 
messengers in commandant’s, adjutant and inspector’s, paymaster and 
quartermaster’s offices, Washington, District of Columbia, and assistant 
quartermasters’ offices Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and San Francisco, 
California, twent} T -one dollars per month each, one thousand seven hun¬ 
dred and sixty-four dollars. 

For hire of quarters for three enlisted men employed as above, at ten 
dollars each per month, three hundred and sixty dollars; in all, six 
thousand six hundred and twenty-four dollars. 

Total for the Marine Corps, eight hundred and seventy-two thousand 
nine hundred and thirty-five dollars and ninety cents. 

increase of the navy. 

Sec. 2. That for the purpose of increasing the naval establishment 
of the United States the President is hereby authorized to have con¬ 
structed by contract two steel gun boats each of about seventeen hun¬ 
dred tons displacement; of the type of gunboat number one; at a cost, 
exclusive of armament, of not more than live hundred and fifty thousand 
dollars each, two steel cruisers to be provided with such armament for 
each as the Navy Department may deem suitable. The cost of both of 
said cruisers in the aggregate, complete, exclusive of armament, and 
excluding any premiums that may be paid for speed for the same shall 
not be more than three million dollars. The sum of one million five 
hundred thousand dollars is hereby appropriated out of any money in 
the Treasury not otherwise appropriated toward the construction of 
said vessels. 

That in the construction of the aforesaid vessels all of the provisions 
of the act of August third, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, entitled 
4 ‘An act to increase the naval establishment,” as to material for said 
vessels, their engines, boilers, and machinery, the contracts under 
which they are built, the notice of and proposals for the same, the 
plans, drawings, and specifications therefor, and the method of execut¬ 
ing said contracts, shall be observed and followed, and said vessels 
shall be built in compliance with the terms of said act, so far as the 
same relate to vessels constructed under contract, save that in all their 
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construction of said cruisers shall contain provisions to the effect that 
the contractor guarantees that when completed and tested for speed, 
under conditions to be prescribed b}~ the Navy Department, the vessel 
shall exhibit a maximum speed of at least nineteen knots per hour; 
and for every quarter knot of speed so exhibited above said guarantee 
the contractor shall receive a premium over and above his contract- 
price of fifty thousand dollars, and for every quarter knot that said 
vessel fails of reaching said guaranteed speed there shall be deducted 
from the contract-price the sum of fifty thousand dollars. 

In making proposals for contracts for building the vessels authorized 
to be constructed under this act, it shall be required that one of such 
vessels shall be built on or near the coast of the Pacific Ocean, or the 
waters connecting therewith, one of them on or near the coast of the 
Gulf of Mexico, or the waters connecting therewith, and two of them on 
or near the coast of the Atlantic Ocean, or the waters connecting there¬ 
with, and at such places on or near such coasts or waters as the Secre¬ 
tary of the Navy shall approve. 

If it shall appear to the satisfaction of the President of the United 
States, from the biddings for said contracts, when the same are opened 
and examined by him, that said vessels cannot be constructed at a fair 
cost on or near the coast of the Pacific Ocean or the Gulf of Mexico, he 
shall authorize the construction of said vessels or either of them else¬ 
where in the United States. And the Secretaiy of the Navy is hereby 
authorized to readvertise for the construction of cruiser number one, 
known as “The Newark,” and the limit of cost of said vessel is hereby 
extended to one million three hundred thousand dollars, exclusive of 
armament. 

Sec. 3. That for the purpose of further increasing the naval estab¬ 
lishment of the United States, the sums of money hereinafter named 
are hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not other¬ 
wise appropriated, to be expended by the President, in the exercise of 
his discretion, upon plans and specifications, to be furnished by the 
Na vy Depa rtm ent: 

For floating batteries or rams, or other naval structures, to be used 
for coast and harbor defense, one million dollars. The final cost of said 
floating batteries, rams, or other naval structures, exclusive of arma¬ 
ment, shall not exceed two million dollars. 

For the purchase of, and the trial and testing of torpedoes and 
appliances using explosives to be operated from naval vessels, floating 
batteries, or rams, fifty thousand dollars, which sum shall be imme¬ 
diately availabe. 

That the material used in all naval structures provided for in this 
act, and the armament for the same shall be, so far as practicable, of 
American production and furnished and manufactured in the United 
States, and all contracts made for their construction shall be under 
the provisions of the act of August third, eighteen hundred and eighty- 
six, entitled “An act to increase the naval establishment:” Provided , 
That the Secretarj' of the Navy may employ and pay out of appropria¬ 
tions for new ships such civilian expert aids, additional draughtsmen, 
writers, copyists, and model-makers on the designs therefor as may 
be necessary. 

Sec. 4 . For expenditure towards the construction and completion 
(exclusive of armament) of the five double-turreted monitors, the four 


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vessels authorized by the act of March third, eighteen hundred and 
eighty-five, and the vessels authorized b} T the act of August third, 
eighteen hundred and eighty-six, two million four hundred and twenty 
thousand dollars. 

Towards the armament, of domestic manufacture, for the vessels au¬ 
thorized by the act of March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, of 
the vessels authorized by sections one and two of the act of August 
third, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, of the unfinished monitors men¬ 
tioned in section three of the same act, and of the Miantonomoh, and of 
the vessels authorized by this act, two million one hundred and twenty- 
eight thousand three hundred and sixty-two dollars. 

Towards procuring, testing, and delivering the armor and gun steel 
for the vessels authorized by section one of the act of August third, 
eighteen hundred and eighty-six, and the unfinished monitors men¬ 
tioned in section three of the same act, and the vessels authorized b} r 
this act, four million dollars: Provided , Said armor and gun steel shall 
be of domestic manufacture. 

Approved, March 3, 1887. 


FIFTIETH CONGRESS, FIRST SESSION—SEPTEMBER 7, 1888. 


An act making appropriations for the naval service for the fiscal 
year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, and for other pur¬ 
poses. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatires of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled , That the following 
sums be, and they are hereby, appropriated, to be paid out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the naval 
service of the Government for the year ending June thirtieth, eight¬ 
een hundred and eighty-nine, and for other purposes: 

PAY OF THE NAVY. 

For pay of officers on sea duty; officers on shore and other dutj T ; 
officers on waiting orders; officers on the retired list; Admiral’s and 
Vice-Admiral's secretaries; clerks to commandants of } T ards and sta¬ 
tions; clerks to paymasters at yards and stations; inspections; receiv¬ 
ing-ships and other vessels; extra pay to men re-enlisting under hon¬ 
orable discharge; pay of petty officers, seamen, landsmen, and boys, 
including men in the engineer’s force and for the Coast Survey serv¬ 
ice and Fish Commission, seven thousand five hundred men and seven 
hundred and fifty boys, at the pay prescribed by law; in all, seven 
million eighty-two thousand four hundred and four dollars. 

PAY, MISCELLANEOUS. 

For commissions and interest; transportation of funds; exchange; 
mileage to officers while traveling under orders in the United States, 
and for actual personal expenses of officers while traveling abroad 
under orders, and for traveling expenses of apothecaries, yeomen, 
and civilian employees, and for actual and necessary traveling ex¬ 
penses of naval cadets while proceeding from their homes to the 
Naval Academy for examination and appointment as cadets; for rent 
and furniture of buildings and offices not in navy-yards; expenses 
of courts-martial, prisoners and prisons, and courts of inquiry, 
boards of investigation, examining boards, with clerk’s and wit¬ 
nesses’ fees, and traveling expenses and costs; stationery and record¬ 
ing; expenses of purchasing-paymasters’ offices of the various cities, 
including clerks, furniture, fuel, stationery, and incidental expenses; 
newspapers and advertising; foreign postage: telegraphing, foreign 
and domestic; telephones; copying; care of library, including pur¬ 
chase of books, prints, manuscripts, and periodicals; ferriage, tolls, 
and express fees; costs of suits; commissions, warrants, diplomas, 
and discharges; relief of vessels in distress; canal tolls and pilotage; 
recovery of valuables from shipwrecks; quarantine expenses; reports, 
professional investigation, cost of special instruction at home or 

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abroad, in maintenance of students and attaches, and information 
from abroad, and the collection and classification thereof, and other 
necessary incidental expenses; in all, two hundred and fifteen thousand 
dollars. 

Contingent, Navy: For all emergencies and extraordinary ex¬ 
penses arising at home or abroad, but impossible to be anticipated 
or classified, exclusive of personal services in the Navy Department 
or any of its subordinate Bureaus or offices, at Washington, District 
of Columbia, seven thousand dollars. 

BUREAU OF NAVIGATION. 

Navigation and Supplies: For foreign and local pilotage and 
towage of ships of war; services and materials in correcting com¬ 
passes on board ship, and for adjusting and testing compasses on 
shore; nautical and astronomical instruments; nautical books, maps, 
charts, and sailing directions, and repairs of nautical instruments for 
ships of war; books for libraries of ships of war; and professional 
papers, naval signals, and apparatus, namely, signal-lights, lanterns, 
rockets, running lights, drawings and engravings for signal-books; 
compass-fittings, including binnacles, tripods, and other appendages 
of ship’s compasses; logs and other appliances for measuring the 
ship's way, and leads and other appliances for sounding; lanterns 
and lamps, and their appendages, for general use on board ship, in¬ 
cluding those for the cabin, wardroom, and steerage, for the holds 
and spirit-room, for decks and quartermaster’s use; bunting and 
other materials for flags, and making and repairing flags of all kinds; 
oil for ship of war; other than that used in the engineer department; 
candles, when used as a substitute for oil in binnacles and running- 
lights, chimneys and wicks, and soap used in the navigation depart¬ 
ment; photographic instruments and materials stationery for com¬ 
manders and navigators of vessels of war; and for use of courts- 
martial; musical instruments and music for vessels of w T ar; steering 
signals and indicators, and speaking-tubes and gongs, for signal com¬ 
munications on board vessels of war; and for introducing and main¬ 
taining electric lights on board vessels of war; in all, ninet}^ thousand 
dollars. 

Ocean surveys: For special ocean surveys, and the publication 
thereof, five thousand dollars. 

Publication of Surveys of Mexican coast: For preparing and 
engraving on copper-plates the surveys of Mexican coast, five thou¬ 
sand dollars. 

Training Station, Coasters’ Harbor Island, Rhode Island: 
For repairs and improvements on buildings at Coasters’ Harbor Island; 
heating, lighting, and. furniture for same; books and stationery; 
freight and other contingent expenses; purchase of feed and main¬ 
tenance of horses and mail-wagons, and attendance on same; and to 
enable the naval war college to be conducted at said Island up to 
January first, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, ten thousand dollars: 
Provided , That the Secretary of the Navy is hereby authorized to 
consolidate and place under one command the torpedo" station and the 
naval war college at Newport, Rhode Island after said date. 

Contingent, Bureau of Navigation: For contingent expenses 
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of navigation materials; postage and telegraphing on public business; 
packing-boxes and materials; furniture, stationery, and fuel for navi¬ 
gation offices at navy-yards; and all other contingent expenses, five 
thousand dollars. 

Civil Establishment, Bureau of Navigation: Navy-yard, 
New lork: For one clerk, at one thousand four hundred dollars; one 
writer, at one thousand dollars; one store-keeper, at nine hundred 
dollars; one master of tugs, at one thousand five hundred dollars; 

Navy-yard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire: For one clerk at one 
thousand dollars; 

Navy-yard, Norfolk, Virginia: For one clerk, at one thousand two 
hundred dollars; 

Navy-yard, Washington, District of Columbia: For one clerk, at 
one thousand dollars; 

Navy-yard, Mare Island, California: For one clerk, at one thousand 
dollars; 

Training-station: One clerk (when required), three hundred dol¬ 
lars; in all, nine thousand three hundred dollars. And no other 
fund appropriated bj T this act shall be used in payment for such 
services. 


BUREAU OF ORDNANCE. 

Ordnance and Ordnance Stores: For procuring, producing, 
preserving, and handling ordnance material; for the armament of 
ships; for fuel, tools, material and labor to be used in the general 
work of the Ordnance Department; for furniture at magazines, at 
the ordnance dock, New York, and at the naval ordnance battery 
and proving-ground and for prizes to enlisted men for excellence in 
ordnance exercises and target practice, one hundred and thirty 
thousand dollars; 

For ammunition for the guns of the Vesuvius, twelve thousand 
dollars; 

For proof of naval armament, six thousand dollars; 

For modern guns and ammunition for instructing the cadets of the 
Naval Academ} T , fift} T -five thousand dollars; 

For modern guns and ammunition for instructing the apprentices 
of the training squadron, fift3 T thousand dollars; in all, two hundred 
and fifty-three thousand dollars. 

Repairs, Bureau of Ordnance: For necessary repairs to ord¬ 
nance buildings, magazines, gun-parks, boats, lighters, wharves, ma¬ 
chinery, and other objects of the like character, fifteen thousand dol 
lars. 

Contingent, Bureau of Ordnance: For miscellaneous items, 
namely: Freight to foreign and home stations; advertising; cartage 
and express charges; repairs to fire-engines; gas and water pipes; gas 
and water tax at magazines; toll, ferriage, foreign postage, and tel¬ 
egrams to and from the Bureau, five thousand dollars. 

Civil Establishment, Bureau of Ordnance: For the civil es¬ 
tablishment under the Bureau of Ordnance, namely: 

Navy-yard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire: For one writer (when 
required), five hundred dollars; 

Navy-vard, Boston, Massachusetts: For one writer (when required), 
five hundred dollars; 


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Navy-yard, New York: For one clerk, at one thousand four hun¬ 
dred dollars; 

Navy-yard, Washington, District of Columbia: For one clerk, at 
one thousand six hundred dollars; two writers, at one thousand and 
seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents each; one draughtsman, at 
one thousand five hundred and forty-five dollars; three draughts¬ 
men, at one thousand and eighty-one dollars each; one assistant 
draughtsman, at seven hundred and seventy-two dollars; one fore¬ 
man, at two thousand one hundred and fifty-six dollars; two copyists, 
at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; one telegraph operator, at 
nine hundred dollars; 

Navy-yard, Norfolk, Virginia: For one clerk, at one thousand two 
hundred dollars; 

Navy-vard, Mare Island, California: For one writer, at one thou¬ 
sand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents; 

Naval ordnance proving-ground: For one writer at one thousand 
and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents; 

Torpedo-station, Newport, Rhode Island: For one chemist, at two 
thousand five hundred dollars; one clerk, at one thousand two hun¬ 
dred dollars; one draughtsman, at one thousand five hundred dollars; 
in all, twenty-four thousand five hundred and twenty-five dollars. 
And no other fund appropriated by this act shall be used in pa} T ment 
for such service. 

Torpedo Corps: For labor, material, freight, and express charges; 
general care of and repairs to grounds, buildings, wharves; boats; 
instruction; instruments, tools, furniture, experiments, and general 
torpedo outfits, fifty thousand dollars; 

New landing stage, seven hundred dollars; 

Completing repairs to sea-wall, two thousand dollars; 

Quarters for surgeon, eight thousand dollars; 

For correcting the sanitary condition of the cottages used as quar¬ 
ters at the station, five thousand dollars; in all, sixty-five thousand 
seven hundred dollars. 

BUREAU OF EQUIPMENT AND RECRUITING. 

Equipment of Vessels: For coal for steamers’ and ships’ use, 
including expenses of transportation, storage, and handling; hemp, 
wire, and other materials for the manufacture of rope and cordage; 
iron for the manufacture of anchors, cables, galleys, and chains; 
canvas for the manufacture of sails, awnings, bags, and hammocks; 
water for steam-launches; heating apparatus for receiving-ships; and 
for the purchase of all other articles of equipment at home and 
abroad, and for the payment of labor in equipping vessels and man¬ 
ufacture of equipment articles in the several navy-yards, six hun¬ 
dred and twenty-five thousand dollars. 

Transportation and recruiting: For expenses of recruiting for 
the naval service, rent of rendezvous and expenses of maintaining 
the same, advertising for men and boys, and all other expenses at¬ 
tending the recruiting for the naval service and for the transporta¬ 
tion of enlisted men and bo}^s at home and abroad, thirty thousand 
dollars. 

Contingent, Bureau of Equipment and Recruiting: For extra 
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stores, printing, advertising, telegraphing, books and models, postage 
on letters sent abroad, ferriage, ice, apprehension of deserters and 
stragglers, continuous-service certificates, good-conduct badges, and 
libraries for enlisted men, school-books for training-ships, medals 
for boj^s, and emergencies arising under cognizance of the Bureau of 
Equipment and Recruiting unforeseen and impossible to classify, 
fifteen thousand dollars. 

Naval Training-Station, Coasters’ Harbor Island, Rhode 
Island (for apprentices): For dredging channels, repairs to main 
causewa} r ; roads, and grounds, extending sea-wall, and the emplo}^- 
ment of such labor as may be necessary for the proper care and 
preservation of the same; for repairs and improvements on buildings; 
heating, lighting, and furniture for same; books and stationery, 
freight, and other contingent expenses; purchase of food, and main¬ 
tenance of live-stock and mail-wagon, and attendance on same; 
fourteen thousand dollars. 

Civil Establishment, Bureau of Equipment and Recruiting: 
Navy-yard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire: For one clerk, at one 
thousand two hundred dollars; 

Navy-yard, Boston, Massachusetts: For one superintendent of rope- 
walk, at one thousand eight hundred and seventy-five dollars; one 
clerk, at one thousand four hundred dollars; one clerk, at one thou¬ 
sand three hundred dollars; one writer, at nine hundred and fifty 
dollars; 

Navy-yard, New York: For one clerk, at one thousand two hun¬ 
dred dollars; 

Navy-yard, League Island, Pennsylvania: For one clerk, at one 
thousand two hundred dollars; 

Navy-yard, Norfolk, Virginia: For one clerk, at one thousand two 
hundred dollars; 

Navy-yard, Mare Island, California: For one clerk, at one thou¬ 
sand two hundred dollars; in all, eleven thousand five hundred and 
twenty-five dollars. And no other fund appropriated by this act 
shall be used in payment for such services. 

•BUREAU OF YARDS AND DOCKS. 

Maintenance of Yards and Docks: For general maintenance of 
yards and docks, namety: For freight and transportation of materials 
and stores; books, maps, models, and drawings; purchase and repair 
of fire-engines; machinery; repairs on steam fire-engines and attend¬ 
ance on the same; purchase and maintenance of oxen and horses, and 
driving teams; carts and timber-wheels, and all vehicles for use in 
the navy-yards, and tools and repairs of the same; postage on letters 
and other mailable matter on public service sent to foreign countries, 
and telegrams; stationery; furniture for Government houses and offices 
in the navy-yards; coal and other fuel; candles, oil, and gas; clean¬ 
ing and clearing up yards and care of buildings; attendance on fires, 
lights, fire-engines, and apparatus; for incidental labor at navy yards; 
water-tax and tolls and ferriage; rent of four officers’ quarters at 
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; for pay of watchmen in navy-yards, and 
for awnings and packing-boxes, and advertising for yards and docks 
purposes, one hundred and sixtv-five thousand dollars. 


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Public Works. —Navy-yards and Stations: 

Navy-yard, Boston, Massachusetts: Water-pipes and laying of 
same, thirty-two thousand dollars. 

Navy-yard, Brooklyn, New York: Repairs to building on cob-dock 
now used as recreation hall b} r enlisted men, five thousand dollars; 
boiler-shop and wing to machine-shop, sixty-eight thousand three 
hundred and forty dollars and forty-seven cents; one building for 
quarters for civil engineer, ten thousand dollars; reconstructing 
building number seven, partially destro^yed by fire in January, eight¬ 
een hundred and eighty-eight, sixty thousand dollars; in all, one 
hundred and forty-three thousand three hundred and forty dollars and 
forty-seven cents. 

Navy-yard, League Island, Pennsylvania: For repairs and im¬ 
provement of grounds and construction of protection wall, seventy 
five thousand dollars; for one timber dry-dock, the contract price for 
the full completion of which shall not exceed the amount herein appro¬ 
priated, five hundred and fifty thousand dollars; in all, six hundred 
and twenty-five thousand dollars. 

Navy-yard, Washington, District of Columbia: For the better 
protection of the public property at the navy-yard, Washington, 
District of Columbia, from danger from fire by means of electric fire 
alarms, time signals and watchman detectors, one thousand dollars. 

Navy-yard, Norfolk, Virginia: Iron and steel shop, seventy-live 
thousand dollars; railroad extension, ten thousand dollars; boiler- 
shop extension, fourteen thousand four hundred and eighty-eight 
dollars; water system, fifteen thousand dollars; in all, one hundred 
and fourteen thousand four hundred and eighty-eight dollars. 

Navy-yard, Mare Island, California: Finishing boiler and machine- 
shop, four thousand two hundred dollars; extending wharf from coal- 
house to foundry, thirty thousand dollars; crane scow, seven thou¬ 
sand dollars; pile-driver, five thousand dollars; twelve-ton swinging 
crane, four thousand dollars; mud scow, four thousand five hundred 
dollars; in all, fifty-four thousand seven hundred dollars. 

Naval station, Port Royal, South Carolina: Fencing, two hundred 
and twenty-eight dollars; artesian well, one thousand dollars; boat- 
house, four hundred dollars; in all, one thousaud six hundred and 
twenty-eight dollars. 

For the expenses of a commission of three officers, to be appointed 
by the Secretary of the Navy, to report as to the most desirable location 
on or near the coast of the Gulf of Mexico and the south Atlantic coast 
for navy-yards and dry docks and for the expenses of sounding and 
surveying and estimating expenses, fifteen thousand dollars. And the 
Secretary of the Navy be, and he is hereby, required to appoint a 
commission composed of three competent naval officers, whose duty 
it shall be to examine the coast north of the forty-second parallel of 
north latitude, in the State of Oregon and Territories of Washington 
and Alaska, and select a suitable site, having due regard to the com¬ 
mercial and naval necessities of that coast, for a navy-yard and docks; 
and having selected such site, shall, if upon private lands, estimate 
its value and ascertain the price for which it can be purchased, and 
of their proceedings and action make full and detailed report to the 
Secretary of the Navy; and the Secretary of the Navy shall transmit 
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the expenses of such commission the sum of five thousand dollars of 
the above amount, or as much thereof as may be necessary, mav be 
used. 

Adjustable stern-dock: For one adjustable stern-dock, to be con¬ 
structed at such place as the Secretary of the Navy may determine, 
thirty thousand dollars. 

For repairs and preservation at navy-yards and stations, three hun 
dred thousand dollars. 

New Naval Observatory. 

New Naval Observatory: For continuing the erection of the new 
Naval Observatory and necessary buildings upon the site purchased 
under the act of Congress approved February fourth, eighteen hun¬ 
dred and eighty (twenty-one Statutes, page sixty-four), fifty thousand 
dollars: Provided , That the work upon the domes, piers, transit 
shutters and floors of the observing rooms, and the necessary eleva¬ 
tors in the building, and the fittings of the library and of the tem¬ 
perature room ma} T be done by the Secretary of the Navy without 
contract, or in such manner as he shall deem most advantageous to 
the Government, but the total cost of said observatory, including the 
aforesaid items, shall not exceed the limit of four hundred thousand 
dollars fixed by the act making appropriations for the naval service, 
approved March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven. 

Total Public Works under Navy Department, one million three 
hundred and sixty-seven thousand one hundred and fifty-six dollars 
and forty-seven cents. 

Contingent Bureau of Yards and Docks: For contingent ex¬ 
penses that may arise at navy-yards and stations, twenty thousand 
dollars. 

Civil Establishment, Bureau of Yards and Docks: Navy- 
yard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire:-For one clerk, at one thousand 
four hundred dollars; one mail-messenger, at six hundred dollars per 
annum; one messenger, at six hundred dollars per annum; one fore¬ 
man laborer at four dollars per diem; one janitor, six hundred dollars: 
one pilot, at three dollars per diem; 

Navy-yard, Boston, Massachusetts: For one clerk, at one thousand 
four hundred dollars; one foreman-laborer, at four dollars per diem; 
one messenger to commandant, at one dollar and seventy-six cents per 
diem; one messenger, at one dollar and seventy-six cents per diem; 
one mail-messenger, six hundred dollars per annum; 

Navy-yard, Brooklyn, New York: For one clerk, at one thousand 
four hundred dollars; one writer, at one thousand and seventeen dollars 
and twenty-five cents: one foreman-laborer, at four dollars and fifty 
cents per diem; one mail-messenger, at six hundred dollars per annum; 
one messenger to commandant, at two dollars and fifty cents per diem; 
one messenger to captain, at two dollars and twenty-five cents per 
diem; one draughtsman, at five dollars per diem; one superintendent 
of teams or quarterman, at four dollars per diem; one messenger to 
civil engineer, at two dollars per diem; 

Navy-yard. League Island, Pennsylvania: one clerk, at one thou¬ 
sand four hundred dollars; one messenger, at one dollar and seventy- 
six cents per diem; one foreman-laborer, at four dollars per diem; 


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Navy-yard, Washington, District of Columbia: For one clerk, at 
one thousand four hundred dollars; one messenger, at one dollar and 
seventy-six cents per diem; one foreman-laborer, at four dollars per 
diem. 

Navy-yard, Norfolk, Virginia: For one clerk, at one thousand 
four hundred dollars; one writer, at one thousand and seventeen dol¬ 
lars and twenty-five cents; one foreman-laborer, at four dollars per 
diem; three messengers, at two dollars per diem each; one pilot, at 
two dollars and twenty-six cents per diem; 

Navy-yard, Pensacola, Florida: For one clerk, at one thousand 
two hundred dollars; one mail messenger, at six hundred dollars per 
annum; 

Navy-yard, Mare Island, California: For one clerk, at one thou¬ 
sand four hundred dollars; one writer, at’ one thousand and seven¬ 
teen dollars and twenty-five cents; one foreman-mason, at six dollars 
per diem; one foreman-laborer, at live dollars and fifty cents per 
diem; one pilot, at four dollars and eighty cents per diem; one 
draughtsman, at live dollars per diem; one mail-messenger, at two 
dollars and seventy-four cents per diem; one messenger, at two dol¬ 
lars and twenty cents per diem; one messenger and lamp-lighter, at 
two dollars and twenty cents per diem; one bell-ringer, at two dol¬ 
lars and twenty-six cents per diem; 

Naval-station, Sackett’s Harbor: For one ship-keeper, at one dollar 
per diem; in all, forty-six thousand five hundred and eighty-seven 
dollars and twenty-three cents. 

And no other fund appropriated by this act shall be used in pay¬ 
ment for such services. 

Natal Asylum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: For one super¬ 
intendent, at six hundred dollars; one steward, at four hundred and 
eighty dollars; one matron, at three hundred and sixty dollars; one 
chief cook, at two hundred and forty dollars; two assistant cooks, at 
one hundred and sixty-eight dollars each; one chief laundress, at one 
hundred and ninety-two dollars; six laundresses, at one hundred and 
sixty-eight dollars each; four scrubbers, at one hundred and sixty- 
eight dollars each; eight waiters, at one hundred and sixty-eight dol¬ 
lars each; six laborers, at two hundred and forty dollars each; one 
stable-keeper and driver, at three hundred and sixty dollars; one 
master-at-arms, at four hundred and eighty dollars; two house cor¬ 
porals, at three hundred dollars each; one barber, at three hundred 
and sixty dollars; one carpenter, at eight hundred and forty-five 
dollars. 

Water-rent and gas, one thousand eight hundred dollars; cemetery, 
burial expenses, and headstones, three hundred and fifty dollars; 
improvement of grounds, five hundred dollars; repairs to buildings, 
furnaces, grates, ranges, furniture, and repairs of furniture, four 
thousand five hundred dollars; music in chapel, six hundred dollars; 

Transportation of indigent and destitute beneficiaries to the Naval 
Asylum, five hundred dollars; erecting brick building for kitchen, 
laundry, and dormitories, for female employees, seventeen thousand 
five hundred dollars; removing range and laundry machinery to same, 
four hundred dollars; fitting up bath-rooms for beneficiaries, eight 
hundred dollars; support of beneficiaries, forty-six thousand one hun¬ 
dred dollars; in all, eighty-two thousand three hundred and sixty- 
seven dollars, which sum shall be paid out of the income from tlie 
naval pension fund. 


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BUREAU OF MEDICINE AND SURGERY. 

Medical Department: For surgeons’ necessaries for vessels in 
commission, navy-yards, naval stations, Marine Corps, and Coast 
Survey, and for the civil establishment at the several naval hospitals, 
navy-yards, naval laboratory, museum of hygiene, and Naval Acad¬ 
emy, fifty-seven thousand five hundred dollars. 

Naval-PTospital Fund: For maintenance of the naval hospitals at 
the various navy-yards and stations, twenty thousand dollars. 

Contingent, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery: For freight 
or expressage on medical stores, toll, ferriages, transportation of sick 
and insane patients; care, transportation, and burial of the dead; 
advertising: telegraphing; rent of telephones; purchase of books and 
stationery; binding of unbound books and pamphlets, postage and 
purchase of stamps for foreign service; expenses attending the medi¬ 
cal board of examiners; rent of rooms for naval dispensary and 
museum of hygiene; hygienic and sanitary investigation and illustra¬ 
tion; sanitary and hygienic instruction; purchase and repairs of 
wagons and harness; purchase of and feed for horses and cows; trees, 
plants, garden tools, and seeds; furniture and incidental articles for 
the museum of hygiene; naval dispensary, Washington; naval labo- 
ratory, sick-quarters at Naval Academy and marine barracks and 
dispensaries at navy-yards; washing for medical department at 
museum of hygiene, naval dispensary, Washington, naval laboratory, 
sick quarters at Naval Academy and marine barracks, dispensaries 
at navy-yards and naval stations and ships and rendezvous, and all 
other necessary contingent expenses, twenty-five thousand dollars; 

Repairs, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery: For necessary 
repairs of naval laboratory, naval hospitals, and appendages, includ¬ 
ing roads, wharves, out-houses, side-walks, fences, gardens, farms, 
and cemeteries, twenty thousand dollars; 

For continuing the improvement of the naval-hospital park at Ports¬ 
mouth, Virginia, five thousand dollars', 

For repairing granite sea-wall at naval hospital Norfolk, Virginia, 
twenty thousand dollars; in all, one hundred and forty-seven thousand 
five hundred dollars. 

BUREAU OF PROVISIONS AND CLOTHING. 

Provisions, Navy, Bureau of Provisions and Clothing: For pro¬ 
visions for the seamen and marines, commuted rations for officers, 
naval cadets, seamen, and marines, and commuted rations stopped on 
account of sick in hospital and credited to the hospital fund, nine 
hundred and sixty-five thousand dollars; 

For water for drinking and cooking purposes on board ships, eleven 
thousand dollars; 

Labor and expenses of general store-houses, ninety thousand dol¬ 
lars; in all, one million and sixty-six thousand dollars. 

Contingent, Bureau of Provisions and Clothing: For freight 
on shipments; candles, fuel, books and blanks, stationery, advertise 
ing; furniture for general store-houses and pay-offices in navy-yards- 
expenses of naval clothing factory and machinery for same;. foreign 
postage, telegrams, express charges tolls, ferriages,. yoemarf\s stores, 
iron safes, newspapers, ice, and other necessary incidental expenses; 
in all, thirty thousand dollars. 


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Civil Establishment, Bureau of Provisions and Clothing: 
Navy-yard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire: In general store-houses: 
Two book-keepers at one thousand two hundred dollars per annum 
each, two thousand four hundred dollars; one assistant book-keeper, 
seven hundred and twenty dollars; one bill clerk, one thousand dol¬ 
lars; one assistant clerk, seven hundred and twenty dollars; one ship¬ 
ping and receiving clerk, one thousand dollars; 

Navy-yard, Boston, Massachusetts: In general store-houses: One 
book-keeper, one thousand seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents; 
one shipping-clerk, nine hundred and thirty-nine dollars; one receiv¬ 
ing clerk, nine hundred and thirty-nine dollars; 

In pay-office: One writer, one thousand seventeen dollars and 
twenty-five cents; 

Navy-yard, New York, New York: In general store-houses: Three 
book-keepers, at one thousand two hundred dollars per annum each, 
three thousand six hundred dollars; one assistant book-keeper, one 
thousand dollars; one assistant book-keeper, seven hundred and 
twenty dollars; three receiving clerks, four dollars per diem, three 
thousand seven hundred and fifty-six dollars; one assistant receiv¬ 
ing clerk, at one thousand and ninety-nine dollars; three shipping 
clerks, at one thousand dollars per annum, three thousand dollars; 
one bill clerk, one thousand dollars; one assistant bill clerk, seven 
hundred and twenty dollars; two leading men, at two dollars and 
fifty cents per diem each, one thousand five hundred and sixty- 
five dollars; five pressmen, at two dollars and seventy-six cents per 
diem each, four thousand three hundred and nineteen dollars and 
forty cents; one superintendent coffee-mills, at three dollars per diem, 
nine hundred and thirty-nine dollars; one box-maker, three dollars 
per diem, nine hundred and thirty-nine dollars; one engine tender, 
three dollars and twenty-six cents per diem, one thousand and twenty 
dollars and thirty-eight cents; one coffee-roaster, two dollars and 
fifty cents per diem, seven hundred and eighty-tw T o dollars and fifty 
cents; one fireman, two dollars per diem, six hundred and twenty-six 
dollars; one messenger, two dollars and fifty cents per diem, seven 
hundred and eighty-two dollars and fifty cents; 

In pay-office: One writer, one thousand and seventeen dollars and 
twenty-five cents; one messenger, at two dollars and fifty cents per 
diem, seven hundred and eighty-two dollars and fifty cents; 

Navy-yard, League Island, Pennsylvania: In general store-house: 
One book-keeper, one thousand two hundred dollars, one assistant 
book-keeper, seven hundred and twenty dollars; 

Navy-yard, Washington, District of Columbia: In general store¬ 
houses: One book-keeper, one thousand two hundred dollars; one 
clerk, one thousand two hundred dollars; one receiving clerk, one 
thousand dollars; one bill clerk, one thousand dollars; one shipping 
clerk, one thousand dollars; 

In pay-office: One writer, one thousand seventeen dollars and twenty- 
five cents; 

Navy-yard, Norfolk, Virginia: In general store-houses: Two book¬ 
keepers, at one thousand two hundred dollars per annum each, two 
thousand four hundred dollars; two assistant book-keepers, at one 
thousand seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents per annum each, 
two thousand thirty-four dollars and fifty cents; one bill clerk, 
one thousand dollars; one assistant bill clerk, seven hundred and 
twenty dollars; one receiving clerk, nine hundred and forty-two 


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dollars; one assistant receiving 1 clerk, seven hundred and twentv 
dollars; ^ 

In pay-office: one writer, one thousand seventeen dollars and twenty- 
live cents; 

Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland: In general store-house: One 
book-keeper, one thousand seventeen dollars and twenty-live cents; 
one receiving and shipping clerk, one thousand dollars; 

Torpedo Station, Newport, Rhode Island: In general store-house: 
One clerk,'one thousand two hundred dollars; 

Navy-yard, Mare Island, California: In general store-houses: Two 
book-keepers, at one thousand two hundred dollars per annum each, 
two thousand four hundred dollars; two assistant book-keepers, at 
seven hundred and twenty dollars each, one thousand four hundred 
and forty dollars; one receiving clerk, one thousand dollars; one 
shipping clerk, one thousand dollars; one bill clerk, one thousand 
dollars; one assistant clerk, one thousand dollars; 

In pay-office: One writer, one thousand seventeen dollars and twenty- 
live cents; in all, sixty-seven thousand three hundred and twenty-five 
dollars and fifty-three cents. And no other fund appropriated by this 
act shall be used in payment for such services. 

BUREAU OF CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR. 

Bureau of Construction and Repair: Construction and re¬ 
pair of vessels: For preservation and completion of vessels on the 
stocks and in ordinary; purchase of materials and stores of all kinds; 
for steam steerers, pneumatic steerers, steam capstans, steam wind¬ 
lasses, and other steam auxiliaries; labor in navy-3 r ards and on for¬ 
eign stations; purchase of machinery and tools for use in shops; 
wear, tear, and repair of vessels afloat, and for general care, increase, 
and protection of the Nav} r in the line of construction and repair; 
incidental expenses, such as advertising, freight, foreign postages, 
telegrams, photographing, books, plans, stationery, and instruments 
for drawing-room, eight hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars: 
Provided , That no part of this sum shall be applied to the repairs 
of any wooden ship when the estimated cost of such repairs, to be 
appraised by a competent board of naval officers, shall exceed twenty 
per centum of the estimated cost, appraised in like manner, of a new 
ship of the same size and like material: Provided further. That noth¬ 
ing herein contained shall deprive the Secretary of the Navy of the 
authority to order repairs of ships damaged in foreign waters or on 
the high seas, so far as may be necessary to bring them home; 

Improvement of the Plant at the Navy-yard, Mare Island, Cali¬ 
fornia: Extra tools required to put the yard in condition for building 
and repairing iron and steel ships, one hundred thousand dollars; 

Civil Establishment, Bureau of Construction and Repair: 
Navy-yard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire: For one clerk to naval con¬ 
structor, at one thousand four hundred dollars; two writers, at one 
thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents each; 

Navy-yard, Boston, Massachusetts: For one clerk to naval con¬ 
structor, at one thousand four hundred dollars; 

Navy-yard, Brooktyn, New York: For one clerk to naval constructor, 
at one thousand four hundred dollars; three writers, at one thousand 
and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents each; 


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Navy-yard, League Island, Pennsylvania: For one clerk to naval 
constructor, at one thousand four hundred dollars; 

Navy-yard, Washington, District of Columbia: For one clerk to 
naval constructor, at one thousand four hundred dollars; 

Navy-yard, Norfolk, Virginia: For one clerk to naval constructor, 
at one"thousand four hundred dollars; two writers, at one thousand 
and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents each; 

Navy-yard, Pensacola, Forida: For one writer, at one thousand and 
seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents; 

Navy-yard, Mare Island, California: For one clerk to naval con¬ 
structor," at one thousand four hundred dollars; two writers, at one 
thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents each; in all, 
nineteen thousand nine hundred and seventy-two dollars and fifty 
cents. And no other fund appropriated by this act shall be used in 
payment for such services. 

BUREAU OF STEAM ENGINEERING. 

Steam-Machinery: For completion, repairs, and preservation of 
machinery and boilers of naval vessels, including cost of new boilers, 
preservation of and small repairs to machinery and boilers in vessels 
in ordinary, receiving and training vessels, repair and care of machin- 
ery of yard tugs and launches, three hundred and seventy thousand 
dollars. 

For purchase, handling, and preservation of all materials and 
stores, purchase, fitting, repair, and preservation of machinery and 
tools in the navy-yard and stations, and running yard-engines, two 
hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars. 

For incidental expenses for naval vessels, yards, and the Bureau, 
such as foreign postages, telegrams, advertising, freight, photograph¬ 
ing, books, stationery, and instruments, ten thousand dollars; in all, 
six hundred and five thousand dollars: Provided, That no part of said 
sum shall be applied to the engines and machinery of wooden ships 
w T here the estimated cost of such repair shall exceed twenty per cen¬ 
tum of the estimated cost of new engines and machinery of the same 
character and power; but nothing herein contained shall prevent the 
repair or building of boilers for wooden ships the hulls of which 
can be fully repaired for twenty per centum of the estimated cost of 
a new ship of the same size and materials. 

Contingent, Bureau of Steam-Engineering: For contingen¬ 
cies, drawing materials, and instruments for the draughting-room, 
one thousand dollars. 

Civil Establishment, Bureau of Steam-Engineering: Navj T - 
yard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire: For clerk to department, at one 
thousand two hundred dollars; one assistant draughtsman, at one 
thousand one hundred dollars; messenger, at six hundred dollars; 

Navy-yard, Brooklyn, New York: For clerk to department, at one 
thousand four hundred dollars; draughtsman, at one thousand five 
hundred dollars; messenger, at six hundred dollars; writer, at one 
thousand dollars; assistant draughtsman, at one thousand one hundred 
dollars; 

Navy-yard, Norfolk, Virginia: For clerk to department at one thou¬ 
sand three hundred dollars; assistant draughtsman, at one thousand 
one hundred dollars; messenger, at six hundred dollars; 


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Navy-yard, Pensacola,. Florida: For writer, one thousand dollars; 

Navv-yard, Mare Island, California: For clerk to department, at 
one thousand four hundred dollars; draughtsman, at one thousand 
five hundred dollars; messenger, at six hundred dollars; writer, at 
one thousand dollars; in all, seventeen thousand dollars. And no 
other fund appropriated by this act shall be used in payment for such 
services. 


NAVAL ACADEMY. 

Pay of Professors and others, Naval Academy: For one 
professor of mathematics and one of physics, at two thousand five 
hundred dollars each, five thousand dollars; three professors (assist¬ 
ants), namely, one of chemistry, one of French and Spanish, and one 
of English studies, history and law, at two thousand two hundred 
dollars each, six thousand six hundred dollars; five assistant profes¬ 
sors, namely, one of English studies, history, and law, three of French, 
and one of drawing, at one thousand eight hundred dollars each, nine 
thousand dollars; one sword-master, at one thousand five hundred 
dollars, and two assistants, at one thousand dollars each; one boxing- 
master and gymnast, at one thousand two hundred dollars; one assist¬ 
ant librarian, at one thousand four hundred dollars; one secretary of 
the Naval Academy, at one thousand eight hundred dollars; three 
clerks to the superintendent, at one thousand two hundred dollars, 
one thousand dollars, and eight hundred dollars, respectively, three 
thousand dollars; one clerk to commandant of cadets, at one thousand 
two hundred dollars; one clerk to paymaster, at one thousand dollars; 
one dentist, at one thousand six hundred dollars; one baker, at six 
hundred dollars; one mechanic in department of physics and chemis¬ 
try, at seven hundred and thirt} T dollars; one cook, at three hundred 
and twenty-five dollars and fifty cents; one messenger to superin¬ 
tendent, at six hundred dollars; one armorer, at five hundred and 
twent\ T -nine dollars and fifty cents; one gunner’s mate, at four hun¬ 
dred and sixty-nine dollars and fifty cents; one quarter-gunner, at four 
hundred and nine dollars and fifty cents; one cockswain, at four hun¬ 
dred and sixty-nine dollars and fifty cents; one seaman in depart¬ 
ment of seamanship, at three hundred and forty-nine dollars and 
fifty cents; one attendant in the department of astronomy and one 
in the department of physics and chemistry, at three hundred dollars 
each, six hundred dollars; six attendants at recitation-rooms, library, 
store, chapel, and offices, at three hundred dollars each, one thousand 
eight hundred dollars; one band-master, at five hundred and twenty - 
eight dollars; twent}^-one first class musicians, at three hundred and 
forty-eight dollars each, seven thousand three hundred and eight 
dollars; seven second class musicians, at three hundred dollars each, 
two thousand one hundred dollars; in all, fift} T -two thousand one hun¬ 
dred and nineteen dollars. 

For special course of study and training of naval cadets as author¬ 
ized by act of Congress approved August fifth, eighteen hundred and 
eightv-two, five thousand dollars. 

Pay of Watchmen, Mechanics, and others, Naval Academy: 
For captain of the watch and weigher, at two dollars and fifty cents 
per diem; four watchmen, at two dollars per diem each; foreman of gas 
and steam-heating works of the Academy, at five dollars per diem; 


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labor at gas-works and steam-buildings; for masons, carpenters, and 
other mechanics, and laborers for care of buildings, grounds, wharves, 
and boats, thirty-seven thousand eight hundred and sixty-four dol¬ 
lars and ninety-live cents; one attendant in the purifying-house of 
the gas-house, at one dollar and fifty cents per diem, five hundred 
and forty-seven dollars and fifty cents; in all, forty-four thousand 
and sixty-nine dollars and ninety-five cents. 

Pay of Steam-Employees, Naval Academy: For pay of me¬ 
chanics and others in department of steam-engineering, seven thou¬ 
sand eight hundred and twenty-four dollars and fifty cents. 

Total pay Naval Academy, one hundred and nine thousand and 
thirteen dollars and forty-five cents. 

Repairs and Improvements, Naval Academy: Necessaiy repairs 
of public buildings, pavements, wharves, and walls inclosing the 
grounds of the Naval Academy, and for improvements, repairs, and 
furniture and fixtures, twenty-one thousand dollars. 

Heating and Lighting, Naval Academy: Fuel and for heat¬ 
ing and lighting the Academy and schoolships, seventeen thousand 
dollars. 

Contingent, Naval Academy: Purchase of books for the library, 
two thousand dollars; stationery, blank-books, models, maps, and 
for text-books for use of instructors, two thousand dollars; expenses 
of the Board of Visitors to the Naval Academy, being for mileage, 
and five dollars per diem for each member for expenses during 
actual attendance at the Acadeny, one thousand five hundred dollars; 
purchase of chemicals, apparatus, and instruments in the department 
of physics and chemistry, and for repairs of the same, two thou¬ 
sand five hundred dollars; purchase of gas and steam-machinery, 
steam-pipe and fittings, rent of buildings for the use of the Academy, 
freight, cartage, water, music, musical and astronomical instruments, 
uniforms for the bandsmen, telegraphing, for feed and maintenance 
of teams, for current expenses, and repairs of all kinds, and for inci¬ 
dental labor and expenses not applicable to any other appropriation, 
thirty-two thousand dollars; stores in the department of steam-engi¬ 
neering, eight hundred dollars; materials for repairs in steam-machin¬ 
ery, one thousand dollars; to complete boat-house for steam-launches, 
twenty-five thousand dollars, in addition to the five thousand dollars 
heretofore appropriated, which is hereby re-appropriated; in all sev¬ 
enty-one thousand eight hundred dollars. 

Total for the Naval Academy, two hundred and eighteen thousand 
eight hundred and thirteen dollars and forty-five cents. 

MARINE CORPS. 

Pay, Marine Corps: For pay of officers on the active-list: For 
one colonel commandant, one colonel, two lieutenant-colonels, one 
adjutant and inspector, one paymaster, one quartermaster, four 
majors, two assistant quartermasters, one judge-advocate-general 
United States Navy, nineteen captains, thirty first lieutenants, and 
fifteen second lieutenants, one hundred and eight}^-one thousand 
five hundred and thirty dollars. 

For pay of officers on the retired list: For one colonel, one quar¬ 
termaster, three majors, two assistant quartermasters, six captains, 
two first lieutenants, and three second lieutenants, thirty-six thousand 
four hundred and twent}^ dollars. 


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For pay of non-commissioned officers, musicians, and privates: 
P or one sergeant-major, one quartermaster-sergeant, one leader of 
the band, one drum-major, fifty first sergeants, one hundred and 
forty sergeants, one hundred and eighty corporals, thirty musicians, 
ninety-six drummers and lifers, and one thousand five hundred pri¬ 
vates, three hundred and eighty-five thousand dollars. 

For pay of retired enlisted men: For one sergeant-major, one 
drum-major, one first sergeant, four sergeants, one first-class musi¬ 
cian, two drummers, one lifer, and five privates, six thousand six 
hundred and thirty-six dollars. 

For pay of civil force, namely: In the office of the colonel com¬ 
mandant: One chief clerk, at one thousand five hundred and forty 
dollars and eighty cents; one messenger, at nine hundred and seventy - 
one dollars and twenty-eight cents. 

In the office of the adjutant and inspector: One chief clerk, at one 
thousand five hundred and forty dollars and eighty cents; one clerk, 
at one thousand four hundred and ninety-six dollars and fifty-two 
cents. In the office of the paymaster: One chief clerk, at one thou¬ 
sand six hundred dollars; one clerk, at one thousand four hundred 
and ninety-six dollars and fifty-two cents; one clerk, at one thousand 
two hundred and fifty-seven dollars and twelve cents. In the office 
of the Quartermaster: One chief clerk, at one thousand five hundred 
and forty dollars and eighty-cents; one clerk, at one thousand four 
hundred and ninety-six dollars and fifty-two cents; one clerk, at one 
thousand two hundred and fifty-seven dollars and twelve cents. In 
the office of the assistant quartermaster, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: 
One clerk, at one thousand two hundred and fifty-seven dollars and 
twelve cents; one messenger, at one dollar and seventy-five cents per 
diem. In the office of the assistant quartermaster, San Francisco, 
California: One clerk, at one thousancf four hundred dollars; in all, 
seventeen thousand four hundred and ninety-four dollars and twenty 
cents. 

For undrawn clothing: For payment to discharged soldiers for 
clothing undrawn, thirty-five thousand dollars: Provided , That no 
other fund appropriated by this act be used for such purpose; 

For transportation: For transportation of officers traveling under 
orders without troops, eight thousand dollars; 

Commutation of quarters: For commutation of quarters for officers 
on duty without troops where there are no public quarters, four thou¬ 
sand dollars; in all, for pay of the Marine Corps, six hundred and 
seventy-four thousand and eighty dollars and twenty cents. 

Provisions, Marine Corps: For one thousand non-commissioned 
officers, musicians, and privates, and for amount required to be trans¬ 
ferred to the paymaster, Marine Corps, on account of rations to 
retired men, twenty men at fifty-eight dollars and forty cents per 
annum; in all, sixty-two thousand one hundred and eighty-five dollars 
and five cents. 

Clothing, Marine Corps: For two thousand non-commissioned 
officers, musicians, and privates, sixty-five thousand dollars. 

For fuel, Marine Corps: For heating barracks and quarters, 
for ranges and stoves for cooking, fuel for enlisted men, and for sales 
to officers, eighteen thousand dollars. 


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Military stores, Marine Corps: For pay of chief armorer, at 
three dollars per day, nine hundred and thirty-nine dollars; three 
mechanics, at two dollars and fifty cents each per day, two thousand 
three hundred and forty-seven dollars and fifty cents; in all, three 
thousand two hundred and eighty-six dollars and fifty cents. 

For purchase of military equipments, such as cartridge-boxes, 
ba} T onet-scabbards, haversacks, blanket-bags, canteens, musket-slings, 
swords, drums, trumpets, flags, waist-belts, waist-plates, cartridge- 
belts, and spare parts for repairing muskets, five thousand dollars. 

For purchase of ammunition, one thousand dollars. 

Purchase and repair of instruments for band, purchase of music 
and musical accessories, five hundred dollars; purchase of tents and 
camp-equipage, one thousand dollars; in all, ten thousand seven hun¬ 
dred and eighty-six dollars and fifty cents. 

Transportation and Recruiting, Marine Corps: For transpor¬ 
tation of troops, and the expense of recruiting service, ten thousand 
dollars. 

For Repair of Barracks: At Portsmouth, New Hampshire; Bos¬ 
ton, Massachusetts; Brooklyn, New York; League Island, Penns 3 d- 
vania; Annapolis, Maryland; headquarters and navy-yard, Washing¬ 
ton, District of Columbia; Norfolk, Virginia; Pensacola, Florida; 
and Mare Island, California; and per diem to enlisted men employed, 
under the direction of the Quartermaster’s Department, on the repair 
of barracks and other public buildings, nine thousand dollars. 

Rent of buildings used for manufacture of clothing, storing sup¬ 
plies, and offices of assistant quartermasters, Philadelphia, Pennsyl¬ 
vania, and San Francisco, California, one thousand seven hundred and 
eighty dollars. 

Forage, Marine Corps: For forage in kind for four horses of the 
Quartermaster’s Department, and the authorized number of officers’ 
horses, three thousand five hundred dollars. 

Contingent, Marine Corps: For freight, ferriage, toll, cartage, 
funeral expenses of marines, stationery, telegraphing, rent of tele¬ 
phone, purchase and repair of type-writers, apprehension of deserters, 
repair of gas and water fixtures, office and barrack furniture, mess 
utensils for enlisted men, such as bowls, plates, spoons, knives, forks, 
packing-boxes, wrapping-paper, oil-cloth, crash, rope, twine, cam¬ 
phor and carbolized paper, carpenters’ tools, tools for police purposes, 
iron safe, purchase and repair of public wagons, purchase and repair 
of harness, purchase of public horses, services of veterinary sur¬ 
geons and medicine for public horses, purchase and repair of hose, 
repair of fire extinguishers, purchase of fire hand-grenades, purchase 
and repair of carts and wheel-barrows, purchase and repair of cooking- 
stoves, ranges, stoves where there are no grates, purchase of ice, 
towels, and soap for offices, postage-stamps for foreign postage, 
purchase of newspapers and periodicals, improving parade-grounds, 
repair of pumps and wharves, laying drain and water pipes, intro¬ 
ducing gas, and for gas and oil for marine barracks maintained at 
the various navy-yards and stations, water at the marine barracks, 
Boston, Massachusetts; Brooktyn, New York; Annapolis, Maryland; 
Mare Island, California; also straw for bedding for enlisted men at 
the various posts, furniture for Government houses and repair of 
same, and for all emergencies and extraordinary expenses arising at 
home and abroad, but impossible to anticipate or classify; in all, 


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twenty-six thousand three hundred and twenty-two dollars and two 
cents. 

Hire of quarters, Marine Corps: For hire of quarters for offi¬ 
cers serving with troops where there are no public quarters belonging 
to the Government, and where there are not sufficient quarters pos¬ 
sessed by the United States to accommodate them, four thousand five 
hundred dollars. 

For hire of quarters for seven enlisted men employed as clerks and 
messengers in commandant’s, adjutant and inspector’s, paymaster 
and quartermaster’s offices, Washington, District of Columbia, and 
assistant quartermaster’s offices, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and San 
Francisco, California, twenty-one dollars per month each, one thou¬ 
sand seven hundred dollars. 

For hire of quarters for three enlisted men employed as above, at 
ten dollars each per month, three hundred and sixty dollars; in all, 
six thousand five hundred and sixty dollars. 

Towards the erection of barracks at Norfolk, Virginia, thirty thou¬ 
sand dollars. 

Total for the Marine Corps: Nine hundred and seventeen thousand 
two hundred and thirteen dollars and seventy-seven cents. 

INCREASE OF THE NAVY. 

Construction: That for the purpose of further increasing the 
naval establishment of the United States, the President is hereby 
authorized to have constructed, by contract, two steel cruisers of 
about three thousand tons displacement each, at a cost, exclusive of 
armament, and excluding any premiums that may be paid for in¬ 
creased speed, of not more than eleven hundred thousand dollars each; 
one steel cruiser of about five thousand three hundred tons displace¬ 
ment, to cost, exclusive of armament, and excluding any premium 
that may be paid for increased speed, not more than eighteen hun¬ 
dred thousand dollars; one armored cruiser of about seven thousand 
five hundred tons displacement, to cost, exclusive of armament, not 
more than three million five hundred thousand dollars; and three gun¬ 
boats, or cruisers, neither of which shall exceed two thousand tons 
in displacement nor seven hundred thousand dollars in cost, exclud¬ 
ing any premium that may be paid for increased speed and the cost 
of armament; said three gun-boats, or cruisers, to be built either 
wholly of steel or with steel frames. The contracts for the construc¬ 
tion of said first three cruisers shall contain provisions to the effect 
that the contractor guarantees that when completed and tested for 
speed, under conditions to be prescribed by the Navy Department, 
the two vessels first hereinbefore provided for, shall each exhibit a 
maximum speed of at least nineteen knots per hour; and the vessel 
of five thousand three hundred tons displacement, a maximum speed 
of at least twenty knots per hour; ana in the case of each vessel, 
for every quarter knot of speed so exhibited above said guarantee 
the contractor shall receive a premium over and above the con¬ 
tract price of fifty thousand dollars; and for every quarter knot 
that such vessel fails of reaching said guaranteed speed, there shall 
be deducted from the contract price the sum of fifty thousand 
dollars. And in the contract for the construction of the three last- 
mentioned vessels such provisions for increased speed and the premium 


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for the same shall be made as in the discretion of the Secretary of 
the Navy may be deemed advisable. In the construction of all of 
said vessels all the provisions of the act of August third, eighteen 
hundred and eighty-six, entitled “An act to increase the naval es¬ 
tablishment” as to material for said vessels, their engines, boilers, 
and machinery, the contracts under which they are built, the notice 
of, and proposals for the same, the plans, drawings, specifications 
therefor, and the method of executing said contracts, shall be ob¬ 
served and followed, and said vessels shall be built in compliance 
with the terms of said act, save that in all their parts said vessels 
shall be of domestic manufacture. If the Secretary of the Navy 
shall be unable to contract at reasonable prices for the building 
of any of said vessels, then he may build such vessel or vessels in 
such navy-yards as he may designate. 

Construction and Steam Machinery: Towards the construction 
and completion of the new vessels heretofore and herein authorized 
by Congress with their engines, boilers, and machinery, and for the 
payment of premiums for increased speed or horse-power under con¬ 
tracts now existing and to be made under this act, three million five 
hundred thousand dollars. 

Armament: Towards the armor and armament of domestic manu¬ 
facture of new ships heretofore and herein authorized, two million 
dollars; in all, five million five hundred thousand dollars. 

Steel Practice Vessel: For the construction of one steel prac¬ 
tice vessel of eight hundred tons, for the use of the United States 
Naval Academy at Annapolis, except when in emergencies it may be 
used for other purposes, to be built by contract in accordance with 
the terms of the “Act to increase the naval establishment,” approved 
August third, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, two hundred and sixty 
thousand dollars. 

Approved September 7, 1888. 


FIFTIETH CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION—MARCH 2, 1889. 

[Public —No. 114.] 

An act making appropriations for the naval service for the fiscal 
year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety, and for other purposes. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled , That the following sums be, 
and they are hereby, appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the 
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the naval service of the 
Government for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred 
and ninety, and for other purposes: 

PAT OF TIIE NAVY. 

For the pay of officers on sea duty; officers on shore and other dut} r ; 
officers on waiting orders; officers on the retired list; Admiral’s and 
Vice-Admiral’s secretaries; clerks to commandants of yards and sta¬ 
tions; clerks to paymasters at yards and stations; inspections; receiv¬ 
ing-ships and other vessels; extra pay to men re-enlisting under hon¬ 
orable discharge; pay of petty officers, seamen, landsmen, and boys, 
including men in the engineer’s force and for the Coast Survey serv¬ 
ice and Fish Commission, seven thousand five hundred men and seven 
hundred and fifty boys, at the pay prescribed by law; in all, seven 
million two hundred and fifty thousand dollars. 

PAY, MISCELLANEOUS. 

For commissions and interest; transportation of funds; exchange; 
mileage to officers while traveling under orders in the United States, 
and for actual personal expenses of officers while traveling abroad 
under orders, and for traveling expenses of apothecaries, yoemen, 
and civilian employees, and for actual and necessary traveling ex¬ 
penses of naval cadets while proceeding from their homes to the 
Naval Academy for examination and appointment as cadets; for rent 
and furniture of buildings and offices not in navy-yards; expenses of 
courts-martial, prisoners and prisons and courts of inquiry, boards 
of investigation, examining boards, with clerk’s and witnesses’ fees, 
and traveling expenses and costs; stationery and recording; expenses 
of purchasing-paymaster’s offices of the various cities, including 
clerks, furniture, fuel, stationery, and incidental expenses; news¬ 
papers and advertising; foreign postage; telegraphing, foreign and 
domestic; telephones; cop}dng; care of library, including purchase 
of books, prints, manuscripts and periodicals, ferriage, tolls, and 
express fees; costs of suits; commissions, warrants, diplomas, and 
discharges; relief of vessels in distress; canal tolls and pilotage; 
recovery of valuables from shipwrecks; quarantine expenses; reports, 
professional investigation, cost of special instruction, at home or 
abroad, in maintenance of students and attaches, and information 
from abroad, and the collection and classification thereof, and other 

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necessar}^ incidental expenses; in all, two hundred and twenty-five 
thousand dollars. 

Contingent, Navy: For all emergencies and extraordinary ex¬ 
penses arising at home or abroad, but impossible to be anticipated 
or classified, exclusive of personal services in the Navy Department 
or any of its subordinate Bureaus of offices, at Washington, District 
of Columbia, seven thousand dollars. 

BUREAU OF NAVIGATION. 

Navigation and Supplies: For foreign and local pilotage and 
towage of ships of war; services and materials in correcting com¬ 
passes on board ship, and for adjusting and testing compasses on 
shore; nautical and astronomical instruments; nautical books, maps, 
charts, and sailing directions, and repairs of nautical instruments for 
ships of war; books for libraries of ships of war; and professional 
papers; naval signals, and apparatus, namely, signal-lights, lanterns, 
rockets, running-lights, drawings and engravings for signal-books; 
compass-fittings, including binnacles, tripods, and other appendages 
of ship’s compasses; logs and other appliances for measuring the 
ships way, and leads and other appliances for sounding; lanterns and 
lamps, and their appendages, for general use on board ship, including 
those for the cabin, wardroom, and steerage, for the holds and spirit- 
room, for decks and cpiartermaster’s use; bunting and other materials 
for flags, and making and repairing flags of all kinds; oil for ships of 
war, other than that used in the engineer department; candles, when 
used as a substitute for oil in binnacles and running-lights, chim¬ 
neys and wicks, and soap used in the navigation department; pho¬ 
tographic instruments and materials; stationery for commanders 
and navigators of vessels of war, and for use of courts-martial; mu¬ 
sical instruments and music for vessels of war; steering signals and 
indicators, and speaking-tubes and gongs, for signal communica¬ 
tions on board vessels of war; and for introducing and maintaining 
electric lights on board vessels of war; in all, one hundred thousand 
dollars. 

For installing the receiving-ship Veriiiont with an electric-lighting 
plant, six thousand dollars. 

Ocean Surveys: For special ocean surve}^s, and the publication 
thereof, five thousand dollars. 

Publication of Surveys of Mexican and other Coasts: For 
preparing and engraving on copper-plates the surveys of Mexican 
coast, and the publication of a series of charts of the coast of Cen¬ 
tral and South America, five thousand dollars. 

Contingent, Bureau of Navigation: For contingent expenses of 
the Bureau of Navigation, namely: For freight and transportation 
of navigation materials; postage and telegraphing on public business; 
packing-boxes and materials; furniture, stationery, and fuel for navi¬ 
gation offices at navy-yards; and all other contingent expenses, five 
thousand dollars. 

Civil Establishment, Bureau of Navigation: Navy-yard, 
New York: For one clerk at one thousand four hundred dollars; 
one writer, at one thousand dollars; one store-keeper, at nine hun¬ 
dred dollars; one master of tugs, at one thousand five hundred dol¬ 
lars; 

Navy-yard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire: For one clerk, at one 
thousand dollars; 


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Navy-yard, Norfolk, Virginia: For one clerk, at one thousand two 
hundred dollars; 

Navy-yard, Washington, District of Columbia: For one clerk, at 
one thousand dollars; 

Navy-yard, Mare Island, California: For one clerk, at one thou¬ 
sand dollars; in all, nine thousand dollars. And no other fund 
appropriated by this act shall be used in payment for such service. 

BUREAU OF ORDNANCE. 

Ordnance and Ordnance Stores: For procuring, producing, 
preserving, and handling ordnance material; for the armament of 
ships; for fuel, tools, material, and labor to be used in the general 
work of the Ordnance Department; for furniture at magazines, at 
the ordnance dock, New York, and at the naval ordnance battery' and 
proving ground and for prizes to enlisted men for excellence in ord¬ 
nance exercises and target practice, one hundred and thirty thousand 
dollars. 

For proof of naval armament, six thousand dollars. 

For new wharf and approaches at Craney Island, Norfolk Harbor, 
five thousand dollars. 

Repairs, Bureau of Ordnance: Necessary repairs to ordnance 
buildings, magazines, gun-parks, boats, lighters, wharves, machinery, 
and other objects of the like character, fifteen thousand dollars. 

Contingent, Bureau of Ordnance: Miscellaneous items, namely: 
Freight to foreign and home stations; advertising; cartage and express 
charges; repairs to fire-engines; gas and water pipes; gas and water 
tax at magazines; toll, ferriage, foreign postage, and telegrams to and 
from the Bureau, eight thousand dollars. 

Civil Establishment, Bureau of Ordnance: For the civil estab¬ 
lishment under the Bureau of Ordnance, namely: 

Navy-yard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire: For one writer when 
required, five hundred dollars; 

Navy-yard, Boston, Massachusetts: For one writer when required, 
five hundred dollars; 

Navy-yard, New York: For one clerk, at one thousand four hundred 
dollars; 

Navy-yard, Washington, District of Columbia: For one clerk, at 
one thousand six hundred dollars; two writers, at one thousand and 
seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents each; one draughtsman, at 
one thousand five hundred and fort} r -five dollars; three draughtsmen, 
atone thousand and eighty-one dollars each; one assistant draughts¬ 
man, at seven hundred and seventy-two dollars; one foreman, at two 
thousand one hundred and fifty-six dollars; two copyists, at seven 
hundred and twenty dollars each; one telegraph operator, at nine 
hundered dollars; 

Navy-yard, Norfolk, Virginia: For one clerk, at one thousand two 
hundred dollars. 

Navy-yard, Mare Island, California: For one writer, at one thou¬ 
sand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents; 

Naval ordnance proving-ground: For one writer, at one thousand 
and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents; 

Torpedo-station, Newport, Rhode Island: For one chemist, at two 
thousand five hundred dollars; one clerk, at one thousand two hun¬ 
dred dollars; one draughtsman, at one thousand five hundred dollars; 


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in all, twenty-four thousand five hundred and twenty-five dollars. 
And no other fund appropriated by this act shall be used in payment 
for such service. 

Naval Xorpedo Station and War College: For labor, material, 
freight, and express charges; general care of and repairs to grounds, 
buildings, and wharves; boats; instruction; instruments, tools, furni¬ 
ture, experiments, general torpedo outfits, and maintenance of the 
Naval Torpedo Station and War College on Goat Island, seventy 
thousand dollars. 

For the construction of a building for use by the Naval Torpedo 
Station and War College as consolidated by order of the Secretary 
of the Navy January eleventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, 
one hundred thousand dollars, to be immediately available, said sum 
to be in full for all expenses of designing, erecting, and furnishing 
said building. 

For enlarging torpedo boat-house, five thousand dollars. 

BUREAU OF EQUIPMENT AND RECRUITING. 

Equipment of Vessels: For coal for steamers’ and ship’s use, 
including expenses of transportation, storage, and handling; hemp, 
wire, and other materials for the manufacture of rope and cordage; 
iron for the manufacture of anchors, cables, galleys, and chains; can¬ 
vas for the manufacture of sails, awnings, bags, and hammocks; water 
for steam-launches; heating apparatus for receiving-ships; and for the 
purchase of all other articles of equipment at home and abroad, and 
for the payment of labor in equipping vessels and manufacture of 
equipment articles in the several navy-yards, six hundred and seventy- 
five thousand dollars. 

Transportation and Recruiting: For expenses of recruiting for 
the naval service, rent of rendezvous and expenses of maintaining the 
same, advertising for men and boys, and all other expenses attending 
the recruiting for the naval service and for the transportation of 
enlisted men and boys at home and abroad, thirty thousand dollars. 

Contingent, Bureau of Equipment and Recruiting: For extra 
expenses of training-ships, freight and transportation of equipment 
stores, printing, advertising, telegraphing, books and models, postage 
on letters sent abroad, ferriage, ice, apprehension of deserters and 
stragglers, continuous-service certificates, good-conduct badges and 
libraries for enlisted men, school-books for training ships, medals 
for boys, and emergencies arising under cognizance of the Bureau 
of Equipment and Recruiting unforeseen and impossible to classify, 
fifteen thousand dollars. 

Naval Training-Station, Coasters’ Harbor Island, Rhode 
Island (for apprentices): For dredging channels, repairs to main 
causeway, roads, and grounds, extending sea-wall, and the employ¬ 
ment of such labor as may be necessary for the proper care and 
preservation of the same; for repairs and improvements on build¬ 
ings, including the building on Coasters’ Harbor Island, formerly oc¬ 
cupied by the Naval War College, heating, lighting, and furniture for 
same; books and stationery, freight, and other contingent expenses; 
purchase of food, and maintenance of live-stock and mail-wagon, 
and attendance on same, fourteen thousand dollars. 

Civil Establishment, Bureau of Equipment and Recruit¬ 
ing: Navy-yard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire: For one clerk, at one 
thousand two hundred dollars; 


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Navy-yard, Boston, Massachusetts: For one superintendent of rope- 
walk. at one thousand eight hundred and sevent} r -five dollars; one 
clerk, at one thousand four hundred dollars; one clerk, at one thousand 
three hundred dollars; one writer, at nine hundred and fifty dollars; 

Navy-yard, New York: For one clerk, at one thousand two hundred 
dollars; 

Navy-yard, League Island, Pennsylvania: For one clerk, at one 
thousand two hundred dollars; 

Navy-yard, Norfolk, Virginia: For one clerk, at one thousand two 
hundred dollars; 

Navy-yard, Mare Island, California: For one clerk, at one thousand 
two hundred dollars; in all, eleven thousand live hundred and twenty- 
live dollars. And no other fund appropriated by this act shall be 
used in payment for such service. 

BUREAU OF YARDS AND DOCKS. 

Maintenance of Yards and Docks: For general maintenance of 
yards and docks, namely: For freight; transportation of materials 
and stores; books, maps, models, and drawings; purchase and repair 
of fire-engines; machinery; repairs on steam fire-engines and attend¬ 
ance on the same; purchase and maintenance of oxen, horses, and 
driving teams; carts, timber-wheels, and all vehicles for use in the 
navy wards; tools and repairs of the same; postage on letters and 
other mailable matter on public service sent to foreign countries, and 
telegrams; stationery; furniture for Government houses and offices 
in the navy-yards; coal and other fuel; candles, oil, and gas; clean¬ 
ing and clearing up yards and care of buildings; attendance on fires, 
lights, fire-engines, and apparatus; for incidental labor at navy-yards; 
water-tax, tolls, and ferriage; rent of four officer’s quarters at Phila¬ 
delphia, Pennsylvania; pay of watchmen in navy-yards; awnings 
ana packing-boxes, and advertising for } r ard and dock purposes, one 
hundred and sixty-five thousand dollars. 

Public Works. —Navy-yards and Stations: 

Navy-yard, Boston, Massachusetts: Rebuilding by contract officers’ 
quarters L. M. N. and O, at a cost when completed not to exceed the 
sum hereby appropriated, twenty-eight thousand six hundred and ten 
dollars. 

Navy-yard, Brooklyn, New York: For improving Whitney basin, 
forty thousand dollars; railroad throughout the yard, fifteen thousand 
dollars. 

Navy-yard, League Island, Pennsylvania: For landing wharf foot 
of Fifteenth street, dimensions seventy-five by four hundred feet, 
twenty-six thousand four hundred and sixteen dollars and forty cents; 
dredging and filling in, seventy-five thousand dollars, and in the ex¬ 
penditure of this sum the Secretary of the Navy may co-operate with 
the Secretary of War and utilize any earth that may be removed 
from adjacent waters under appropriations made by Congress. 

Navy-yard, Washington, District of Columbia: To enable the Sec¬ 
retary of the Navy to cause a track, with all necessary switches and 
turn-outs, to be laid from a point on the line of the Baltimore and 
Potomac Railroad opposite the northwesterly corner of the Govern¬ 
ment reservation fronting on K and L streets southeast, and to run 
thence in a southerly direction across said reservation and along the 
existing* highway, to a suitable place of entrance on the westerly side 
of the navy-yard, Washington, District of Columbia, and to be con- 


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tinued from such place of entrance to such points within said yard 
as the Secretary of the Navy may direct, such track to be used ex¬ 
clusively for the transportation of material belonging to, or intended 
for the use of, the United States, fifteen thousand dollars. 

Navy-yard, Norfolk, Virginia: For building, by contract, two offi¬ 
cers’ quarters, to cost, when complete, not exceeding the sum hereby 
appropriated, sixteen thousand dollars. 

Navy-yard, Mare Island, California: For iron-plating shop, five 
thousand seven hundred and fifty-five dollars and forty cents; roads 
along water front and about shops, five thousand dollars; extension 
of qua}^ wall, fifty-five thousand dollars; continuing work on granite 
dry-dock, to be made available immediately, eighty thousand dollars. 

Naval station, Port Royal, South Carolina: For officers’ quarters, 
two thousand dollars. 

Naval station, Key West, Florida: For two houses, for officers’ 
quarters, eight thousand dollars. 

Electric lighting of navy-yards: For the establishment of plant and 
the inauguration of electric lighting in the navy-yards at New York, 
Norfolk, Virginia, Washington, District of Columbia, and Mare 
Island, California, to be immediately available, sixty thousand dollars. 

Repairs and preservation at navy-yards and stations: For repairs 
and preservation at navy-yards and stations, two hundred and twenty- 
five thousand dollars. 

For the purpose of permanently establishing a station for coal and 
other supplies for the naval and commercial marine of the United 
States, on the shores of the Bay of the Harbor of Pago Pago in the 
island of Tutuilla, Samoa, for the erection of the necessary buildings 
and structures thereon and for such other purposes as may, in the 
judgment of the President, be necessary to confirm the rights of the 
United States under Article second of the Treaty of eighteen hundred 
and seventy-eight, between the United States and the King of the 
Samoan Islands, and the deed of transfer made in accordance there¬ 
with, one hundred thousand dollars, to be immediately available. 

NEW NAVAL OBSERVATORY. 

New Naval Observatory: For completing new Naval Observatory 
and necessary buildings upon the site purchased under the act of 
Congress approved February fourth, eighteen hundred and eighty, 
two hundred and forty thousand dollars. 

Contingent, Bureau of Yards and Docks: For contingent 
expenses that may arise at navy-yards and stations, twenty thousand 
dollars. 

Civil Establishment, Bureau of Yards and Docks: Navy- 
yard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire: For one clerk, at one thousand 
four hundred dollars; one mail messenger, at six hundred dollars 
per annum; one messenger, at six hundred dollars per annum; one 
foreman laborer, at four dollars per diem; one pilot, at three dollars 
per diem; one janitor, at six hundred dollars. 

Navy-yard, Boston, Massachusetts: For one clerk, at one thousand 
four hundred dollars; one foreman laborer, at four dollars per diem; 
one messenger to commandant, at one dollar and seventy-six cents 
per diem; one messenger to } r ards and docks, at one dollar and 
seventy-six cents per diem; one mail messenger, at six hundred dol¬ 
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Navy-yard, Brooklyn, New York: For one clerk, at one thousand 
four hundred dollars; one writer, at one thousand and seventeen 
dollars and twenty-five cents; one foreman laborer, at four dollars 
and fifty cents per diem; one mail messenger, at six hundred dollars 
per annum; one.messenger to commandant, at two dollars and twent}^- 
five cents per diem; two messengers, at two dollars and twenty-five 
cents per diem each; one draughtsman, at five dollars per diem; one 
quarterman, at four dollars per diem; 

Navy-yard, League Island, Pennsylvania: For one clerk, at one 
thousand four hundred dollars; one messenger to commandant, at two 
dollars per diem; one foreman laborer, at four dollars per diem; 

Navy-yard, Washington, District of Columbia: For one clerk, at 
one thousand four hundred dollars; one messenger, at one dollar and 
seventy-six cents per diem; one foreman laborer, at four dollars per 
diem; 

Navy-yard, Norfolk, Virginia: For one clerk, at one thousand four 
hundred dollars; one writer, at one thousand and seventeen dollars 
and twent} r -five cents; one foreman laborer, at four dollars per diem; 
three messengers, at two dollars per diem each; one pilot, at two 
dollars and twenty-six cents per diem; 

Navy-} T ard, Pensacola, Florida: For one clerk, at one thousand two 
hundred dollars; one mail messenger, at six hundred dollars per annum; 

Navy-yard, Mare Island, California: For one clerk, at one thou¬ 
sand four hundred dollars; one writer, at one thousand and seventeen 
dollars and twenty-five cents; one foreman mason, at six dollars per 
diem; one foreman laborer, at five dollars and fifty cents per diem; 
one pilot, at four dollars and eighty cents per diem; one draughts¬ 
man, when necessary, at the rate of five dollars per diem; one mail 
messenger, at two dollars and seventy-four cents per diem; one mes¬ 
senger, at two dollars and twent} 7 cents per diem; one messenger and 
lamp-lighter, at two dollars and twenty cents per diem; one bell¬ 
ringer, at two dollars and twenty-six cents per diem; 

Naval station, Sackett’s Harbor, New York: For one ship-keeper, 
at one dollar per diem, including Sundays; in all, fort} 7 -six thousand 
seven hundred and fifty-four dollars and sixty cents. And no other 
fund appropriated by this act shall be used in payment for such 
services. 

Naval Home, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: For one superin¬ 
tendent, at six hundred dollars; one steward, at four hundred and 
eighty dollars; one matron, at three hundred and sixty dollars; one 
chief cook, at two hundred and forty dollars; two assistant cooks, at 
one hundred and sixty-eight dollars each; one chief laundress, at one 
hundred and ninety-two dollars; six laundresses, at one hundred and 
sixty-eight dollars each; four scrubbers, at one hundred and sixty- 
eight dollars each; eight waiters, at one hundred and sixty-eight dol¬ 
lars each; six laborers, at two hundred and fort}^ dollars each; one 
stable-keeper and driver, at three hundred and sixty dollars; one mas¬ 
ter-at-arms, at four hundred and eight} r dollars; two house corporals, 
at three hundred dollars each; one barber, at three hundred and sixty 
dollars; one carpenter, at eight hundred and forty-five dollars. 

Water-rent and gas, one thousand eight hundred dollars; cemetery, 
burial expenses, and headstones, three hundred and fift} 7 dollars; 
improvement of grounds, five hundred dollars; repairs to buidings, 
furnaces, grates, ranges, furniture, and repairs of furniture, four 
thousand five hundred dollars; music in chapel, six hundred dollars; 


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Transportation of indigent and destitute beneficiaries to the Naval 
Home five hundred dollars; for cementing floor of Home cellar, four 
thousand eight hundred and fifty dollars; for support of beneficiaries, 
fort} T -six thousand one hundred dollars; in all, sixty-eight thousand 
five hundred and seventeen dollars; which sum shall be paid out of 
the income from the naval pension fund. 

BUREAU OF MEDICINE AND SURGERY. 

Medical Department: For surgeons’ necessaries for vessels in 
commission, navy-yards, naval-stations, Marine Corps, and Coast Sur¬ 
vey, and for the civil establishment at the several naval hospitals, 
navy-yards, naval laboratory, museum of hygiene, and Naval Acad¬ 
emy, fifty-seven thousand five hundred dollars. 

Naval-Hospital Fund: For maintenance of the naval hospitals at 
the various navy-yards and stations, twent}^ thousand dollars. 

Contingent, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery: For freight, 
expressage on medical stores, tolls, ferriages, transportation of sick 
and insane patients; care, transportation, and burial of the dead; 
advertising; telegraphing; rent of telephones; purchase of books and 
stationer} 7 ; binding of unbound books and pamphlets, postage and 
purchase of stamps for foreign service; expenses attending the med¬ 
ical board of examiners; rent of rooms for naval dispensary and mu¬ 
seum of hygiene; hygienic and sanitary investigation and illustra¬ 
tion; sanitary and hygienic instruction; purchase and repairs of 
wagons and harness; purchase of and feed for horses and cows; trees, 
plants, garden tools, and seeds; furniture and incidental articles for 
the museum of hygiene; naval dispensary, Washington; naval lab¬ 
oratory, sick-quarters at Naval Academy and marine barracks and 
dispensaries at navy-yards; washing for medical department at mu¬ 
seum of hygiene, naval dispensary, Washington, naval laboratory, 
sick quarters at Naval Academy and marine barracks, dispensaries 
at navy-yards and naval stations and ships and rendezvous, and all 
other necessary contingent expenses, twenty-five thousand dollars. 

Repairs, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery: For necessary 
repairs of naval laboratory, naval hospitals, and appendages, includ¬ 
ing roads, wharves, out-houses, side-walks, fences, gardens, farms, 
and cemeteries, twenty thousand dollars. 

Sick Quarters, Navy-yard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire: 
For the construction by contract of sick quarters at the navy-yard, 
Portsmouth, New Hampshire, in full for all expenses of erecting and 
furnishing the same, to be immediately available, thirty-five thousand 
dollars. 

BUREAU OF PROVISIONS AND CLOTHING. 

Provisions, Navy, Bureau of Provisions and Clothing: For 
provisions for the seamen and marines, commuted rations for officers, 
naval cadets, seamen, and marines, and commuted rations stopped on 
account of sick in hospital and credited to the hospital fund, nine 
hundred and fifty-four thousand dollars; 

For water for drinking and cooking purposes on board ships, eleven 
thousand dollars; 

Labor and expenses of general store-houses and paymasters’ offices 
in yards, not to exceed ninety thousand dollars; in all, one million and 
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Contingent, Bureau of Provisions and Clothing: For freight 
on shipments; candles, fuel, books and blanks, stationery, advertis¬ 
ing; furniture for general store-houses and pay offices in navy-yards; 
expenses of naval-clothing factory and machinery for same; foreign 
postage, telegrams, telephones, express charges, tolls, ferriages, yeo¬ 
mens’ stores, iron safes, newspapers, ice, and other necessary inci¬ 
dental expenses, forty thousand dollars. 

And the further sum of seventeen thousand one hundred and 
thirty-five dollars and twenty-nine cents, unexpended balance of the 
contingent fund for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred 
and eighty-seven, is hereby reappropriated and made immediately 
available. 

Civil Establishment, Bureau of Provisions and Clothing: 
Navy-yard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire: In general store-houses: 
Two book-keepers, at one thousand two hundred dollars per annum 
each; one assistant book-keeper, at seven hundred and twenty dollars; 
one bill clerk, at one thousand dollars; one assistant clerk, at seven 
hundred and twentj" dollars; one shipping and receiving clerk, at one 
thousand dollars. 

Navy-yard, Boston, Massachusetts: In general store-houses: One 
book-keeper, at one thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five 
cents; one shipping clerk, at nine hundred and thirty-nine dollars; 
one receiving clerk, at nine hundred and thirty-nine dollars. 

In pay-office: One writer, at one thousand and seventeen dollars and 
twenty-five cents. 

Navy-yard, New York, New York: In general store houses: Three 
book-keepers, at one thousand two hundred dollars per annum each; 
one assistant book-keeper, at one thousand dollars; one assistant book¬ 
keeper, at seven hundred and twenty dollars; three receiving clerks, 
at four dollars per diem each; one assistant receiving clerk, at one 
thousand and ninety-nine dollars; three shipping clerks, at one thou¬ 
sand dollars per annum each; one bill clerk, at one thousand dollars; 
one assistant bill clerk, at seven hundred and twenty dollars; two lead¬ 
ing men, at two dollars and fifty cents per diem each; five pressmen, 
at two dollars and seventy-six cents per diem each; one superintendent 
of coffee mills, at three dollars per diem; one box-maker, at three dol¬ 
lars per diem; one engine-tender, at three dollars and twenty-six cents 
per diem; one coffee-roaster, at two dollars and fifty cents per diem; 
one fireman, at two dollars per diem; one messenger, at two dollars 
and twenty-five cents per diem. 

In pay-office: One writer, at one thousand and seventeen dollars 
and twenty-five cents; one messenger, at two dollars and twenty-five 
cents per diem. 

Navy-yard, League Island, Pennsylvania: In general store-house: 
One book-keeper, at one thousand two hundred dollars; one assistant 
book-keeper, at seven hundred and twenty dollars. 

Navy-yard, Washington, District of Columbia: In general store¬ 
house : One book-keeper, at one thousand two hundred dollars; one 
clerk, at one thousand two hundred dollars; one receiving clerk, at 
one thousand dollars; one bill clerk, at one thousand dollars; one ship¬ 
ping clerk, at one thousaud dollars. 

In pay-office: One writer, at one thousand and seventeen dollars and 
twenty-five cents. 

Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland: In general store-house: One 


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book-keeper, at one thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five 
cents; one receiving and shipping clerk, at one thousand dollars. 

Torpedo Station, Newport, Rhode Island: In general store-house: 
One clerk, at one thousand two hundred dollars. 

Navy-yard, Mare Island, California: In general store-houses: Two 
book-keepers, at one thousand two hundred dollars per annum each; 
two assistant book-keepers, at seven hundred and twenty dollars per 
annum each; one receiving clerk, at one thousand dollars; one shipping 
clerk, at one thousand dollars; one bill clerk, at one thousand dollars; 
one assistant clerk, at one thousand dollars. 

In pay-office: One writer, at one thousand and seventeen dollars and 
twenty-five cents. 

Navv-yard, Norfolk, Virginia: In general store-houses: Two book¬ 
keepers, at one thousand two hundred dollars per annum each; two 
assistant book-keepers, at one thousand seventeen dollars and twenty- 
five cents per annum each; one bill clerk, at one thousand dollars; one 
assistant bill clerk, at seven hundred and twenty dollars; one receiving 
clerk, at nine hundred and forty-two dollars; one assistant receiving 
clerk, at seven hundred and twenty dollars. 

In pay-office: One writer, at one thousand and seventeen dollars and 
twenty-five cents; in all, sixty-six thousand five hundred and ten dol¬ 
lars and three cents; and no other fund appropriated by this act shall 
be used in payment for such service. 

It shall be the duty of the Bureau of Provisions and Clothing to 
cause property accounts to be kept of all the supplies pertaining to 
the naval establishment, and to report annually to Congress the money 
values of the supplies on hand at the various stations at the beginning 
of the fiscal year, the dispositions thereof, and of the purchases, and 
the expenditures of supplies for the year, and the balances remaining 
on hand at the end thereof. 

And for the purpose of utilizing accumulated naval supplies, the 
transfer is authorized, after requisition upon the Paymaster-General 
of the Navy, of any supplies belonging to one bureau and available 
for the use of another without reimbursement therefor by the bureau 
receiving the supplies so transferred: Provided , That supplies obtained 
for a specific object and still needed therefor, and supplies bought 
within the fiscal year in which the requisition is made, and provisions, 
clothing, and small stores shall not be subject to transfer without 
charge under the terms of this act. 

BUREAU OF CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR. 

Bureau of Construction and Repair: Construction and repair 
of vessels: For preservation and completion of vessels on the stocks 
and in ordinary; purchase of materials and stores of all kinds; steam 
steerers, pneumatic steerers, steam capstans, steam windlasses, and 
other steam auxiliaries; labor in navy-yards and on foreign stations; 
purchase of machinery and tools for use in shops; wear, tear, and 
repair of vessels afloat, general care, increase, and protection of the 
Navy in the line of construction and repair; incidental expenses, such 
as advertising, freight, foreign postage, telegrams, photographing, 
books, plans, stationery, and instruments for drawing-room, one mil¬ 
lion dollars, of which sum one hundred and fifty thousand dollars 
shall be immediately available: Provided ’, That no part of this sum 
shall be applied to the repairs of any wooden ship when the estimated 
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officers, shall exceed twenty per centum of the estimated cost ap¬ 
praised in like manner, of a new ship of the same size and like ma¬ 
terial: Provided further. That nothing herein contained shall deprive 
the Secretary of the Navy of the authority to order repairs of ships 
damaged in foreign waters or on the high seas, so far as may be 
necessary to bring them home. 

For the purchase, or construction by contract, of four steam-tugs, 
the cost of which shall not exceed thirty-five thousand dollars each, 
one for use at the navy-yard, Washington, District of Columbia, and 
one at the navv-yard, Mare Island, California, in all, one hundred and 
forty thousand dollars. 

Improvement of plant at navy-yard, New York: For additional 
tools, other than those heretofore authorized, required to further im¬ 
prove the condition of the yard for building and repairing iron and 
steel ships, fifty thousand dollars. 

Improvement of plant at navy-yard, Norfolk, Virginia: For addi¬ 
tional tools, other than those heretofore authorized, required to further 
improve the condition of the yard for building and repairing iron and 
steel ships, fifty thousand dollars. 

Civil Establishment, Bureau of Construction and Repair: 
Navy-yard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire: For one clerk to naval con¬ 
structor, at one thousand four hundred dollars; two writers, at one 
thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents each; 

Navy-yard, Boston, Massachusetts: For one clerk to naval con¬ 
structor, at one thousand four hundred dollars. 

Navy-yard, Brooklyn, New York: For one clerk to naval con¬ 
structor, at one thousand four hundred dollars; three writers, at one 
thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents each; 

Navy-yard, League Island, Pennsylvania: For one clerk to naval 
constructor, at one thousand four hundred dollars. 

Navy-yard, Washington, District of Columbia: For one clerk to 
naval constructor, at one thousand four hundred dollars; 

Navy-yard, Norfolk, Virginia: For one clerk to naval constructor, 
at one thousand four hundred dollars; two writers, at one thousand 
and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents; 

Navy-yard, Pensacola, Florida: For one writer, at one thousand 
and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents; 

Navy-yard, Mare Island, California: For one clerk to naval con¬ 
structor, at one thousand four hundred dollars; two writers, at one 
thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents each; in all, 
nineteen thousand nine hundred and seventy-two dollars and fifty 
cents. And no other fund appropriated by this act shall be used in 
payment for such service. 

BUREAU OF STEAM ENGINEERING. 

Steam machinery: For completion, repairs and preservation of 
machinery and boilers of naval vessels, including cost of nevv boilers, 
preservation of and small repairs to machinery and boilers in vessels 
in ordinary, receiving and training vessels, repair and care of ma¬ 
chinery of yard tugs and launches, three hundred and seventy thou¬ 
sand dollars; 

For purchase, handling, and preservation of all materials and stores, 
purchase, fitting, repair, and preservation of machinery and tools in 
navy-yards and stations, and running yard engines, two hundred and 
twenty-five thousand dollars; 

, For incidental expenses for naval vessels, yards, and the Bureau, 


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such as foreign postages, telegrams, advertising, freight, pnotograph- 
ing, books, stationery, and instruments, ten thousand dollars; in 
all, six hundred and five thousand dollars: Provided , That no part 
of said sum shall be applied to the engines and machinery of wooden 
ships where the estimated costs of such repair shall exceed twenty 
per centum of the estimated cost of new engines and machinery of 
the same character and power; but nothing herein contained shall 
prevent the repair or building of boilers for wooden ships the hulls 
of which can be fully repaired for twenty per centum of the estimated 
cost of a hew ship of the same size and materials. 

Contingent, Bureau of Steam-Engineering: For contingencies, 
drawing materials, and instruments for the draughting-room, one 
thousand dollars. 

Civil Establishment, Bureau of Steam-Engineering: Navy- 
yard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire: For clerk to department, at one 
thousand two hundred dollars; one assistant draughtsman, wdien 
necessary, at the rate of one thousand one hundred dollars; messen¬ 
ger, at six hundred dollars. 

Navy-yard, Brooklyn, New York: For clerk to department, at one 
thousand four hundred dollars; draughtsman, at one thousand five 
hundred dollars; messenger, at six hundred dollars; writer, at one 
thousand dollars; assistant draughtsman, when necessary, at the rate 
of one thousand one hundred dollars; 

Navy-yard, Norfolk, Virginia: For clerk to department, at one 
thousand three hundred dollars; assistant draughtsman, at one thou¬ 
sand one hundred dollars; messenger, at six hundred dollars; 

Navy-yard, Pensacola, Florida: For writer, at one thousand dol¬ 
lars ; 

Navy-yard, Mare Island, California: For cieriv to department, at one 
thousand four hundred dollars; draughtsman, at one thousand five 
hundred dollars; messenger, at six hundred dollars; writer, at one 
thousand dollars; in all, seventeen thousand dollars. And no other 
fund appropriated by this act shall be used in payment for such 
service. 

Naval Academy. 

Pay of professors and others, Naval Academy: For one 
professor of mathematics and one of physics, at two thousand five 
hundred dollars each, five thousand dollars; three professors (assist¬ 
ants), namely, one of chemistry, one of French and Spanish, and 
one of English studies, history, and law, at two thousand two hun¬ 
dred dollars each, six thousand six hundred dollars; five assistant 
professors, namely, one of English studies, history, and law, three of 
French^ and one of drawing, at one thousand eight hundred dollars 
each, nine thousand dollars; one sword-master, at one thousand five 
hundred dollars, and two assistants, at one thousand dollars each; 
one boxing-master and gymnast, at one thousand two hundred dol¬ 
lars; one assistant librarian, at one thousand four hundred dollars; 
one secretary of the Naval Academy, at one thousand eight hundred 
dollars; three clerks to the Superintendent, at one thousand two hun¬ 
dred dollars, one thousand, and eight hundred dollars, respectively, 
theee thousand dollars; one clerk to commandant of cadets, at one 
thousand two hundred dollars; one clerk to paymaster, at one thou¬ 
sand dollars; one dentist, at one thousand six hundred dollars; one 
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and chemistry, at seven hundred and thirty dollars; one cook, at 
three hundred and twenty-five dollars and fifty cents; one messenger 
to Superintendent, at six hundred dollars; one armorer, at five hun¬ 
dred and twenty-nine dollars and fifty cents; one gunner’s mate, at 
four hundred and sixty-nine dollars and fifty-cents; one quarter- 
gunner, at four hundred and nine dollars and fifty cents; one cock¬ 
swain, at four hundred and sixt}"-nine dollars and fifty cents; one 
seaman in department of seamanship, at three hundred and forty- 
nine dollars and fifty cents; one attendant in the department of as¬ 
tronomy and one in the department of physics and chemistry, at 
three hundred dollars each, six hundred dollars; six attendants at 
recitation-rooms, library, store, chapel, and offices, at three hundred 
dollars each, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one band-master, 
at five hundred and twenty-eight dollars; twenty-one first-class mu¬ 
sicians, at three hundred and forty-eight dollars each, seven thou¬ 
sand three hundred and eight dollars; seven second-class musicians, 
at three hundred dollars each, two thousand one hundred dollars; 
in all, fifty-two thousand one hundred and nineteen dollars. 

For special course of study and training of naval cadets as au¬ 
thorized by act of Congress approved August fifth, eighteen hundred 
and eighty-two, five thousand dollars. 

Pay of watchmen, mechanics, and others, Naval Academy: 
For captain of the watch and weigher, at two dollars and fifty cents per 
diem; four watchmen, at two dollars per diem each; foreman of gas 
and steam-heating works of the Academy, at five dollars per diem; 
labor at gas-works and steam-buildings; for masons, carpenters, and 
other mechanics, and laborers for care of buildings, grounds, wharves, 
and boats, thirty-seven thousand eight hundred and sixty-four dollars, 
and ninety-five cents; one attendant in the purifying-house of the 
gas-house, at one dollar and fifty cents per diem, five hundred and 
forty-seven dollars and fifty cents; in all, forty-four thousand and 
sixty-nine dollars and ninety-five cents. 

Pay of steam employees, Naval Academy: For pay of mechan¬ 
ics and others in department of steam-engineering, seven thousand 
eight hundred and twenty-four dollars and fifty cents. 

Repairs and Improvements, Naval Academy: Necessary repairs 
of public buildings, pavements, wharves, and walls inclosing the 
grounds of the Naval Academy, improvements, repairs, furniture, 
and fixtures, twenty-one thousand dollars. 

Heating and lighting, Naval Academy: Fuel, and for heating 
and lighting the Academy and school-ships, seventeen thousand dollars. 

For the purchase of the land and buildings thereon, and inclosing 
and grading the same, situated adjacent to the Naval Academy at 
Annapolis, and between the Academy grounds and the Naval Hospital 
grounds, a sum not exceeding ninety thousand dollars: Provided , 
however , That the Secretary of the Navy may, if he deems it for the 
best interests of the United States, proceed and acquire title to said 
land and buildings by condemnation thereof by judicial proceedings 
to be commenced in the appropriate circuit court of the United States, 
which court shall, for the purpose of ascertaining the true value of 
said land, appoint three commissioners, who shall be competent and 
disinterested appraisers, and all the proceedings for the condemna¬ 
tion aforesaid shall be in accordance, except as herein provided, with 
the act of Congress of August first, eighteen hundred and eighty- 

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eight, entitled a An act to authorize condemnation of land for sites of 
public buildings, and for other purposes.” 

Contingent and miscellaneous expenses, Naval Academy: 
Purchase of books for the library, two thousand dollars; stationery, 
blank-books, models, maps, and text books for use of instructors, 
two thousand dollars; expenses of the Board of Visitors to the Naval 
Academy, being mileage, and five dollars per diem for each member 
for expenses during actual attendance at the Academy, one thousand 
five hundred dollars; purchase of chemicals, apparatus, and instru¬ 
ments in the department of physics and chemistry, and for repairs 
of the same, two thousand five hundred dollars; purchase of gas and 
steam-machinery, steam-pipes and fittings, rent of buildings for the 
use of the Academy, freight, cartage, water, music, musical and as¬ 
tronomical instruments, uniforms for the bandsmen, telegraphing, 
feed and maintenance of teams, current expenses, and repairs of all 
kinds, and for incidental labor and expenses not applicable to any 
other appropriation, thirty-two thousand dollars; stores in the de¬ 
partment of steam-engineering, eight hundred dollars; materials for 
repairs in steam-machinery, one thousand dollars; in all, forty-one 
thousand eight hundred dollars. 

New furniture for cadets’ quarters (wardrobes, bedsteads, and 
tables), two thousand five hundred dollars. 

MARINE CORPS. 

Pay, Marine Corps* For pay of officers on the active list: For 
one colonel commandant, one colonel, two lieutenant-colonels, one 
adjutant and inspector, one paymaster, one quarter-master, four ma¬ 
jors, two assistant quartermasters, one judge-advocate-general United 
States Navy, nineteen captains, thirty first lieutenants, and thirteen 
second lieutenants, one hundred and eighty-one thousand eight hun¬ 
dred and eighty dollars. 

Pay of officers on the retired list: For one colonel, one lieutenant- 
colonel, one quartermaster, three majors, two assistant quartermas¬ 
ters, five captains, three first lieutenants, and three second lieuten¬ 
ants, foity thousand nine hundred and ninety-five dollars. 

Pay of non-commissioned officers, musicians and privates: For one 
sergeant-major, one quartermaster-sergeant, one leader of the band, 
one drum-major, .fifty first sergeants, one hundred and forty sergeants, 
one hundred and eighty corporals, thirty musicians, ninety-six drum¬ 
mers and fifers, and one thousand six hundred privates, three hundred 
and eighty-nine thousand and one hundred dollars; 

Pay of retired enlisted men: For one sergeant-major, one drum- 
major, one first sergeant, four sergeants, one first-class musician, two 
drummers, one fifer, and twelve privates, eight thousand two hundred 
and forty dollars; 

Pay of civil force: In the office of the colonel commandant: For 
one chief clerk, at one thousand five hundred and forty dollars and 
eighty cents; one messenger, at nine hundred and seventy-one dollars 
and twenty-eight cents; 

In the office of the adjutant and inspector: One chief clerk, at one 
thousand five hundred and forty dollars and eighty cents; one clerk, 
at one thousand four hundred and ninety-six dollars and fifty-two 
cents. In the office of the paymaster: One chief clerk, at one thou¬ 
sand six hundred dollars; one clerk, at one thousand four hundred 
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two hundred and fifty-seven dollars and twelve cents. In the office 
of the Quartermaster: One chief clerk, at one thousand five hundred 
and forty dollars and eighty cents; one clerk, at one thousand four 
hundred and ninety-six dollars and fifty-two cents; one clerk, at one 
thousand two hundred and fifty-seven dollars and twelve cents. In 
the office of the assistant quartermaster, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: 
One clerk, at one thousand two hundred and fifty-seven dollars and 
twelve cents; one messenger, at one dollar and seventy-five cents per 
diem: In the office of the assistant quartermaster, San Francisco, 
California: One clerk, at one thousand four hundred dollars; in all, 
seventeen thousand four hundred and ninety-three dollars and thirty- 
five cents. 

Undrawn clothing: For payment to discharged soldiers for cloth¬ 
ing undrawn, thirty-five thousand dollars: Provided , That no other 
fund appropriated by this act to be used for such purpose; 

Transportation: For transportation of officers traveling under orders 
without troops, nine thousand dollars. 

Commutation of quarters: For commutation of quarters for officers 
on duty without troops where there are no public quarters, four 
thousand dollars; in all, for pay of the Marine Corps, six hundred 
and eighty-five thousand seven hundred and eight dollars and thirty- 
five cents. 

Provisions, Marine Corps: For one thousand one hundred non¬ 
commissioned officers, musicians, and privates, and commutation of 
rations to eleven enlisted men, detailed as clerks and messengers, also 
for payment of board of enlisted men for recruiting parties, said pay¬ 
ment for board not to exceed two thousand five hundred dollars, sixty- 
two thousand three hundred and five dollars and fifty cents; 

For amount required to be transferred to paymaster, Marine Corps, 
on account of rations to retired men, sixty-two dollars and thirty- 
one cents per annum, one thousand five hundred and fifty-seven dol¬ 
lars and seventy-five cents; in all, sixty-three thousand eight hundred 
and sixtv-three dollars and twenty-five cents. 

Clothing, Marine Corps: For two thousand one hundred non¬ 
commissioned officers, musicians, and privates, sixty-five thousand 
dollars. 

For fuel, Marine Corps: For heating barracks and quarters, for 
ranges and stoves for cooking, fuel for enlisted men, and for sales to 
officers, eighteen thousand dollars. 

Military stores, Marine Corps: For pay of chief armorer, at 
three dollars per day, nine hundred and thirty-nine dollars; three 
mechanics, at two dollars and fifty cents each per day, two thousand 
three hundred and forty-seven dollars and fifty cents; for purchase 
of military equipments, such as cartridge-boxes, bayonet-scabbards, 
haversacks, blanket-bags, knapsacks, canteens, musket-slings, swords, 
drums, trumpets, flags, waist-belts, waist-plates, cartridge-belts, and 
spare parts for repairing muskets, purchase of ammunition, purchase 
and repair of instruments for band, purchase of music and musical 
accessories; in all, twelve thousand dollars. 

Transportation and Recruiting, Marine Corps: For trans¬ 
portation of troops, and the expense of recruiting service, ten thousand 
dollars. 

For Repair of Barracks: At Portsmouth, New Hampshire, 
Boston, Massachusetts: Brooklyn, New York; League Island, Penn¬ 
sylvania; Annapolis, Maryland: headauarters and navy-yard. Wash 


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ington, District of Columbia; Norfolk, Virginia; Pensacola, Florida; 
and Mare Island, California; and per diem to enlisted men employed, 
under the direction of the Quartermasters’ Department, on the repair 
of barracks and other public buildings, ten thousand dollars; 

For alteration and repair of marine barracks at Boston, Massachu¬ 
setts, live thousand dollars; 

To complete the erection of marine barracks at Norfolk, Virginia, 
fifteen thousand dollars. 

For repairing buildings recentl} T damaged by storm, marine bar¬ 
racks, navy-yard, Brookly, New York, twenty thousand dollars, to be 
immediately available; 

For rent of buildings used for manufacture of clothing, storing 
supplies, and for offices of assistant quartermasters, Philadelphia, 
Pennsylvania, and San Francisco, California, one thousand seven hun¬ 
dred and eighty dollars; in all, fifty-one thousand seven hundred and 
eighty dollars. 

Forage, Marine Corps: For forage in kind for four horses of the 
Quartermaster’s Department, and the authorized number of officer’s 
horses, three thousand five hundred dollars. 

Contingent, Marine Corps: For freight, ferriage, tolls, cartage, 
funeral expenses of marines, stationery, telegraphing, rent of tele¬ 
phones, purchase and repair of type-writers, apprehension of deserters, 
per diem of enlisted men employed on constant labor for a period of 
not less than ten days, repair of gas and water fixtures, office and 
barracks furniture, mess utensils for enlisted men, such as bowls, 
plates, spoons, knives, forks, packing-boxes, wrapping-paper, oil¬ 
cloth, crash, rope, twine, camphor and carbolized paper, carpenter’s 
tools, tools for police purposes, iron safe, purchase and repair of pub¬ 
lic wagons, purchase and repair of harness, purchase of public horses, 
services of veterinary surgeons and medicine for public horses, pur¬ 
chase and repair of hose, repair of fire extinguishers, purchase of fire 
hand-grenades, purchase and repair of carts and wheelbarrows, pur¬ 
chase and repair of cooking-stoves, ranges, stoves where there are no 
grates, purchase of ice, towels, and soap for offices, postage-stamps 
for foreign postage, purchase of newspapers and periodicals, improv¬ 
ing parade-grounds, repair of pumps and wharves, laying drain and 
water pipes, introducing gas, and for gas and oil for marine barracks 
maintained at the various navy-} T ards and stations, water at the 
marine barracks, Boston, Massachusetts; Brooklyn, New York; An¬ 
napolis, Maryland; Mare Island, California; also straw for bedding 
and purchase of mattresses for enlisted men at the various posts, 
furniture for Government houses and repair of same, and for all 
emergencies and extraordinary expenses arising at home and abroad, 
but impossible to anticipate or classify; in all, twenty-seven thou¬ 
sand five hundred dollars. 

Hire of Quarters, Marine Corps: For hire of quarters for offi¬ 
cers serving with troops where there are no public quarters belong¬ 
ing to the Government, and where there are not sufficient quarters 
possessed by the United States to accommodate them, four thousand 
five hundred dollars. 

For hire of quarters for seven enlisted men employed as clerks and 
messengers in commandant’s, adjutant’s, and inspector’s, pa} T master’s, 
and quartermaster’s offices, Washington, District of Columbia, and 
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San Francisco, California, at twenty-one dollars per month each, one 
thousand seven hundred and sixty-four dollars. 

For hire of quarters for three enlisted men employed as above, at 
ten dollars each per month, three hundred and sixty dollars; in all, 
six thousand six hundred and twenty-four dollars. 

INCREASE OF THE NAVY. 

To enable the President to further increase the Naval Establish¬ 
ment of the United States he is hereb}- authorized to have constructed 
by contract one armored steel cruising monitor, of not less than 
three thousand tons displacement, at a cost not exceeding one million 
live hundred thousand dollars—exclusive of armament, and of any 
premium which may be paid for increased speed—of the type, and 
according to the plans approved and recommended by a naval board 
in their report to the Secretary of the Navy, and b}^ him referred to 
and approved in his letter to the chairman of the Committee on Naval 
Affairs of the House of Representatives, dated January ninth, eighteen 
hundred and eight} T -nine, to be approved by the Secretary of the 
Navy. 

The contract for the construction of said cruising monitor, her 
boilers, engines, and machinery, shall contain provisions to the effect 
that, under conditions to be prescribed b}^ the Navy Department, the 
contractor shall guarantee that the collective horse-power developed 
by the engines of said vessel shall equal seven thousand five hundred 
indicated horse-power, and that said vessel when completed and 
tested for speed, under conditions to be prescribed by the Navy De¬ 
partment, shall exhibit a maximum speed of not less than seventeen 
knots per hour; and the contract for said vessel shall contain a 
further provision that for every quarter of knot of speed so exhibited 
above said guaranty of seventeen knots the contractor shall receive 
a premium, over and above the contract price, of fifty thousand dol¬ 
lars, and for every quarter-knot that said vessel fails of reaching 
said guaranteed speed there shall be deducted from the contract price 
the sum of fifty thousand dollars. The material, boilers, engines, 
and machinery shall be of domestic manufacture and of the latest 
and most approved quality and type. 

The act of August third, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, entitled 
“An act to increase the Naval Establishment,” so far as applicable, 
shall govern the construction of said vessel. 

And the President is also hereby further authorized to contract 
with the Pneumatic Dynamite Gun Company for the construction 
of one additional cruiser of the Vesuvius type, of not less dimensions 
than that vessel, and to attain a speed under similar conditions as to 
trial, of twenty-one knots an hour, with an endurance of not less 
than fifteen days at ten knots an hour, to be armed with two pneu¬ 
matic dynamite guns of fifteen inch caliber, and to be fitted for such 
other armament as the Secretary of the Navy may prescribe: Pro¬ 
vided, That the contractors shall guaranty a speed of twenty knots 
an hour, and that there shall be deducted from the contract price 
the sum of ten thousand dollars for every quarter knot that said ves¬ 
sel fails of reaching the further speed of twenty-one knots per hour: 
And 'provided further. That the Secretary of the Navy shall be satis¬ 
fied, after official tests made with the Vesuvius and her guns, as to the 
efficiency of the armament of that vessel; and the cost of said vessel 
shall not exceed the sum of four hundred and fifty thousand dollars. 


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The President is hereby further authorized to have constructed by 
contract two steel cruisers or gun-boats of the most approved type, 
of eight hundred to twelve hundred tons displacement, to cost in 
the aggregate, exclusive of armament, not more than seven hundred 
thousand dollars, and one ram for harbor defense of the general 
type approved by the Naval Advisory Board in their report to the 
Secretary of the "Navy of November seventh, eighteen hundred and 
eighty-one, of the highest practicable speed. 

The act of August third, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, entitled 
“An act to increase the naval establishment,” so far as applicable, 
shall govern the construction of the two steel cruisers or gun-boats, 
and the ram herein authorized; and all of said vessels shall be of 
domestic manufacture. 

To enable the Secretary of the Navy to test, and if found satisfac 
tory, to purchase three or more rapid-fire rapid-twist, one-pounder 
breech-loading rifled guns, and an equal number of the same type of 
three-pounder guns, and an equal number of the same type of thirty- 
two-pounder guns, as the Secretary of the Navy may designate, said 
test to be made with the cartridge known as a reinforce cartridge, 
and for said purpose the sum of fifty thousand dollars is hereby ap¬ 
propriated: Provided , That no part of this money shall be expended 
until the owners of the patents for such guns and cartridges shall 
contract at such a price as shall be satisfactory to the Secretary of 
the Navy for the exclusive right on the part of the Government to 
manufacture by contract or otherwise, such guns and cartridges 
without the payment of an}^ ro 3 T alty upon the same, the option of 
the Government to make such contract to be exercised within a 
period to be fixed by said contract. 

Construction and steam machinery: Towards the construction 
and completion of the new vessels heretofore and herein authorized 
by Congress, with their engines, boilers, and machinery, and for the 
payment of premiums for increased speed or horse-power under con¬ 
tracts now existing and to be made under this and other acts provid¬ 
ing for increase of the Navy, four million and fifty-five thousand dol¬ 
lars, of which sum fifty-five thousand dollars is hereby authorized 
to be expended by the Secretary of the Navy upon the electric light¬ 
ing of the Miantonomah, Terror, Monadnock, Petrel, and Vesuvius, 
in addition to the amounts heretofore authorized to be expended on 
the said vessels. 

Armament: Towards the armament and armor of domestic manu¬ 
facture for the vessels authorized by the act of March third, eighteen 
hundred and eighty-five; of the vessels authorized by sections one 
and two of the act of August third, eighteen hundred and eighty- 
six; of the unfinished monitors mentioned in section three of the 
same act; of the Miantonomah; of the vessels authorized by the 
act approved March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, and 
of the vessels authorized by the act approved September seventh, 
eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, and this act, two million five 
hundred thousand dollars. 

Gun plant, navy-yard, Washington, District of Columbia: 
To complete the construction and equipment of the ordnance shops, 
offices, and gun plant at the Washington navy-yard, to be made im¬ 
mediately available, six hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars. 

Approved, March 2, 1889. 


FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS, FIRST SESSION, JUNE 30, 1890. 

An act making appropriations for the Naval service for the fiscal year ending June 
thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, and for other purposes. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled , That the following 
sums be, and they are hereby, appropriated, to be paid out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the naval 
service of the Government for the year ending June thirtieth, eight¬ 
een hundred and ninety-one, and for other purposes: 

PAY OF THE NAVY. 

For the pay of officers on sea duty; officers on shore and other duty; 
officers on waiting orders; officers on the retired list; admirals, secre¬ 
tary; clerks to commandants of yards and stations; clerks to pay¬ 
masters at yards and stations; inspections; receiving-ships and other 
vessels; extra pay to men re-enlisting under honorable discharge; pay 
of pettj T officers, seamen, landsmen, and boys, including men in the 
engineer’s force and for the Coast Survey service and Fish Commis¬ 
sion, seven thousand five hundred men and seven hundred and fifty 1 ' 
boys at the pay prescribed by law; in all, seven million two hundred 
and fifty thousand dollars. 

PAY, MISCELLANEOUS. 

For commissions and interest; transportation of funds; exchange; 
mileage to officers while traveling under orders in the United States, 
and for actual personal expenses of officers while traveling abroad 
under orders, and for traveling expenses of apothecaries, yeoman, 
and civilian employees, and for actual and necessary traveling 
expenses of naval cadets while proceeding from their homes to the 
Naval Academy' for examination and appointment as cadets; for 
rent and furniture of buildings and offices not in navy-yards; ex¬ 
penses of courts-martial, prisoners and prisons and courts of inquiry, 
boards of investigation, examining boards, with clerks’ and wit¬ 
nesses’ fees, and traveling expenses and costs; stationery and record¬ 
ing; expenses of purchasing-paymasters’ offices of the various cities, 
including clerks, furniture, fuel, stationery, and incidental expenses; 
newspapers and advertising; foreign postage; telegraphing, foreign 
and domestic; telephones; copying; care of library, including pur¬ 
chase of books, prints, manuscripts, and periodicals, ferriage, tolls, 
and express fees; costs of suits; commissions, warrants, diplomas, 
and discharges; relief of vessels in distress; canal tolls and pilotage; 
recovery of valuables from shipwrecks; quarantine expenses; reports, 
professional investigation; cost of special instruction, at home or 
abroad, in maintenance of students and attaches and information 
from abroad, and the collection and classification thereof, and other 
necessary incidental expenses; in all, two hundred and forty thousand 
dollars. 


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Contingent, Navy: For all emergencies and extraordinary ex¬ 
penses arising at home or abroad, but impossible to be anticipated 
or classified, exclusive of personal services in the Navy Department 
or any of its subordinate Bureaus or offices, at Washington, District 
of Columbia, seven thousand dollars. 

BUREAU OF NAVIGATION. 

For the Purchase of Farmer’s House, Coaster’s Harbor 
Island, Rhode Island: For the purchase of the Farmer’s House, on 
Coaster’s Harbor Island, erected by W. A. Whaley, at his expense, 
under permission granted him by the Secretary of the Navy, Septem¬ 
ber twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, two thousand 
two hundred and fifty dollars. 

Gunnery exercises: For prizes for excellence in gunnery exer¬ 
cises and target-practice; for the establishment and maintenance of 
targets and ranges; for hiring established ranges, and for transporta¬ 
tion to and from ranges, six thousand dollars. 

Ocean and lake surveys: For ocean and lake surveys, the pub¬ 
lication and care of the results thereof; the purchase of nautical 
books, charts, and sailing directions, preparing and engraving on 
copper plates the surveys of the Mexican coasts, and the publication 
of a series of charts of the coasts of Central and South America, ten 
thousand dollars. 

Bounty for naval apprentices: For bounties for outfits of seven 
hundred and fifty naval apprentices, thirty thousand dollars. 

Recruiting and transportation: For expenses of recruiting 
for the naval service; rent of rendezvous and expenses of maintain¬ 
ing the same; advertising for men and boys, and all other expenses 
attending the recruiting for the naval service, and for the transpor¬ 
tation of enlisted men and boys at home and abroad, thirty thousand 
dollars. 

Contingent, Bureau of Navigation: For heating apparatus 
for receiving and training ships, and extra expenses thereof; for 
freight, telegraphing on public business, postage on letters sent 
abroad, ferriage, ice, apprehension of deserters and stragglers, con¬ 
tinuous-service certificates, good-conduct badges and medals for 
boys; school-books for training-ships; packing-boxes and materials, 
and other contingent expenses and emergencies arising under cog¬ 
nizance of the Bureau of Navigation, unforeseen and impossible to 
classify, fifteen thousand dollars. 

Naval Training Station, Coaster’s Harbor Island, Rhode 
Island (for apprentices): For dredging channels, repairs to main 
causeway, roads, and grounds, extending sea-wall, and the employ¬ 
ment of such labor as may' be necessary for the proper care and 
preservation of the same; for repairs and improvements on buildings, 
including the building on Coaster’s Harbor Island, formerly occu¬ 
pied by the Naval War College; heating, lighting, and furniture for 
same; books and stationery, freight, and other contingent expenses; 
purchase of food and maintenance of live-stock, and mail wagon and 
attendance on same, fourteen thousand dollars. 

Naval War College and Torpedo School on Coaster’s Har¬ 
bor Island: For maintenance of the Naval War College and Torpedo 
School on Coaster’s Harbor Island ten thousand dollars; and the Sec¬ 
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by the Naval War College and Torpedo School, for the construction 
of which the sum of one hundred thousand dollars was appropriated 
in the act of March second, eighteen hundred and eight} r -nine, to be 
erected on Coaster’s Harbor Island. 

BUREAU OF ORDNANCE. 

Ordnance and ordnance stores: For procuring, producing, 
preserving, and handling ordnance material; for the armament of 
ships; for fuel, tools, and material, and labor to be used in the gen¬ 
eral work of the Ordnance Department; for furniture at magazines, 
at the ordnance dock, New York, and at the naval ordnance battery 
and proving-ground, one hundred and thirty thousand dollars. 

For proof of naval armament, six thousand dollars. 

For the purchase of armor plates for reception tests of modern 
projectiles, fifty thousand dollars. 

Naval Ordnance Range and Proving-Ground: For draining, 
erection of firing butts, screens, cranes, building of wharf, chrono¬ 
graph house, and other necessary improvements of naval ordnance 
range and proving-ground heretofore authorized b}^ act of March 
third, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, twent} T -five thousand dol¬ 
lars: Provided , That the moneys heretofore and hereby appropriated 
for the purpose of erecting buildings and making other improve¬ 
ments on said proving-ground may be forthwith expended upon the 
acquisition by the United States of the title thereto. 

For one steel shell-lighter of about sixt} T -eight tons displacement, 
with carrying capacity of about forty-five tons, eight thousand dol¬ 
lars; 

To enable the Secretaiy of the Navy to manufacture and experi¬ 
mentally test, under rules and conditions to be prescribed by him, a 
submarine gun and projectiles for the same, thirty thousand dollars: 
Provided , That no part of this money shall be expended until the 
owners of the patents to be tested under this provision shall agree 
by contract to give the Government the option within a specified 
time to contract at such price as shall be satisfactory to the Sec¬ 
retary of the Navy for the exclusive right on the part of the Gov¬ 
ernment to manufacture by contract or otherwise such submarine 
guns and projectiles without the payment of any ro} T alty on the same: 
Provided , That such submarine gun and projectiles shall prove sat¬ 
isfactory on due test, and be approved by the Secretary of the Navy; 
and for testing torpedoes, twenty thousand dollars; in all fifty thou¬ 
sand dollars. 

Repairs, Bureau of Ordnance: For necessary repairs to ord¬ 
nance buildings, magazines, gun-parks, boats, lighters, wharves, 
machinery, and other objects of the like character, fifteen thousand 
dollars. 

Torpedo Station, Newport, Rhode Island: For labor, material, 
freight, and express charges; general care of and repairs to grounds, 
buildings, and wharves; boats, implements, tools, furniture, experi¬ 
ments and general torpedo outfits; sixty thousand dollars. 

Contingent, Bureau of Ordnance: For miscellaneous items, 
namely: Freight to foreign and home stations; advertising; cartage 
and express charges; repairs to fire engines; gas and water pipe; gas 
and water tax at magazine; toll, ferriage, foreign postage, and tele¬ 
grams to and from the Bureau, eight thousand dollars. 


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Civil Establishment, Bureau of Ordnance: For tne civil estab¬ 
lishment under the Bureau of Ordnance, namely: 

Navy-yard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire: For one writer, when 
required, five hundred dollars; 

Navy-yard, Boston, Massachusetts: For one writer, when re¬ 
quired, five hundred dollars; 

Navy-yard, New York: For one clerk, at one thousand four hun¬ 
dred dollars; 

Navy-yard, Washington, District of Columbia: For one clerk, at one 
thousand six hundred dollars; one clerk, at twelve hundred dollars; 
two writers, at one thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five 
cents each; one draughtsman, at one thousand six hundred dollars; 
three draughtsman, at one thousand and eighty-one dollars each; one 
assistant draughtsman, at seven hundred and seventy-two dollars; two 
foremen, at one thousand five hundred dollars each; two copyists at 
seven hundred and twenty dollars each; one telegraph operator and 
copyist, at nine hundred dollars; 

Navy-yard, Norfolk, Virginia: For one clerk, at one thousand two 
hundred dollars; 

Navy-yard, Mare Island, California: For one writer, at one thou¬ 
sand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents; 

Naval ordnance proving-ground: For one writer, at one thousand 
and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents; 

Naval Torpedo Station, Newport, Bhode Island: For one chemist, 
at two thousand five hundred dollars; one clerk, at one thousand 
two hundred dollars; one draughtsman, at one thousand five hun¬ 
dred dollars; in all, twenty-six thousand six hundred and twenty - 
four dollars. And no other fund appropriated by this act shall be 
used in payment for such service. 

BUREAU OF EQUIPMENT. 

Equipment of vessels: For purchase of coal for steamers’ and 
ships’ use, including expenses of transportation, storage, and han¬ 
dling the same; hemp, wire and other materials for the manufacture 
of rope and cordage; iron for the manufacture of anchors, cables, 
galley, and chains; canvas for the manufacture of sails, awnings, 
hammock-cloths, boom-covers, tarpaulins, hammocks, and bags; 
water for steam launches; stationery for equipment officers, and for 
the purchase of all other articles of equipment at home and abroad 
and for the payment of labor in equipping vessels and manufacture 
of equipment articles in the several navy-yards; foreign and local 
pilotage and towage of ships of war; services and materials in cor¬ 
recting compasses on board ship, and for adjusting and testing com¬ 
passes on shore; nautical and astronomical instruments, and repairs 
of nautical instruments for ships of war; libraries for ships of war; 
professional books and papers, and drawings and engravings for 
signal books; naval signals and apparatus, namely: signal lights, 
lanterns, rockets, running-lights, compass-fittings, including bin¬ 
nacles, tripods, and other appendages of ships’ compasses; logs and 
other appliances for measuring the ship’s way, and leads and other 
appliances for sounding; lanterns and lamps, and their appendages 
for general use on board ship including those for the cabin, ward¬ 
room, and steerage, for the holds and store-rooms; for decks and 
quartermaster’s use; bunting and other materials for flags, and 
making and repairing flags of all kinds; oil for ships of war, other 


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than that used in the engineer department; candles, when used as a 
substitute for oil in binnacles and running-lights, chimneys and 
wicks, and soap used in the navigation department; photographic 
instruments and materials; stationery for commanders and navi¬ 
gators of vessels of war, and for use of courts-martial; musical 
instruments, and music for vessels of war; steering signals and indi¬ 
cators, and speaking-tubes and gongs for signal communications on 
board vessels of war; and for introducing and maintaining electric 
lights on board vessels of war, nine hundred thousand dollars. 

For installing the United States steamship Lancaster with an 
electric lighting plant, ten thousand dollars. 

Electric Welding Machine: For installing an electric welding 
machine in the Boston navy-yard, twelve thousand dollars: Pro¬ 
vided, That the party supplying the said machine and apparatus 
shall guarantee that it will operate satisfactorily in the welding of 
steel links for chain cables of the various sizes up to two and one 
half inches in diameter, and no payment shall be made until tests 
shall have been made to the satisfaction of the Secretaiy of Navy, 
and no royalty shall be paid for the use of said machine. 

Civil Establishment, Bureau of Equipment: Navy-yard, Ports¬ 
mouth, New Hampshire: For one clerk, at one thousand two hundred 
dollars; one clerk at one thousand dollars; 

Navy-yard, Boston, Massachusetts: For one superintendent of 
rope-walk, at one thousand eight hundred and seventy-five dollars; 
one clerk, at one thousand four hundred dollars; one clerk, at one 
thousand three hundred dollars; qne writer, at nine hundred and fifty 
dollars; 

Navy-yard, New York: For one clerk, at one thousand two hun¬ 
dred dollars; one clerk, at one thousand four hundred dollars; one 
writer, at one thousand dollars; one store-keeper, at nine hundred 
dollars; 

Navy-yard, League Island, Pennsylvania: For one clerk, at one 
thousand two hundred dollars; 

Navy-yard, Norfolk, Virginia: For two clerks, at one thousand two 
hundred dollars each; 

Navy-yard, Mare Island, California: For one clerk, at one thousand 
two hundred dollars; one clerk, atone thousand dollars; 

Navy-yard, Washington, District of Columbia: For one clerk, at 
one thousand dollars; in all, nineteen thousand and twenty-five 
dollars. And no other fund appropriated by this act shall be used 
in payment for such service. 

Contingent, Bureau of Equipment: For freight anil transpor¬ 
tation of equipment and navigation stores, packing-boxes and ma¬ 
terials, printing, advertising, telegraphing, books and models; 
postage on letters sent abroad; ferriage, ice, lighterage of ashes, and 
emergencies arising under cognizance of the Bureau of Equipment, 
unforeseen and impossible to classify, ten thousand dollars. 

BUREAU OF YARDS AND DOCKS. 

Maintenance of yards and docks: For general maintenance of 
yards and docks, namely: For freight; transportation of materials 
and stores; books, maps, models, and drawings; purchase and repair 
of fire-engines; machinery; repairs on steam fire-engines and at¬ 
tendance on the same; purchase and maintenance of oxen, horses, 
and driving teams; carts, timber-wheels, and all vehicles for use in 


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the navy-yards; tools and repairs of the same; postage on letters 
and other mailable matter on public service sent to foreign countries, 
and telegrams; stationeiy; furniture for Government houses and 
offices in the navy-yards; coal and other fuel; candles, oil, and gas; 
cleaning and clearing up yards and care of buildings; attendance on 
fires, lights, fire-engines, and apparatus; for incidental labor at navy- 
yards; water-tax, tolls, and ferriage; rent of four officers’ quarters at 
Philadelphia, Penns} T lvania; pay of watchmen in navy-yards; awnings 
and packing-boxes, and advertising for yard and dock and other pur¬ 
poses, two hundred and thirty thousand dollars. 

Public Works.—Navy-yards and stations. 

Navy-yard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire: For increasing water 
suppty, six thousand three hundred and lift} 7 dollars; completing 
hydrant system, six thousand and eighty dollars; for reconstruct¬ 
ing buildings numbers forty-five and forty-six, destroyed by fire 
January twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety, at the United 
States navy-yard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, for construction 
and repair, fifty thousand dollars, appropriation to be immediately 
available. 

Navy-yard, Boston, Massachusetts: For new boiler and pump¬ 
ing machinery, taking down and resetting the end of granite dry 
dock and putting in the necessary backing and drainage, fifty thou¬ 
sand dollars. 

Navy-yard, Brooklyn, New York: For extending railroad system 
and necessary rolling-stock, five thousand dollars; for completing 
approaches to timber dry-dock, twenty-five thousand dollars; for 
repairing cob-dock, improvement of Whitney Basin, rebuilding sea¬ 
wall and dredging, one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars; for 
relaying water-pipes in the yard, fifteen thousand dollars. 

Navy-yard, League Island, Pennsylvania: For rebuilding Broad 
street wharf, sixty thousand dollars; and the sum of twenty-six 
thousand four hundred and sixteen dollars and forty cents appro¬ 
priated by act of March second, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, 
for landing wharf foot of Fifteenth street, is hereby transferred to 
the rebuilding of the Broad street wharf in addition to the sum ap¬ 
propriated by this act for building and furnishing two officers’ 
quarters, ten thousand dollars; for dredging and filling in and pav¬ 
ing and improvement of grounds, twenty-five thousand dollars; for 
extending permanent sea-wall, twenty-five thousand dollars; for the 
construction of a light retaining-wall, twenty-five thousand dollars. 

Navy-yard, Washington, District of Columbia: For chang¬ 
ing building number seven into an apartment house of three stories 
for additional quarters, ten thousand dollars; for dredging and fill¬ 
ing in, five thousand dollars. 

Navy-yard, Norfolk, Virginia: For completing railroad sys¬ 
tem, five thousand dollars; for completing water system, five thou¬ 
sand dollars; for completing approaches to timber dry-dock, ten 
thousand dollars; for extending machine-shop (for steam-engineer¬ 
ing), five thousand dollars; for connecting new pumps with old dry- 
dock, fifteen thousand dollars. 

Coaling Station, Port Royal, South Carolina: Toward 
the construction of a timber dry-dock or floating dock, at the coal¬ 
ing station, Port Royal, South Carolina, in accordance with the 
recommendation of the commissions to report as to the most de- 


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sir able location on or near the coast of the Gulf of Mexico and 
the South Atlantic coasts for navy-yards and dry-docks, two hun¬ 
dred thousand dollars. 

And the Secretary of the Navy be, and he is hereby, authorized 
to make a contract for the construction of said timber dry-dock, or 
floating dock, the cost not exceeding five hundred thousand dol¬ 
lars. 

Naval Station, Key West, Florida: For changing location of 
railroad scale-house and pump-house, made necessary by new treasury 
buildings, one thousand dollars. 

Navy-yard, Mare Island, California: For bridge across sectional 
dock basin, two thousand dollars; for boat landings, three thousand 
dollars; for building wagon-road towards cemetery and magazine, five 
thousand dollars; for replanking wharves, five thousand dollars; for 
completing electric-light plant, thirty thousand dollars; for moving 
ferry slip back, straightening sea-wall, and dredging, twenty thousand 
dollars; for completing repairs to sectional dry-dock, fifteen thousand 
dollars. 

Naval Station, New London: For rebuilding the wharf, six thou¬ 
sand five hundred dollars. 

Launching Ways and Granite Slips at New York and 
Norfolk Navy-yards: For extending launching ways and making 
alterations in granite slips, thirteeen thousand dollars. 

Repairs and preservation at Navy-yards and Stations: 
For repairs and preservation at navy-yards and stations, two hun¬ 
dred and fifty thousand dollars. 

The Secretary of the Navy is hereby authorized to sell, after adver¬ 
tisement of the sale for such time as in his judgment the public interests 
may require, condemned naval supplies, stores, and materials, either 
b} r public auction or by advertisement for sealed proposals for the pur¬ 
chase of the same. 

Contingent, Bureau of Yards and Docks: For contingent 
expenses that may arise at navy-yards and stations twenty thousand 
dollars. 

Civil Establishment, Bureau of Yards and Docks: Navy- 
yard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire: For one clerk, at one thousand 
four hundred dollars; one mail messenger, at two dollars per diem, 
including Sundays; one messenger, at six hundred dollars; one fore¬ 
man laborer and head teamster, at four dollars per diem, including 
Sundays; one janitor, at six hundred dollars; one pilot, at three dol¬ 
lars per diem, including Sundays. 

Navy-} T ard, Boston, Massachusetts: For one clerk, at one thou¬ 
sand four hundred dollars; one foreman laborer, at four dollars per 
diem; one messenger to commandant, at one dollar and seventy-six 
cents per diem; one messenger, at one dollar and sevent} r -six cents 
per diem; one mail messenger, at two dollars per diem, including 
Sundays; one writer, at nine hundred dollars; 

Navy-yard, Brooklyn, New York: For one clerk, at one thousand 
four hundred dollars; one writer, at one thousand and seventeen 
dollars and twenty-five cents; one master of tugs, at one thousand 
five hundred dollars; for two writers, at nine hundred dollars each 
per annum; one foreman laborer, at four dollars and fifty cents per 
diem; one mail messenger, at two dollars per diem, including Sun¬ 
days; two messengers, at two dollars and twenty-five cents per diem 
each; one draughtsman, at five dollars per diem; one quarterman, 


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at three dollars per diem; one superintendent of teams or quarter- 
man, at four dollars per diem; one messenger to commandant, at 
two dollars and twenty-five cents per diem, including Sundays; 

Naval Station, Sackett’s Harbor, New York: For one ship-keeper, 
at three hundred and sixty-five dollars per annum. 

Navy-yard. League Island, Pennsylvania: For one clerk, at one thou¬ 
sand four hundred dollars; one writer and telegraph operator, at one 
thousand dollars; one messenger, at two dollars per diem; one foreman 
laborer, at four dollars per diem; 

Navy-yard, Washington, District of Columbia: For one clerk, atone 
thousand four hundred dollars; one messenger, at two dollars per diem; 
one foreman laborer, at four dollars per diem; 

Navy-yard, Norfolk, Virginia: For one clerk at one thousand four 
hundred dollars, one writer, at one thousand and seventeen dollars 
and twenty-five cents; one writer, at one thousand dollars; one fore¬ 
man laborer, at four dollars per diem; one mail messenger, at two 
dollars per diem, including Sundays; two messengers, at two dollars 
per diem each; one pilot, at two dollars and twenty-six cents per 
diem; 

Navy-yard, Pensacola, Florida: For one clerk, at one thousand 
two hundred dollars; one mail messenger, at two dollars per diem, 
including Sundays; 

Navy-yard, Mare Island, California: For one clerk, at one thousand 
four hundred dollars; one writer, at one thousand and seventeen dol¬ 
lars and twenty-five cents; one foreman mason, at six dollars per diem; 
one foreman laborer, at five dollars and fifty cents per diem; one pilot, 
at four dollars and eighty cents per diem; one draughtsman, at five dol¬ 
lars per diem, one mail messenger, at two dollars per diem, including 
Sundays; one messenger, at two dollars per diem; one messenger and 
lamp-lighter, at two dollars per diem; 

Naval Station, Key West, Florida: For one messenger, at six hun¬ 
dred dollars; in all, fift}'-three thousand nine hundred and eighty-six 
dollars and four cents. And no other fund appropriated by this act 
shall be used in payment for such services. 

And the President be, and he hereby is, required to appoint a com¬ 
mission composed of two competent naval officers, one competent 
Army officer, and two competent persons from civil life, whose duty 
it shall be to select a suitable site, having due regard to commercial 
and naval interests, for a dry-dock at some point on the shores of the 
Pacific Ocean or the waters connected therewith north of the par¬ 
allel of latitude marking the northern boundary of California, in¬ 
cluding the waters of Puget Sound, and also Lakes Union and 
Washington, in the State of Washington; and having selected such 
site shall, if upon private lands, estimate its value, and ascertain, as 
nearly as practicable, the cost for which it can be purchased or 
acquired, and of their proceedings and action make full and detailed 
report to the President, and the President shall transmit such report 
with his recommendations to Congress. 

And the President be, and he hereby is, required to appoint a com¬ 
mission composed of two competent naval officers, one competent 
Army officer, and two competent persons from civil life, whose duty 
it shall be to select a suitable site, having due regard to commer¬ 
cial and naval interests, for a dry-dock at some point on the shores of 
the Gulf of Mexico or the waters connected therewith; and having 
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ascertain as nearly as practicable the cost for which it can be pur¬ 
chased or acquired, and of their proceedings and action make full 
and detailed report to the President, and the President shall trans¬ 
mit such report with his recommendations to Congress. That to 
defray the expenses of such commissions the sum of fifteen thousand 
dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be, and the same is 
hereby, appropriated. 

Naval Home, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: For one superin¬ 
tendent, at six hundred dollars; one steward, at four hundred and 
eighty dollars; one matron, at three hundred and sixty dollars; one 
chief cook, at three hundred and sixty dollars; one assistant cook, 
at two hundred and forty dollars; one assistant cook, at one hun¬ 
dred and eighty dollars; one chief laundress, at one hundred and 
ninety-two dollars; four laundresses, at one hundred and sixty-eight 
dollars each; four scrubbers, at one hundred and sixty-eight dollars 
each; eight waiters, at one hundred and sixty-eight dollars each; 
eight laborers, at two hundred and forty dollars each; one stable- 
keeper and driver, at three hundred and sixty dollars; one master-at- 
arms, at four hundred and eighty dollars; two house corporals, at 
three hundred dollars each; one barber, at three hundred and sixty 
dollars; one carpenter, at eight hundred and forty-five dollars; one 
painter, at six hundred dollars; water-rent and gas, two thousand 
four hundred dollars; cemetery, burial expenses, and headstones, 
three hundred and fifty dollars; improvement of grounds, five hun¬ 
dred dollars; repairs to buildings, furnace, grates, ranges, furniture, 
and repairs of furniture, four thousand five hundred dollars; music 
in chapel, six hundred dollars; and the sum of eight hundred dollars 
appropriated by act of March second, eighteen hundred and eighty- 
nine, is hereby reappropriated for fitting up bath rooms for benefi¬ 
ciaries; transportation of indigent and destitute beneficiaries to the 
Naval Home, five hundred dollars; erecting elevator in main build¬ 
ing of Naval Home, four thousand dollars; for support of benefi¬ 
ciaries, fifty thousand dollars; total for Naval Home, seventy-three 
thousand one hundred and fifteen dollars; which sum shall be paid 
out of the income from the naval pension fund. 

BUREAU OF MEDICINE AND SURGERY. 

Medical Department: For surgeons’ necessaries for vessels in 
commission, navy-yards, naval-stations, Marine Corps, and Coast 
Survey, and for the civil establishment at the several naval hospi¬ 
tals, navy-yards, naval-laboratory, museum of hygiene, and Naval 
Academy, sixty thousand dollars. 

Naval-Hospital Fund: For maintenance of the naval hospitals 
at the various navy-yards and stations, and for care and maintenance 
of patients in other hospitals at home and abroad, twenty thousand 
dollars. 

Contingent, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery: For freight, 
expressage on medical stores, tolls, ferriage, transportation of sick and 
insane patients; care, transportation, and burial of the dead; advertis¬ 
ing, telegraphing; rent of telephones; purchase of books and station¬ 
er} 7 ; binding of unbound books and pamphlets; postage and purchase of 
stamps for foreign service; expenses attending the medical board of 
examiners; rent of rooms for naval dispensary and museum of hy¬ 
giene; hygienic and sanitary investigation and illustration; sanitary 
and hygienic instruction; purchase and repairs of wagons and har- 


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ness; purchase of and feed for horses and cows; trees, plants, garden 
tools, and seeds; furniture and incidental articles for the museum of 
hygiene; naval dispensary, Washington; naval laboratory, sick 
quarters at Naval Academy and marine barracks and dispensaries 
at navy-yards; washing for medical department at museum of hygiene, 
naval dispensary, Washington, naval laboratory, sick quarters at Naval 
Academy and marine barracks, dispensaries at navy-yards and naval 
stations and ships and rendezvous, and all other necessary contingent 
expenses, twenty five thousand dollars. 

Repairs, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery: For necessary 
repairs of naval laboratory, navy hospitals, and appendages, including 
roads, wharves, out-houses, sidewalks, fences, gardens, farms, and ceme¬ 
teries, twenty thousand dollars. 

Laundry at Naval Hospital, New York: For construction of a 
laundry and drying-room at the naval hospital, New York, in full for 
all expenses of erecting the building and supplying necessary machinery 
and fittings, five thousand six hundred dollars. 

Sick quarters at navy-yard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire: 
For additional appropriation for erecting and furnishing sick quarters 
at the navy-yard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, eight thousand dol¬ 
lars; total for Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, one hundred and 
thirty eight thousand and six hundred dollars. 

BUREAU OF PROVISIONS AND CLOTHING. 

Provisions, Navy, Bureau of Provisions and Clothing: For 
provisions for the seamen and marines, commuted rations for offi¬ 
cers, naval cadets, seamen, and marines, and commuted rations 
stopped on account of sick in hospital and credited to the hospital 
fund, nine hundred and sixty-five thousand dollars; for water for 
drinking and cooking purposes on board ships, eleven thousand dol¬ 
lars; labor and expenses of general store-houses and paymasters’ 
offices in yards, not to exceed ninety thousand dollars; in all, one 
million and sixty-six thousand dollars. And the clothing fund and 
small stores fund shall be hereafter consolidated and administered 
as a fund to be known as the clothing and small stores fund. 

Contingent, Bureau of Provisions and Clothing: For freight 
on shipments; candles, fuel, books and blanks, stationery, advertis¬ 
ing; furniture for general store houses and pay-offices in navy-yard; 
expenses of naval clothing factory and machinery for same; foreign 
postage, telegrams, telephones, express charges, tolls, ferriages, yeo¬ 
man’s stores, iron safes, newspapers, ice, and other necessary inci¬ 
dental expenses, forty thousand dollars. And section thirty-seven 
hundred and eighteen of the Revised Statutes of the United States 
is hereby amended by striking out the words “once a week for four 
weeks” and inserting in lieu thereof the words “twice a week for 
two weeks or longer, not to exceed four weeks, in the discretion of 
the Secretary of the Navy.” 

Civil Establishment, Bureau of Provisions and Clothing: 
Navy-yard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire: In General store-houses: 
Two book-keepers, at one thousand two hundred dollars per annum 
each; one assistant book-keeper, at seven hundred and twenty dol 
lars; one bill clerk, at one thousand dollars; one assistant clerk at 
seven hundred and twenty dollars; one shipping and receiving clerk, 
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Navy-yard, Boston, Massachusetts: In general store houses: One 
book-keeper, at one thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five 
cents; one shipping clerk, at one thousand dollars; one receiving 
clerk, at one thousand dollars; 

In pay office: One writer, at one thousand and seventeen dollars and 
twenty-five cents; 

Navy-yard, Brooklyn, New York: One writer to boards of inspec¬ 
tion, nine hundred dollars. In general store-houses: Three book¬ 
keepers, at one thousand two hundred dollars per annum each; one 
assistant book-keeper, at one thousand dollars; one assistant book¬ 
keeper, at seven hundred and twenty dollars; three receiving clerks, 
at four dollars per diem each; one assistant receiving clerk at one 
thousand and ninety-nine dollars; three shipping clerks, at one 
thousand dollars per annum each; one bill clerk, at one thousand 
dollars; one assistant bill clerk, at seven hundred and twenty dollars; 
two leading men, at two dollars and fifty cents per diem each; live 
pressmen, at two dollars and seventy-six cents per diem each; one 
superintendent of coffee mills, at three dollars per diem; one box- 
maker, at three dollars per diem; one engine-tender, at three dollars 
and twenty-six cents per diem; one coffee-roaster, at two dollars and 
fifty cents per diem; one fireman, at two dollars per diem; one mes¬ 
senger, at two dollars and twenty-five cents per diem; 

In pa} r -office: One writer, at one thousand and seventeen dollars and 
twenty-five cents; one messenger, at two dollars and twenty-five cents 
per diem; 

Navy-yard, League Island, Pennsylvania: In general store-house: 
One book-keeper, at one thousand two hundred dollars; one assistant 
book-keeper, at seven hundred and twenty dollars; 

Navy-yard, Washington, District of Columbia: In general store¬ 
house: One book-keeper, at one thousand two hundred dollars; one 
clerk, at one thousand two hundred dollars; one receiving clerk, at 
one thousand dollars; one bill clerk, at one thousand dollars; one 
shipping clerk, at one thousand dollars; 

In pay-office: One writer, at one thousand and seventeen dollars 
and twenty-five cents; 

Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland: In general store-house: One 
book-keeper, at one thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five 
cents; one receiving and shipping clerk, at one thousand dollars; 

Torpedo Station, Newport, Rhode Island: In general store-house: 
One clerk, at one thousand two hundred dollars; 

Navy-yard, Mare Island, California: In general store-houses: Two 
book-keepers, at one thousand two hundred dollars per annum each; 
two assistant book-keepers, at seven hundred and twenty dollars per 
annum each; one receiving clerk, at one thousand dollars; one ship¬ 
ping clerk, at one thousand dollars; one bill clerk, at one thousand 
dollars; one assistant clerk, at one thousand dollars; 

In pay-office: One writer at one thousand and seventeen dollars and 
twenty-five cents; 

Navy-yard, Norfolk, Virginia: In general store-houses: Two book¬ 
keepers, at one thousand two hundred dollars per annum each; two 
assistant book-keepers, at one thousand seventeen dollars and twenty- 
five cents per annum each; one bill clerk, at one thousand dollars; 
one assistant bill clerk, at seven hundred and twenty dollars; one 

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receiving clerk, at nine hundred and forty-two dollars; one assistant 
receiving clerk, at seven hundred and twenty dollars; 

In pay-office: One writer, at one thousand and seventeen dollars 
and twenty-five cents; in all, sixty-seven thousand five hundred and 
thirty-two dollars and three cents; and no other fund appropriated 
by this act shall be used in payment for such service. 

BUREAU OF CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR. 

Construction and Repair of Vessels: For preservation and 
Completion of vessels on the stocks and in ordinary; purchase of 
materials and stores of all kinds; steam steerers, pneumatic steerers; 
steam capstans, steam windlasses, and other steam auxiliaries; labor 
in navy-yards and on foreign stations; purchase of machinery and 
tools for use in shops; wear, tear, and repair of vesssels afloat, gen¬ 
eral care, increase, and protection of the Navy in the line of construc¬ 
tion and repair; incidental expenses, such as advertising, freight, 
foreign postage, telegrams, telephone service, photographing, books, 
professional magazines, plans, stationery, and instruments for 
draughting-room, one million dollars: Provided , That no part of 
this sum shall be applied to the repairs of any wooden ship when 
the estimated cost of such repairs, to be appraised by a competent 
board of naval officers, shall exceed twenty per centum of the esti¬ 
mated cost, appraised in like manner of a new ship of the same size 
and like material: Provided further , That nothing herein contained 
shall deprive the Secretary of the Navy of the authority to order 
repairs of ships damaged in foreign waters or on the high seas, so far 
as may be necessaiy to bring them home. 

For Improvement of plant at Navy-yard, Portsmouth, New Hamp¬ 
shire: For additional tools other than those heretofore authorized, 
required to further improve the condition of the yard for repairing 
iron and steel ships, fifty^ thousand dollars. 

For Improvement of plant at Navy yard, Boston, Massachusetts: 
For additional tools, other than those heretofore authorized, required 
to further improve the condition of the yard for repairing iron and 
steel ships, fifty thousand dollars. 

For the improvement of plant at navy-yard, League Island, Penn¬ 
sylvania: For additional tools other than those heretofore authorized, 
required to further improve the condition of the yard for repairing 
iron and steel ships, fifty thousand dollars. 

For Improvement of plant at Nayy-yard, New York: For 
additional tools, other than those heretofore authorized, required to 
further improve the condition of the yard for building and repairing 
iron and steel ships, fifty thousand dollars. 

For Improvement of plant at navy-yard, Norfolk, Vir¬ 
ginia: For additional tools, other than those heretofore authorized, 
required to further improve the condition of the yard for building 
and repairing iron and steel ships, and the erection of the same, fifty 
thousand dollars. 

For Improvement of plant at Navy-yard, Mare Island, Cali¬ 
fornia: For additional tools, other than those heretofore authorized, 
required to further improve the condition of the yard for building 
and repairing iron and steel ships, and the erection^of the same, fifty 
thousand dollars. 

Civil Establishment, Bureau of Construction and Repair: 
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structor, at one thousand four hundred dollars; two writers at one 
thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty five cents each; 

Navy-yard, Boston, Massachusetts: For one clerk to naval con¬ 
structor, at one thousand four hundred dollars; 

Navy-yard, Brooklyn, New York: For one clerk to naval con¬ 
structor, at one thousand four hundred dollars; three writers, at one 
thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents each; 

Navy-yard, League Island, Pennsylvania: For one clerk to naval 
constructor, at one thousand four hundred dollars; 

Navy-} T ard, Washington, District of Columbia: For one clerk to 
naval constructor, at one thousand four hundred dollars; 

Navy-yard, Norfolk, Virginia: For one clerk to naval constructor, 
at one thousand four hundred dollars; two writers, at one thousand 
and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents each; 

Navy-yard, Pensacola, Florida: For one writer, at one thousand 
and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents; 

Navy-yard, Mare Island, California: For one clerk to naval con¬ 
structor, at one thousand four hundred dollars; two writers, at one 
thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents each; in all, 
nineteen thousand nine hundred and seventy-two dollars and fifty 
cents. And no other fund appropriated by this act shall be used in 
payment for such service. 

BUREAU OF STEAM ENGINEERING. 

Steam Machinery: For completion, repairs, plans and drawings, 
and preservation of machinery and boilers of naval vessels, includ¬ 
ing cost of new boilers, preservation of and small repairs to ma¬ 
chinery and boilers in vessels in ordinary, receiving and training 
vessels, repair and care of machinery of yard tugs and launches, 
four hundred thousand dollars; 

For purchase, handling, and preservation of all materials and 
stores, purchase, fitting, repair, and preservation of machinery and 
tools in navy-yards and stations, and running \ r ard engines, two 
hundred and forty thousand dollars. 

For incidental expenses for naval vessels, yards, and the Bureau, 
such as foreign postages, telegrams, advertising, freight, photograph¬ 
ing, books, stationery, and instruments, ten thousand dollars; in 
all, six hundred and fifty thousand dollars: Provided , That no part 
of said sum shall be applied to the engines and machinery of wooden 
ships where the estimated costs of such repair shall exceed twenty 
per centum of the estimated cost of new engines and machinery of 
the same character and power; but nothing herein contained shall 
prevent the repair or building of boilers for wooden ships the hulls 
of which can be fully repaired for twenty per centum of the esti¬ 
mated cost of a new ship of the same size and material. 

Contingent, Bureau of Steam Engineering: For contingencies, 
drawing materials, and instruments for the draughting-room, one 
thousand dollars. 

Improvement of machinery plant, navy-yard, Boston, Massachu¬ 
setts: For extra tools required to put the yard in condition for re¬ 
pairing modern marine machinery with economy and dispatch, in¬ 
cluding improvements in boiler-making plant, and improved machine 
tools, forty thousand dollars. 

Improvement of machinery plant, navy-yard, Brooklyn, New 
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building and repairing modern marine machinery with economy and 
dispatch, including traveling crane in foundry and new boiler shop, 
seventy five thousand dollars. 

Improvement of machinery plant, navy-yard, Mare Island, 
California: For extra tools required to put the } f ard in condition 
for building and repairing modern marine machinery with economy 
and dispatch, including improvements in boiler making plant, and 
improved machine tools, fifty thousand dollars. 

Civil Establishment, Bureau of Steam Engineering: Navy- 
yard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire: For clerk to department, at 
one thousand two hundred dollars; messenger at six hundred dol¬ 
lars; 

Navy-yard, Brooklyn, New York: For clerk to department, at one 
thousand four hundred dollars; writer, at one thousand dollars; 
messenger at six hundred dollars; 

Navy-yard, League Island, Pennsylvania: For clerk to depart¬ 
ment, at one thousand two hundred dollars; 

Navy-yard, Norfolk, Virginia: For clerk to department, at one 
thousand three hundred dollars; messenger, at six hundred dollars; 

Navy-yard, Pensacola, Florida: For writer at one thousand dol¬ 
lars; 

Navy-yard, Mare Island, California: For clerk to department, at 
one thousand four hundred dollars; messenger at six hundred dol¬ 
lars; writer, at one thousand dollars; in all eleven thousand nine 
hundred dollars. And no other fund appropriated by this act shall 
be used in payment for such service. 

Naval Academy. 

Pay of professors and others, Naval Academy: For one 
professor of mathematics, one of chemistry and one of physics, at 
two thousand five hundred dollars each, seven thousand five hun¬ 
dred dollars, two professors (assistants) namely, one of French and 
Spanish, and one of English studies, history, and law, at two thousand 
two hundred dollars each, four thousand four hundred dollars; five 
assistant professors, namely, one of English studies, history and law, 
three of French, and one of drawing, at one thousand eight hundred 
dollars each, nine thousand dollars; one sword master, at one thou¬ 
sand five hundred dollars, and two assistants, at one thousand dol¬ 
lars each, one boxing-master and gymnast at one thousand two 
hundred dollars; one assistant librarian, at one thousand four hun¬ 
dred dollars; one secretary of the Naval Academy, at one thousand 
eight hundred dollars; two clerks to the Superintendent, one at one 
thousand two hundred dollars, and one at one thousand dollars, re¬ 
spectively, two thousand two hundred dollars; one clerk to com¬ 
mandant of cadets, at one thousand two hundred dollars; one clerk 
to paymaster, at one thousand two hundred dollars; one dentist, at 
one thousand six hundred dollars; one baker, at six hundred dollars; 
one mechanic in department of ph} T sics and chemistiy, at seven hun¬ 
dred and thirty dollars; one cook, at three hundred and twenty-five 
dollars and fifty cents; one messenger to Superintendent, at six hun¬ 
dred dollars; one armorer, at six hundred and forty nine dollars and 
fifty cents; one chief gunner’s mate, at five hundred and twenty-nine 
dollars and fifty cents; one quarter-gunner, at four hundred and 
thirty-three dollars and fifty cents; one cockswain, at four hundred 
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seamanship, at three hundred and forty-nine dollars and fifty cents; 
one attendant in the department of astronomy and one in the de¬ 
partment of physics and chemistry, at three hundred dollars each, 
six hundred dollars; six attendants at recitation rooms, library, 
store, chapel, and offices, at three hundred dollars each, one thou¬ 
sand eight hundred dollars; one band-master at five hundred and 
twenty-eight dollars; twenty-one first-class musicians, at three hun¬ 
dred and forty eight dollars each, seven thousand three hundred and 
eight dollars; seven second-class musicians, at three hundred dollars 
each, two thousand one hundred dollars; pay of organist at chapel of 
Naval Academy, three hundred dollars; in all fifty two thousand three 
hundred and twenty-three dollars. 

For special course of study and training of naval cadets as author¬ 
ized by act of Congress approved August fifth, eighteen hundred and 
eighty-two, five thousand dollars. 

Pay of watchmen, mechanics, and others, Naval Academy: 
For captain of the watch and weigher, at two dollars and fifty cents 
per diem; four watchmen, at two dollars per diem each; foreman of 
gas and steam-heating works of the Academy, at five dollars per 
diem; labor at gas-works and steam-buildings: for masons, carpen¬ 
ters, and other mechanics, and laborers for care of buildings, grounds, 
wharves and boats, thirt} 7 seven thousand eight hundred and sixty 
four dollars and ninety-five cents; one attendant in the purifying- 
house of the gas-house, at one dollar and fifty 7 ' cents per diem, five 
hundred and forty-seven dollars and fifty cents; in all, fort 3 T -four 
thousand and sixty-nine dollars and ninety-five cents. 

Pay of Steam Employees, Naval Academy: For pay of me¬ 
chanics and others in department of steam-engineering, seven thou¬ 
sand eight hundred and twenty-four dollars and fifty cents. 

Repairs and Improvements Naval Academy : Necessary re¬ 
pairs of public buildings, pavements, wharves, and walls inclosing 
the grounds of the Naval Academy improvements, repairs, furni¬ 
ture, and fixtures, twenty-one thousand dollars. 

New furniture for cadet’s quarters, six thousand five hundred dol¬ 
lars. 

For rebuilding gymnasium, twenty thousand dollars; for addi¬ 
tional houses for instructors, four houses, twenty thousand dollars, 
which sums shall be made immediately available. 

For the purchase of land to open King George’s street to the Gov¬ 
ernment property and expense of opening said street, three thousand 
five hundred dollars. 

Heating and lighting Naval Academy: Fuel, and for heating 
and lighting the academy and school-ships, seventeen thousand dol¬ 
lars. 

Contingent and Miscellaneous expenses, Naval Academy: 
Purchase of books for the library, two thousand dollars; stationery, 
blank-books, models, maps, and text-books for use of instructors, 
two thousand dollars; expenses of the Board of Visitors to the Naval 
Academy, being mileage and five dollars per diem for each member 
for expenses during actual attendance at the Academy, one thousand 
five hundred dollars; purchase of chemicals, apparatus, and instru 
ments in the department of physics and chemistry, and for repairs 
of the same, two thousand five hundred dollars; purchase of gas and 
steam-machinery, steam-pipes and fittings, rent of buildings for the 
use of the Academy, freight, cartage, water, music, musical and 


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astronomical instruments, uniforms for the bandsmen, telegraphing, 
feed and maintenance of teams, current expenses, and repairs of all 
kinds, and for incidental labor and expenses not applicable to any 
other appropriation, thirty two thousand dollars; stores in the de¬ 
partment of steam-engineering, eight hundred dollars; materials for 
repairs in steam-machinery, one thousand dollars; in all, forty-one 
thousand eight hundred dollars. 

Total for Naval Academy, two hundred and thirty-nine thousand 
and seventeen dollars and forty five cents. 

MARINE CORPS. 

Pay, Marine Corps: For pay of officers on the active list: For one 
colonel commandant, one colonel, two lieutenant-colonels, one adjutant 
and inspector, one paymaster, one quartermaster, four majors, two 
assistant quartermasters, one judge-advocate-general United States 
Navy, nineteen captains, thirty first lieutenants, and twelve second 
lieutenants, one hundred and eighty thousand four hundred and eighty 
dollars. 

Pay of officers on the retired list: For two colonels, one lieutenant 
colonel, one quartermaster, two majors, one assistant quartermaster, 
five captains, three first lieutenants, and three second lieutenants, 
thirty-seven thousand seven hundred and fifty-five dollars. 

Pa} 7 of non-commissioned officers, musicians, and privates: For 
one sergeant-major, one quartermaster-sergeant, one leader of the 
band, one drum major, fifty first sergeants, one hundred and forty ser¬ 
geants, one hundred and eighty corporals, thirty musicians, ninety- 
six drummers and fifers, and one thousand six hundred privates, 
three hundred and ninety-five thousand dollars. 

Pay of retired enlisted men: For one sergeant major, one drum 
major, four first sergeants, four sergeants, one first class musician, 
two drummers, one fifer, and thirteen privates, eight thousand seven 
hundred and forty-three dollars and forty-four cents. 

Undrawn clothing: For payment to discharged soldiers for cloth¬ 
ing undrawn, thirty-five thousand dollars: Provided , that no other 
fund appropriated by this act shall be used for such purpose. 

Transportation: For transportation of officers traveling under or¬ 
ders without troops, nine thousand dollars. 

Commutation of quarters: For commutation of quarters for officers 
on duty without troops where there are no public quarters, four 
thousand dollars. 

Pay of civil force: In the office of the colonel commandant: For 
one chief clerk, at one thousand five hundred and forty dollars and 
eighty cents; one messenger, at nine hundred and seventy-one dollars 
and twenty eight cents; 

In the office of the adjutant and inspector: One chief clerk, at one 
thousand five hundred and forty dollars and eighty cents; one clerk, 
at one thousand four hundred and ninety-six dollars and fifty two 
cents; 

In the office of the paymaster: One chief clerk, at one thousand six 
hundred dollars; one elerk, at one thousand four hundred and ninety - 
six dollars and fifty-two cents; one clerk, at one thousand two hun¬ 
dred and fifty seven dollars and twelve cents; 

In the office of the Quartermaster: One chief clerk, at one thousand 
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thousand four hundred and ninety-six dollars and fifty two cents; 
one clerk, at one thousand two hundred and fifty seven dollars and 
twelve cents; 

In the office of the assistant quartermaster, Philadelphia, Penn¬ 
sylvania: one clerk, at one thousand two hundred and fifty-seven 
dollars and twelve cents; one messenger, at one dollar and seventy- 
five cents per diem; 

In the office of the assistant quartermaster, Washington, District 
of Columbia: .One clerk at one thousand four hundred dollars; in all, 
for pay of civil force, seventeen thousand four hundred and ninety- 
three dollars and thirty five cents. Total for pay of Marine Corps, 
six hundred and eighty-seven thousand four hundred and seventj^-one 
dollars and seventy nine cents. 

Provisions, Marine Corps: For one thousand one hundred non¬ 
commissioned officers, musicians, and privates, and commutation of 
rations to eleven enlisted men, detailed as clerks and messengers, also 
for payment of board of enlisted men for recruiting parties, said pay¬ 
ment for board not to exceed two thousand five hundred dollars, 
sixty-seven thousand dollars; 

For amount required to be transferred to paymaster, Marine Corps, 
on account of rations to retired men, eighty-two dollars and twenty 
two cents each per annum, two thousand one hundred and thirty-seven 
dollars and seventy-two cents; in all sixt} T -nine thousand one hundred 
and thirty seven dollars and seventy-two cents. 

Clothing, Marine Corps: For two thousand one hundred non¬ 
commissioned officers, musicians, and privates, seventy-five thou¬ 
sand dollars. 

For fuel, Marine Corps: For heating barracks and quarters, for 
ranges and stoves for cooking, fuel for enlisted men, and for sales to 
officers, twenty thousand dollars. 

Military stores, Marine Corps: For pay of chief armorer, at 
three dollars per day, nine hundred and thirty-nine dollars; three 
mechanics, at two dollars and fifty cents each per day, two thousand 
three hundred and forty-seven dollars and fifty cents; for purchase 
of military equipments, . such as cartridge-boxes, bayonet-scab¬ 
bards, haversacks, blanket-bags, knapsacks, canteens, musket-slings, 
swords, drums, trumpets, flags, waist-belts, waist-plates, cartridge- 
belts, and spare parts for repairing muskets, purchase of ammuni¬ 
tion, purchase and repair of instruments for band, purchase of music 
and musical accessories, eight thousand seven hundred and thirteen 
dollars and fifty cents; in all, twelve thousands dollars. 

Transportation and Recruiting, Marine Corps: For trans¬ 
portation of troops, and the expense of recruiting service, twelve 
thousand dollars. 

For repair of barracks: At Portsmouth, New Hampshire; 
Boston, Massachusetts; Brooklyn, New York; League Island, Penn¬ 
sylvania; Annapolis, Maryland; head-quarters and navy-yard, Wash¬ 
ington, District of Columbia; Norfolk, Virginia; Pensacola, Florida; 
and Mare Island, California; and per diem to enlisted men employed 
under the direction of the Quartermaster’s Department, on the re¬ 
pair of barracks and other public buildings, ten thousand dollars, 
of which the sum of one thousand seven hundred and thirty-seven 
dollars is hereby made immediate^ available for repair of marine 
barracks, Brooklyn, New York. 


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For alteration and repair of colonel commandant’s quarters, based 
upon surve}^ dated September twelfth, eighteen hundred and eighty- 
nine, seven thousand live hundred and fifty dollars. 

For rent of building used for manufacture of clothing, storing 
supplies and office of assistant quartermaster, Philadelphia, Penn¬ 
sylvania, one thousand three hundred dollars. 

For erection of marine barracks at Sitka, Alaska, six thousand 
dollars. 

Forage, Marine Corps: For forage in kind for five horses of the 
Quartermaster’s Department, and the authorized number of officers’ 
horses, three thousand five hundred dollars. 

Hire of quarters, Marine Corps: For hire of quarters for offi¬ 
cers serving with troops where there are no public quarters belonging 
to the Government, and where there are not sufficent quarters possessed 
by the United States to accommodate them, four thousand five hundred 
dollars; 

For hire of quarters for seven enlisted men employed as clerks and 
messengers in commandant’s, adjutant and inspector’s, paymaster’s 
and quartermaster’s offices, Washington, District of Columbia, and 
assistant quartermasters’ offices, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and 
Washington, District of Columbia, at twent} T -one dollars per month 
each, one thousand seven hundred and sixty-four dollars; 

For hire of quarters for three enlisted men employed as above, at 
ten dollars each per month, three hundred and sixty dollars; in all, 
six thousand six hundred and twenty-four dollars. 

Contingent, Marine Corps: For freight, ferriage, tolls, cartage, 
funeral expenses of marines, stationery, telegraphing, rent of tele¬ 
phones, purchase and repair of type-writers, apprehension of de¬ 
serters, per diem of enlisted men employed on constant labor for a 
period of not less than ten days, repair of gas and water fixtures, office 
and barracks furniture, mess utensils for enlisted men, such as bowls, 
plates, spoons, knives, forks, packing-boxes, wrapping-paper, oil¬ 
cloth, crash, rope, twine, camphor and carbolized paper, carpenters’ 
tools, tools for police purposes, iron safe, purchase and repair of pub¬ 
lic wagons, purchase and repair of harness, purchase of public horses, 
services of veterinary surgeons and medicine for public horses, 
purchase and repair of hose, repair of fire extinguishers, purchase 
of fire hand-grenades, purchase and repair of carts and wheelbar¬ 
rows, purchase and repair of cooking stoves, ranges, stoves where 
there are no grates, purchase of ice, towels, and soap for offices, 
postage stamps for foreign postage, purchase of newspapers and 
periodicals, improving parade-grounds, repair of pumps and wharves, 
laying drain and water pipes, introducing gas, and for gas and oil 
for marine barracks maintained at the various navy-yards and sta¬ 
tions, water at the marine barracks, Boston, Massachusetts; Brook¬ 
lyn, New York; Annapolis, Maryland; Mare Island, California; also 
straw for bedding and purchase of mattresses for enlisted men at 
the various posts, furniture for Government houses and repair of 
same, and for all emergencies and extraordinary expenses arising at 
home and abroad, but impossible to anticipate or classify; in all, 
twenty-seven thousand five hundred dollars; total for Marine Corps, 
nine hundred and thirty-eight thousand and eight}^-three dollars and 
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APPROPRIATIONS FOR SUPPLIES. 

For expenses of arranging, classifying, consolidating, and cata¬ 
loguing supplies for the Navy, herein provided for and now on 
hand, ten thousand dollars; and all supplies purchased with moneys 
appropriated by this act shall be deemed to be purchased for the 
Navy and not for any bureau thereof, and these supplies, together 
with all supplies now on hand, shall be arranged, classified, consoli¬ 
dated, and catalogued, and issued for consumption or use, under such 
regulations as the Secretary may prescribe, without regard to the 
bureau for which they were purchased. 

INCREASE OF THE NAVY. 

That for the purpose of further increasing the Naval Establish¬ 
ment of the United States the President is hereby authorized to 
have constructed by contract three sea-going coast-line battle ships 
designed to carry the heaviest armor and most powerful ordnance 
upon a displacement of about eight thousand five hundred tons, 
with a coal endurance of about five thousand knots on the total 
coal capacity at the most economical rate of speed, and to have 
the highest practicable speed for vessels of their class, to cost, ex¬ 
clusive of armament and of any premiums that may be paid for in¬ 
creased speed not exceeding four million dollars each; one protected 
cruiser of about seven thousand three hundred tons displacement, 
at a cost, exclusive of armament, not to exceed two million seven 
hundred and fifty thousand dollars, to have a maximum speed of 
not less than twenty-one knots; one swift torpedo cruiser of about 
seven hundred and fifty tons displacement, at a cost, exclusive of 
armament, not to exceed three hundred and fifty thousand dollars, 
to have a maximum speed of not less than twenty-three knots; and 
one torpedo boat, at a cost not to exceed one hundred and twenty-five 
thousand dollars; and in the construction of all said vessels all of the 
provisions of the act of August third, eighteen hundred and eighty- 
six, entitled, “An act to increase the Naval Establishment,” as to 
materials for said vessels, their engines, boilers, and machinery, the 
contracts under which they are built, the notice of any proposals for 
the same, the plans, drawings, specifications therefor, and the method 
of executing said contracts, shall be observed and followed, and said 
vessels shall be built in compliance with the terms of said act, 
save that in all their parts said vessels shall be of domestic manu¬ 
facture. And in the contracts for the construction of each of said 
vessels such provisions for minimum speed and for premiums for 
increased speed and penalties for deficient speed may be made sub¬ 
ject to the terms of this bill, as in the discretion of the Secretary 
of the Navy may be deemed advisable. In making proposals for 
contracts for building the vessels authorized by this act it shall be 
required that one of such vessels shall be built on or near the coast 
of the Pacific Ocean or the waters connecting therewith, one of them 
on or near the coast of the Gulf of Mexico or the waters connecting 
therewith and two of them on or near the coast of the Atlantic Ocean 
or the waters connecting therewith, and at such places on or near 
such coasts or waters as the Sectary of the Navy shall approve: 
Provided , That if it shall appear to the satisfaction of the President 


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of the United States, from the biddings for said contracts, when the 
same are opened and examined by him, that said vessels can not be 
constructed at a fair cost on or near the coast of the Pacific Ocean 
or the Gulf of Mexico, he shall authorize the construction of said 
vessels, or either of them, elsewhere in the United States; and if 
the Secretary of the Navy shall be unable to contract at reasonable 
prices for the construction of any of- said vessels, then he may build 
such vessel or vessels in such navy-yards as he may designate. 

UNDER THE BUREAU OF ORDNANCE. 

Armament: Towards the armament and armor of domestic manu¬ 
facture, for the vessels authorized by the act of March third, eighteen 
hundred and eighty-five; of the vessels authorized b} 7 sections one and 
two of the act of August third, eighteen hundred and eighty six; of 
the unfinished monitors mentioned in section three of the same act; 
of the Miantonomoh; of the vessels authorized by the act approved 
March third, eighteen hundred and eighty seven; of the vessels 
authorized by the act approved September seventh, eighteen hundred 
and eighty-eight, and of those authorized by the act of March second, 
eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, and the armament with modern 
batteries of a gunnery training ship, two million five hundred thou¬ 
sand dollars. 

Gun Plant, Navy Yard, Washington, District of Columbia: 
For completion of the gun factory, one hundred and forty five thou¬ 
sand dollars. 

Construction and Steam Machinery: Towards the construction 
and completion of the new vessels heretofore and herein authorized 
by Congress, with their engines, boilers and machinery, and for the 
payment of premiums for increased speed or horse-power under con¬ 
tracts now existing and to be made under this and other acts for 
increase of the Navy, five million four hundred and seventy-five 
thousand dollars. 

Total for increase of the Navy, eight million one hundred and twenty 
thousand dollars. 

Approved, June 30, 1890. 


FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION-MARCH 2, 1891. 

[Public —No. 110.] 

An act making appropriations for the naval service for the fiscal year ending June 
thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, and for other purposes. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled , That the following 

sums be, and they are hereby, appropriated, to be paid out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the naval 
service of the Government for the year ending June thirtieth, 
eighteen hundred and ninety-two, and for other purposes: 

PAY OF THE NAVY. 

For the pay of officers on sea duty; officers on shore and other duty; 
officers on waiting orders; officers on the retired list; Admiral’s 
secretary; clerks to commandants of yards and stations; clerks to 
paymasters at yards and stations; general storekeepers; receiving 
ships and other vessels; extra pay to men re-enlisting under honor¬ 
able discharge; pay of petty officers, seamen, landsmen, and boys* 
including men in the engineers’ force and for the Coast Survey Serv¬ 
ice and Fish Commission, seven thousand five hundred men and seven 
hundred and fifty boys at the pay prescribed by law; in all, seven 
million three hundred thousand dollars. 

PAY, MISCELLANEOUS. 

For commissions and interest; transportation of funds; exchange; 
mileage to officers while traveling under orders in the United States, 
and for actual personal expenses of officers while traveling abroad 
under orders, and for traveling expenses of apothecaries, yeomen, 
and civilian employees, and for actual and necessary traveling ex¬ 
penses of naval cadets while proceeding from their homes to the 
Naval Academy for examination and appointment as cadets; for 
rent and furniture of buildings and offices not in navy yards; ex¬ 
penses of courts-martial, prisoners and prisons and courts of inquiry, 
boards of investigation, examining boards, with clerks’ and witnesses’ 
fees, and traveling expenses and costs; stationery and recording; 
expenses of purchasing-paymasters’ offices of the various cities, includ¬ 
ing clerks, furniture, fuel, stationery, and incidental expenses; news¬ 
papers and advertising; foreign postage; telegraphing, foreign and 
domestic; telephones; copying; care of library, including purchase 
of books, photographs, prints, manuscripts, and periodicals; ferriage, 
tolls, and express fees; costs of suits; commissions, warrants, dip¬ 
lomas, and discharges; relief of vessels in distress; canal tolls and 
pilotage; recovery of valuables from shipwrecks; quarantine expenses; 
reports, professional investigation; cost of special instruction, at 
home or abroad, in maintenance of students and attaches and infor¬ 
mation from abroad, and the collection and classification thereof, and 
other necessary incidental expenses; in all, two hundred and forty 
thousand dollars. 


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Contingent, Navy: For all emergencies and extraordinary ex¬ 
penses arising at home or abroad, but impossible to be anticipated 
or classified, exclusive of personal services in the Navy Department 
or any of its subordinate Bureaus or offices, at Washington, District 
of Columbia, seven thousand dollars. 

BUREAU OF NAVIGATION. 

Gunnery Exercises: For prizes for excellence in gunnery exer¬ 
cises and target practice; for the establishment and maintenance of 
targets and ranges; for hiring established ranges, and for transpor¬ 
tation to and from ranges, six thousand dollars. 

Ocean and Lake Surveys: For ocean and lake surveys, the 
publication and care of the results thereof; the purchase of nautical 
liooks, charts, and sailing directions, and freight and express charges 
on same; preparing and engraving on copper plates the surveys of 
the Mexican coasts, and the publication of a series of charts of the 
coasts of Centra] and South America, fourteen thousand dollars. 

Telegraphic Cable Surveys: To enable the President to cause 
careful soundings to be made between San Fancisco, California, 
and Honolulu, in the Kingdom of the Hawaiian Islands, for the pur¬ 
pose of determining the practicability of the laying of a telegraphic 
cable between those points, twenty-five thousand dollars, or so much 
thereof as may be necessary, and the President is hereby authorized 
to direct the use of any vessel or vessels belonging to United States 
in making such survey. 

Bounties for Outfits for Naval Apprentices: For bounties 
for outfits of seven hundred and fifty naval apprentices, thirty thou¬ 
sand dollars. 

Recruiting, Transportation, and Contingent, Bureau of 
Navigation: For expenses of recruiting for the naval service; 
rent of rendezvous and expenses of maintaining the same; adver¬ 
tising for men and boys, and all other expenses attending the re¬ 
cruiting for the naval service, and for the transportation of enlisted 
men and boys at home and abroad; for heating apparatus for re¬ 
ceiving and training ships, and extra expenses thereof; for freight, 
telegraphing on public business, postage on letters sent abroad, 
ferriage, ice, apprehension of deserters and stragglers, continuous- 
service certificates, good-conduct badges and medals for boys; 
school books for training ships; packing boxes and materials, and 
other contingent expenses and emergencies arizing under cognizance 
of the Bureau of Navigation, unforeseen and impossible to classify, 
forty-five thousand dollars. 

Naval Training Station, Coaster’s Harbor Island, Rhode 
Island (for apprentices): For dredging channels, repairs to main 
causeway, roads, and grounds, extending sea-wall, and the employ¬ 
ment of such labor as may be necessary for the proper care and pres¬ 
ervation of the same; for repairs and improvements on buildings, 
heating, lighting, and furniture for same; books and stationery, 
freight, and other contingent expenses; purchase of food and main¬ 
tenance of live-stock, and mail wagon and attendance on same, 
eighteen thousand dollars. 

Naval War College and Torpedo School on Coaster’s Har¬ 
bor Island: For maintenance of the Naval War College and Torpedo 
school on Coaster’s Harbor Island, ten thousand dollars. 


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BUREAU OF ORDNANCE. 

Ordnance and Ordnance Stores: For procuring, producing, 
preserving, and handling ordnance material; for the armament of 
ships; for fuel, tools, and material, and labor to be used in the gen¬ 
eral work of the Ordnance Department; for furniture at magazines, 
at the ordnance dock, New York, and at the naval ordnance and 
proving ground, one hundred and thirty thousand dollars; proof of 
naval armament, ten thousand dollars; expenses of target practice, 
fifteen thousand dollars; in all, one hundred and tifty-five thousand 
dollars. 

New Magazine: For new magazine for naval purposes at Sitka 
or Juneau, Alaska, ten thousand dollars. 

Craney Island Magazine: For dredging on the channel to 
Craney Island Magazine, Norfolk Harbor, and for repairs to the 
wharves and buildings, fifteen thousand dollars. 

Purchase of Floating or Tug Crane: For the purchase of a 
floating or tug crane for use in the transportation of material at the 
New York navy yard, thirty thousand dollars. 

Reserve Supply of Projectiles: For reserve supply of projec¬ 
tiles for vessels in commission, thirty thousand dollars. 

Repairs, Bureau of Ordnance: For necessary repairs to ord¬ 
nance buildings, magazines, gun parks, boats, lighters, wharves, 
machinery, ana other objects of the like character, thirty thousand 
dollars. 

Torpedo Station, Bureau of Ordnance, Newport, Rhode 
Island: For labor, material, freight, and express charges; general 
care of and repairs to grounds, buildings, and wharves; boats, instruc¬ 
tion, instruments, tools, furniture, experiments and general torpedo 
outfits, sixty thousand dollars. 

Armor Tests: For the purpose of making ballistic tests and exper¬ 
iments in the development of American armor the Secretary of the 
Navy is hereby authorized to use one hundred thousand dollars or 
so much thereof as may be necessary out of the appropriation of 
one million dollars appropriated by joint resolution of September 
twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and ninety, for the purchase of nickel 
ore or nickel matte. 

Naval Militia: For arms and equipment connected therewith for 
naval militia of various States under such regulations as the Secretary 
of the Navy may prescribe, twenty-five thousand dollars. 

Contingent, Bureau of Ordnance: For miscellaneous items, 
namely: Freight to foreign and home stations; advertising; cartage 
and express charges; repairs to fire engines; gas and water pipes; gas 
and water tax at magazines; toll, ferriage, foreign postage, and tele¬ 
grams to and from the Bureau, eight thousand dollars. 

Civil Establishment, Bureau of Ordnance: For the civil estab¬ 
lishment under the Bureau of Ordnance, namely: 

Navy yard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire: For one writer, when 
required, five hundred dollars. 

Navy yard, Boston, Massachusetts: For one writer, when required, 
five hundred dollars. 

Navy yard, New York: For one clerk, at one thousand four hundred 
dollars. 

Navy yard, Washington, District of Columbia: For one clerk at 
one thousand six hundred dollars; one clerk, at twelve hundred dol- 


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lars; two writers, at one thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty T - 
five cents each; one draughtsman, at one thousand eight hundred 
dollars; three draughtsmen, at one thousand and eighty-one dollars 
each; one assistant draughtsman, at seven hundred and seventy-two 
dollars; two foremen, at one thousand five hundred dollars each; 
two copyists, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; one tele¬ 
graph operator and copyist, at nine hundred dollars; 

Navy 7 ' yard, Norfolk, Virginia: For one clerk, at one thousand two 
hundred dollars; 

Navy‘yard, Mare Island, California: For one writer, at one thou¬ 
sand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents; 

Naval ordnance proving-ground: For one writer, at one thousand 
and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents; 

Naval Torpedo Station, Newport, Rhode Island: For one chemist, 
at two thousand five hundred dollars; one clerk, at one thousand 
two hundred dollars; one draughtsman, at one thousand five hun¬ 
dred dollars. 

In all, twenty-six thousand eight hundred and twenty-four dollars, 
and no other fund appropriated by this act shall be used in payment 
for such service. 

BUREAU OF EQUIPMENT. 

Equipment of vessels: For purchase of coal for steamers’ and 
ships’ use, including expenses of transportation, storage, and hand¬ 
ling the same; hemp, wire, iron, and other materials for the manu¬ 
facture of cordage, anchors, cables, galleys, and chains; canvas for 
the manufacture of sails, awnings, hammocks, and other canvas 
work; water for steam launches; stationery for commanding and 
navigating officers of ships, equipment officers, on shore and afloat, 
and for the use of courts-martial on board ship, and for the pur¬ 
chase of all other articles of equipment at home and abroad and 
for the payment of labor in equipping vessels and manufacture of 
equipment articles in the several navy yards; foreign and local 
pilotage and towage of ships of war; services and materials in repair¬ 
ing, correcting, adjusting, and testing compasses on shore and on 
board ship; nautical and astronomical instruments, and repairs to 
same; libraries for ships of war; professional books and papers, and 
drawings and engravings for signal books; naval signals and appa¬ 
ratus, namely: signals lights, lanterns, rockets, running lights, com¬ 
pass-fittings, including binnacles, tripods, and other appendages of 
ships’ compasses; logs and other appliances for measuring the ship’s 
way, and leads and other appliances for sounding; lanterns and lamps, 
and their appendages for general use on board ship, for illuminating 
purposes, and oil and candles used in connection therewith; bunting 
and other materials for making and repairing flags of all kinds; pho¬ 
tographic instruments and materials; musical instruments and music; 
and for introducing and maintaining electric lights and interior sig¬ 
nal communications on board vessels of war, nine hundred and sixty 
thousand dollars. 

Ciyil Establishment, Bureau of Equipment: Navy yard, Ports¬ 
mouth, New Hampshire: For one clerk, at one thousand two hundred 
dollars; one clerk at one thousand dollars. 

Navy yard, Boston, Massachusetts: For one superintendent of rope 
walk, at one thousand eight hundred and seventy-five dollars; one 
clerk, at one thousand four hundred dollars; one clerk, at one thou- 


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sand three hundred dollars; one writer, at nine hundred and fifty 
dollars; 

Navy yard, New York: For one clerk, at one thousand four hun¬ 
dred dollars; one clerk, at one thousand two hundred dollars; one 
writer, at one thousand dollars; one storekeeper, at nine hundred 
dollars. 

Navy yard, League Island, Pennsylvania: For one clerk, at one 
thousand two hundred dollars; 

Navy yard, Norfolk, Virginia: For two clerks, at one thousand 
two hundred dollars each: 

Navy yard, Mare Island, California: For one clerk, at one thou¬ 
sand two hundred dollars; one clerk, at one thousand dollars; 

Navy yard, Washington, District of Columbia: For one clerk, at 
one thousand dollars. 

In all, nineteen thousand and twenty-five dollars; and no other 
fund appropriated by this act shall be used in payment for such 
service. 

Contingent, Bureau of Equipment: For freight and transpor¬ 
tation of equipment stores, packing boxes and materials, printing 
advertising, telegraphing, books and models; postage on letters sent 
abroad; ferriage, ice, lighterage of ashes, and emergencies arising 
under cognizance of the Bureau of Equipment unforeseen and im¬ 
possible to classify, fifteen thousand dollars. 

BUREAU OF YARDS AND DOCKS. 

Maintenance of yards and docks: For general maintenance of 
yards and docks, namely: For freight; transportation of materials 
and stores; books, maps, models, and drawings; purchase and repair 
of fire engines; machinery; repairs on steam fire-engines and attend¬ 
ance on the same; purchase and maintenance of oxen, horses, and 
driving teams; carts, timber-wheels, and all vehicles for use in the 
navy yards; tools and repairs of the same; postage on letters and 
other mailable matter on public service sent to foreign countries, 
and telegrams; stationery; furniture for Government houses and 
offices in navy }^ards; coal and other fuel; candles, oil, and gas; clean¬ 
ing and clearing up yards and care of buildings; attendance on fires, 
lights, fire engines, and apparatus; for incidental labor at navy yards; 
water-tax, tolls, and ferriage; rent of four officers’ quarters at Phila¬ 
delphia, Pennsylvania; pay of watchmen in navy yards; awnings and 
packing boxes, and advertising for yard, dock and other purposes, 
two hundred and thirty thousand dollars. 

Public Works.—Navy Yards and Stations. 

Navy Yard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire: For constructing 
reservoir and perfecting water system, twenty-two thousand two hun¬ 
dred and eighty-seven dollars. 

Navy Yard, Boston, Massachusetts: For constructing steel 
shears, twelve thousand dollars; extensions and renewals in water-pipe 
system, and repairs of wharves, five thousand dollars. 

Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York: For quay wall on cob dock, 
one hundred thousand dollars; paving and sewers around new dry- 
dock, twenty-one thousand eight hundred and thirty-five dollars; for 
one crane, five thousand dollars. 

Navy Yard, League Island, Pennsylvania: For west dry-dock 


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pier, eighty-seven thousand foui hundred and forty-one dollars and 
sixty-two cents; for rip rap for protection wall, nine thousand one 
hundred and fifty dollars; for continuation of light retaining wall, 
twenty-five thousand dollars; for sewers and flushing tank, five thou¬ 
sand six hundred and eighty-five dollars. 

Navy Yard, Washington, District of Columbia: For extension 
of railroad tracks, three thousand five hundred and sixty-seven dollars 
and fifty cents; for sanitary improvements for Smith quadrangle, five 
thousand dollars; converting paint shop into two officers’ quarters, 
eight thousand two hundred and twenty dollars and fifty-nine cents, 
the total cost not to exceed the sum hereby appropriated; for dredging 
and filling in, five thousand dollars. 

Navy Yard, Norfolk, Virginia: Forextending machine shop for 
steam engineering, four thousand one hundred and sixty-six dollars; 
for extension of quay wall, twenty-five thousand dollars. 

Coaling Station, Port Royal, South Carolina: To continue the 
construction of a timber dry-dock at the coaling station at Port Royal, 
South Carolina, and for the work provided for by the naval appro¬ 
priation act, approved June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety, 
one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. 

Dry-Dock on Puget Sound: That the Secretary of the Navy be, 
and he hereby is, authorized to acquire for the purposes of a dry-dock 
a tract of land not exceeding two hundred acres in extent on Puget 
Sound, at Port Orchard in the county of Kitsap, State of Washington, 
at such point as he may select, and a sum not exceeding ten thousand 
dollars to pay for said land is hereby appropriated; and the Secretary 
of the Navy is authorized to have constructed by contract after public 
advertisement upon said land so selected, for naval and commercial 
purposes, a dry-dock, to be not less than six hundred feet in length, 
not less than seventy feet in width at bottom of entrance, and capable 
of admitting vessels drawing thirty feet of water; the cost of said 
dry-dock not to exceed seven hundred thousand dollars, of which the 
sum of two hundred thousand dollars is hereby appropriated for use 
during the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and 
ninety-two. 

And the Secretary of the Nav} 7 be, and he is hereby, empowered 
and directed to purchase said tract of land at such price as he may 
deem reasonable; and where he is unable to purchase the same at such 
price or where the owner or owners of any of said tract of land may 
be unable for any reason to vest by voluntary conveyance a complete 
and valid title to any part of said tract of land hereinbefore described, 
then the same shall be acquired by condemnation, agreeably to the act 
of Congress of August first, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, rela¬ 
tive to such condemnations, and to the laws of the State of Wash¬ 
ington for the condemnation of land for public uses in that State: 
Provided , That no money to be appropriated for said dry dock shall 
be available until a valid title to the land constituting the site of the 
same is vested in the United States, nor until the State of Washington 
shall cede to the United States exclusive jurisdiction over said tract 
of land during the time the United States may be or remain the owner 
thereof for all purposes except the administration of the criminal laws 
of said State and the service of any civil process thereon. 

Navy Yard, Mare Island, California: For widening gauge 
of railroad track, six thousand five hundred dollars; for roads, five 
thousand dollars; extension of quay wall, twenty-five thousand dol- 


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lars; for removal and reconstruction of return wall, sectional dry- 
dock basin, eleven thousand two hundred and eighty-five dollars and 
twenty-four cents; one twelve-ton crane, four thousand dollars. 

Launching Ways and Slips at New York and Norfolk Navy 
\ards: For launching ways and granite slips, thirteen thousand dol¬ 
lars to be made immediately available. 

Repairs and Preservation at Navy Yards and Station: For 
repairs and preservation at navy yards and stations, three hundred 
thousand dollars. 

Contingent, Bureau of Yards and Docks: For contingent ex¬ 
penses that may arise at navy yards and stations, twenty thousand 
dollars. 

Civil Establishment, Bureau of Yards and Docks: Navy 
yard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire: For one clerk, at one thousand 
four hundred dollars; one mail messenger, at two dollars per diem, 
including Sundays; one messenger, at six hundred dollars; one 
foreman laborer and head teamster, at four dollars per diem, includ¬ 
ing Sundays; one janitor, at six hundred dollars; one pilot, at three 
dollars per diem, including Sundays; one foreman mason, when re¬ 
quired, at four dollars and fifty cents per diem, one thousand four 
hundred and thirteen dollars; 

Nav\r Yard, Boston, Massachusetts: For one clerk, at one thousand 
four hundred dollars; one foreman laborer, at four dollars per diem; 
one messenger to commandant, at one dollar and seventy-six cents 
per diem; one messenger, at one dollar and seventy-six cents per 
diem, one mail messenger, at two dollars per diem, including Sun¬ 
days; one writer, at nine hundred dollars; 

Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York: For one clerk, at one thousand 
four hundred dollars; one writer, at one thousand and seventeen 
dollars and twent} T -five cents; two masters of tugs, at one thousand 
five hundred dollars each; two writers, at nine hundred dollars each; 
one foreman laborer, at four dollars and fifty cents per diem; one 
mail messenger, at two dollars per diem, including Sundays; two 
messengers, at two dollars and twenty-five cents per diem each; one 
draughtsman, at five dollars per diem; one quarterman, at three dol¬ 
lars per diem; one superintendent of teams or quarterman, at four 
dollars per diem; one messenger to commandant, at two dollars and 
twenty-five cents per diem, including Sundays; 

Naval Station, Sackett’s Harbor, New York: For one ship-keeper, 
at three hundred and sixty-six dollars per annum; 

Navy Yard, League Island, Pennsylvania: For one clerk, at one 
thousand four hundred dollars; one writer and telegraph operator, 
at one thousand dollars; one messenger, at two dollars per diem; one 
foreman laborer, at four dollars per diem; 

Navy Yard, Washington, District of Columbia: For one clerk, at 
one thousand four hundred dollars; one messenger, at two dollars per 
diem; one foreman laborer, at four dollars per diem; one electrician 
to care for and be in charge of electric plant for electric lighting and 
fire alarm, one thousand dollars; 

Navy Yard, Norfolk, Virginia: For one clerk, at one thousand 
four hundred dollars; one writer, at one thousand and seventeen dol¬ 
lars and twenty-five cents; one writer, at one thousand dollars; one 
foreman laborer, at four dollars per diem; one mail messenger, at 
two dollars per diem, including Sundays; two messengers, at two 

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dollars per diem each, one pilot, at two dollars and twenty-six cents 
per diem; 

Navy yard, Pensacola, Florida: For one clerk, at one thousand two 
hundred dollars; one mail messenger, at two dollars per diem, includ¬ 
ing Sundays; 

Navy yard, Mare Island, California: For one clerk, at one thousand 
four hundred dollars; one writer, at one thousand and seventeen 
dollars and twei^-five cents; one foreman mason, at six dollars per 
diem; one foreman laborer, at live dollars and fifty^ cents per diem; 
one pilot, at four dollars and eighty cents per diem, one draughtsman, 
at live dollars per diem; one mail messenger, at two dollars per diem, 
including Sundays; one messenger, at two dollars per diem; one mes¬ 
senger and lamplighter, at two dollars per diem; one electrician to 
care for and be in charge of electric plant for electric lighting, one 
thousand two hundred dollars; 

Naval station, Key West, Florida: For one messenger at six hun¬ 
dred dollars; 

In all, lifty-nine thousand one hundred and ninety-seven dollars and 
thirty-seven cents, and no other fund appropriated by this act shall be 
used in payment for such services. 

Naval Home, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : For one superin¬ 
tendent, at six hundred dollars; one steward, at four hundred and 
eighty dollars; one matron, at three hundred and sixty dollars; one 
chief cook, at three hundred and sixty dollars; one assistant cook, at 
two hundred and forty dollars; one assistant cook, at one hundred and 
eight}?' dollars; one chief laundress, at one hundred and ninety-two 
dollars; four laundresses, at one hundred and sixty-eight dollars each; 
four scrubbers, at one hundred and sixty-eight dollars each; eight 
waiters at one hundred and sixty-eight dollars each; eight laborers, 
at two hundred and forty dollars each; one stable keeper and driver, at 
three hundred and sixty dollars; one master at arms, at four hundred 
and eighty dollars; two house corporals, at three hundred dollars 
each; one barber, at three hundred and sixty dollars; one carpenter, 
at eight hundred and forty-five dollars; one painter, at six hundred 
dollars; one engineer to run elevator, six hundred dollars; water 
rent and gas, two thousand four hundred dollars; cemetery, burial 
expenses, and headstones, three hundred and fifty dollars; improve¬ 
ment of grounds, five hundred dollars; repairs to buildings, fur¬ 
naces, grates, ranges, furniture, and repairs of furniture, six thou¬ 
sand dollars, music in chapel, six hundred dollars; transportation 
of indigent and destitute beneficiaries to the Naval Home, five hun¬ 
dred dollars; for support of beneficiaries, fifty thousand dollars; total 
for Naval Home, seventy-one thousand two hundred and fifteen dol¬ 
lars, which sum shall be paid out of the income from the naval 
pension fund. 

New Naval Observatory. 

For bookcases, railing, shelving, standards, etc., eight thousand four 
hundred and sixtv-four dollars; for transporting instruments, appara¬ 
tus, piers, books, and other articles from the old to the new Naval 
Observatory, two thousand seven hundred and sixty dollars; for 
repairing and remounting great equatorial (twenty-six inch) and its 
accessories, great equatorial building, including observers’ elevating 
platform, thirty-two thousand and six hundred dollars; for repairing 
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ing, six thousand one hundred and sixty dollars; for repairing and re¬ 
mounting transit instrument and its accessories, south transit rooms, 
six hundred dollars; for repairing and remounting primevertical tran¬ 
sit instrument, two thousand live hundred and ten dollars; for furni¬ 
ture and gas or electric fixtures for new naval observatory, for main 
building, great equatorial building, clock buildings, four transit 
houses, boiler house, and magnetic building, thirteen thousand six 
hundred and twenty-five dollars; for inclosing grounds, three thou¬ 
sand and sixty-six dollars; for the construction of well tank, cistern, 
and for purchasing and placing pump, boiler, ejectors, and pipes for 
water supply, ten thousand nine hundred and twenty-five dollars; 
for installation of electric plant, eighteen thousand one hundred and 
seventy-nine dollars; for one standard clock, five hundred and fifty 
dollars; for clock room fittings, including clocks, reflectors, piers, 
instruments, and all accessories, complete, five thousand two hun¬ 
dred and fifty dollars; for official residence of the superintendent, 
twenty thousand dollars; for grading, macadamizing, and gutter¬ 
ing roads around new naval observatory building, twelve thousand 
dollars. 

Total for Naval Observatory, one hundred thirty-six thousand six 
hundred and eighty-nine dollars. 

Bureau of Medicine and Surgery. 

Medical Department: For surgeons’ necessaries for vessels in com¬ 
mission, navy yards, naval stations, Marine Corps, and Coast Survey, 
and for the civil establishment at the several naval hospitals, navy 
3 T ards, naval laboratory, museum of hygiene, and Naval Academy, 
sixty thousand dollars. 

Naval Hospital Fund: For maintenance of the naval hospital at 
the various navy yards and stations, and for care and maintenance 
of patients in other hospitals at home and abroad, twenty thousand 
dollars. 

Contingent, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery: For freight, 
expressage on medical stores, tolls, ferriages, transportation of sick 
and insane patients; care, transportation, and burial of the dead; 
advertising; telegraphing; rent of telephones; purchase of books 
and stationery; binding of unbound books and pamphlets; postage 
and purchase of stamps for foreign service; expenses attending the 
medical board of examiners; rent of rooms for naval dispensary and 
museum of hygiene; hygienic and sanitary investigation and illustra¬ 
tion; sanitary and hygienic instruction; purchase and repairs of wagons 
and harness; purchase of and feed for horses and cows; trees, plants, 
garden tools, and seeds; furniture and incidental articles for the 
museum of hygiene, naval dispensary, Washington, naval laboratory, 
sick quarters at Naval Academy and marine barracks, surgeons’ 
offices and dispensaries at navy yards and naval stations; washing 
for medical department at museum of hygiene, naval dispensary, 
Washington, naval laboratory, sick quarters at Naval Academy and 
marine barracks, dispensaries at navy yards and naval stations and 
ships and rendezvous, and all other necessary contingent expenses, 
twenty-five thousand dollars. 

Repairs, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery: For necessary repairs 
of naval laboratory, naval hospitals, and appendages, including roads, 
wharves, outhouses, sidewalks, fences, gardens, farms, and cemeteries, 
twenty thousand dollars. 


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Medical Director’s Residence, Naval Hospital, Mare Island, 
California: For construction of a residence for the medical director 
in charge of naval hospital, Mare Island, California, in full for all 
expenses of erecting and making necessary improvements about the 
grounds, fifteen thousand five hundred dollars. 

Bureau of Provisions and Clothing. 

Provisions, Navy, Bureau of Provisions and Clothing: For 
provisions and commuted rations for the seamen and marines, com¬ 
muted rations for officers and naval cadets on sea duty, and com¬ 
muted rations stopped on account of sick in hospital and credited to 
the hospital fund, one million dollars; for water for drinking and 
cooking purposes on board ships, ten thousand dollars; labor in gen¬ 
eral store-houses and paymasters’ offices in navy yards, ninety thou¬ 
sand dollars; in all, one million one hundred thousand dollars; and 
all supplies hereafter purchased with moneys appropriated for any 
branch of the naval establishment shall be purchased, classified, ancl 
issued for consumption or use subject to the provisions contained in 
the act making appropriations for the naval service, approved J une 
thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety, in reference to supplies therein 
provided for and on hand. 

Contingent, Bureau of Provisions and Clothing: For freight 
and express charges; candles, fuel, books and blanks, stationery, 
advertising; furniture for general storehouses and pay offices in navy 
yards; expenses of naval clothing factory and machinery for same; 
postage, telegrams, telephones, express charges, tolls, ferriages, 
3 T eoman’s stores, iron safes, newspapers, ice and other necessayy inci¬ 
dental expenses, forty thousand dollars. 

Civil Establishment, Bureau of Provisions and Clothing: 
Navy yard Portsmouth, New Hampshire: In general storehouses: 
Two bookkeepers, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; one 
assistant bookkeeper, at seven hundred and twenty dollars; one bill 
clerk, at one thousand dollars; one assistant clerk, at seven hundred 
and twenty dollars; one shipping and receiving clerk, at one thousand 
dollars; 

Navy yard, Boston, Massachusetts: In general storehouses: One 
bookkeeper, at one thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five 
cents; one shipping clerk, at one thousand dollars; one receiving 
clerk, at one thousand dollars. 

In pay office: One writer, at one thousand and seventeen dollars and 
twenty-five cents; 

Navy T yard, Brooklyn, New York: One writer to boards of inspec¬ 
tion, nine hundred dollars. In general storehouses: Three book¬ 
keepers, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; one assistant 
bookkeeper, at one thousand dollars; one assistant bookkeeper, at 
seven hundred and twenty dollars; three receiving clerks, at four 
dollars per diem each; one assistant receiving clerk, at one thousand 
and ninety-nine dollars; three shipping clerks, at one thousand dol¬ 
lars each; one bill clerk, at one thousand dollars; one assistant bill 
clerk, at seven hundred and twenty dollars; two leading men, at two 
dollars and fifty cents per diem each; five pressmen, at two dollars 
and seventy-six cents per-diem each; one superintendent of coffee 
mills, at three dollars per-diem; one box maker, at three dollars per- 
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diem; one coffee roaster, at two dollars and fift}^ cents per diem; one 
fireman, at two dollars per diem; one messenger, at two dollars and 
twenty-five cents per diem; 

In pay office: One writer, at one thousand and seventeen dollars and 
twenty-five cents; one messenger, at two dollars and twenty-five cents 
per diem; 

Navy yard, League Island, Pennsylvania: In general storehouse: 
One bookkeeper, at one thousand two hundred dollars; one assistant 
bookkeeper, at seven hundred and twenty dollars; 

Navy yard, Washington, District of Columbia: In general store¬ 
house: One bookkeeper, at one thousand two hundred dollars; one 
clerk, at one thousand two hundred dollars; one receiving clerk, at 
one thousand dollars; one bill clerk, at one thousand dollars; one 
shipping clerk, at one thousand dollars; 

In pay office: One writer, at one thousand and seventeen dollars and 
twenty-five cents; 

Naval Acadeni} T , Annapolis, Maryland: In general storehouse: One 
bookkeeper, at one thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five 
cents; one receiving and shipping clerk, at one thousand dollars; 

Torpedo Station, Newport, Rhode Island: In general storehouse: 
One clerk, at one thousand two hundred dollars; 

Navy yard, Mare Island, California: In general storehouses: 
Two bookkeepers, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; two 
assistant bookkeepers, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; 
one receiving clerk, at one thousand dollars; one shipping clerk, at 
one thousand dollars; one bill clerk, at one thousand dollars; one 
assistant clerk, at one thousand dollars; 

In pay office: One writer, at one thousand and seventeen dollars 
and twenty-five cents; 

Navy yard, Norfolk, Virginia: In general storehouses: Two book¬ 
keepers, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; two assistant 
bookkeepers, at one thousand seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents 
each; one bill clerk, at one thousand dollars; one assistant bill clerk, 
at seven hundred and twenty dollars; one receiving clerk, at nine hun¬ 
dred and forty-two dollars; one assistant receiving clerk, at seven 
hundred and twenty dollars; 

In pa} T office: One writer, at one thousand and seventeen dollars and 
twenty-five cents; 

In all, sixty-seven thousand five hundred and eighty-one dollars and 
nine cents; and no other fund appropriated by this act shall be used in 
payment for such service. 

BUREAU OF CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR. 

Construction and Repair of Vessels: For preservation and 
completion of vessels on the stocks and in ordinaiy; purchase of 
materials and stores of all kinds; steam steerers, pneumatic steerers; 
steam capstans, steam windlasses, and other steam auxiliaries; labor 
in navy yards and on foreign stations; purchase of machine^ and 
tools for use in shops; wear, tear, and repair of vessels afloat; 
general care, increase, and protection of the Navy in the line of 
construction and repair; incidental expenses, such as advertising, 
freight, foreign postage, telegrams, telephone service, photograph¬ 
ing, books, professional magazines, plans, stationery, and instruments 
for draughting-room,*one million dollars: Provided , That no part of 


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this sum shall be applied to the repairs of any wooden ship when the 
estimated cost of such repairs to be appraised by a competent board 
of naval officers, shall exceed twenty per centum of the estimated cost, 
appraised in like manner, of a new ship of the same size and like 
material: Provided , further , That nothing herein contained shall 
deprive the Secretary of the Navy of the authority to order repairs of 
ships damaged in foreign waters or on the high seas, so far as may 
be necessary to bring them home: And provided further , The Sec¬ 
retary of the Navy shall incorporate in his next annual report a state¬ 
ment showing the name and tonnage of each vessel that has been 
completed since March four, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, when 
authorized to be built, when begun, and when commissioned, its 
entire cost of construction, including armor, armament, equipment 
and premiums and its costs for repairs since completion; and, also, 
a statement showing the name and tonnage of each A^essel not com¬ 
pleted, when authorized to be built, when begun, the probable date 
of its completion, the amount expended upon its construction, includ¬ 
ing armor, armament, and equipment and the estimated amount 
required for its completion, including armor, armament, equipment, 
and premiums. 

For Improvement of Plant at Navy Yard, Portsmouth, New 
Hampshire: For additional tools other than those heretofore au¬ 
thorized, required to further improve the condition of the yard for 
repairing iron and steel ships, twenty-five thousand dollars. 

Civil Establishment, Bureau of Construction and Repair: 
Navy yard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire: For one clerk to naval con¬ 
structor, at one thousand four hundred dollars; two writers, at one 
thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents each; 

Navy-yard Boston, Massachusetts, For one clerk to naval con¬ 
structor, at one thousand four hundred dollars. 

Navy yard, Brooklyn, New York: For one clerk to naval con¬ 
structor, at one thousand four hundred dollars; three writers, at one 
thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents each; 

Navy-yard, League Island, Pennsjdvania: For one clerk to naval 
constructor, at one thousand four hundred dollars; 

Navy yard, Washington, District of Columbia: For one clerk to 
naval constructor, at one thousand four hundred dollars; 

Navy yard, Norfolk, Virginia: For one clerk to naval constructor, 
at one thousand four hundred dollars; two writers, at one thousand and 
seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents each; 

Navy yard, Pensacola, Florida: For one writer, at one thousand and 
seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents; 

Navy yard, Mare Island, California: For one clerk to naval con¬ 
structor, at one thousand four hundred dollars; two writers, at one 
thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents each; in all, 
nineteen thousand nine hundred and seventy-two dollars and fifty 
cents, and no other fund appropriated by this act shall be used in 
payment for such service. 

BUREAU OF STEAM ENGINEERING. 

Steam Machinery: For completion, repairs, and preservation of 
machinery and boilers of naval vessels, including cost of new boilers, 
distilling, refrigerating, and auxiliary machinery, preservation of 
and small repairs to machinery and boilers in vessels in ordinary, 


NAVAL APPROPRIATION LAWS. 133 

receiving and training vessels, repair and care of machinery of yard- 
tugs and launches, four hundred and fifty thousand dollars; 

For purchase, handling, and preservation of all materials and stores, 
purchase fitting, repair, and preservation of machinery and tools in 
navy yards and stations, and running yard-engines, two hundred and 
forty thousand dollars; 

For incidental expenses for naval vessels, yards, and the Bureau, 
such as foreign postage, telegrams, advertising, freight, photograph¬ 
ing, books, stationery, and instruments, ten thousand dollars; 

In all, seven hundred thousand dollars: Provided , That no part of 
said sum shall be applied to the engines, boilers and machinery of 
wooden ships where the estimated cost of such repair shall exceed 
twenty per centum of the estimated cost of new engines and machinery 
of the same character and power: Provided further. That nothing 
herein contained shall deprive the Secretary of the Navy of the author¬ 
ity to order repairs of the engines, boilers and machinery of ships dam¬ 
aged in foreign waters or on the high seas, so far as may be necessary 
to bring them home. 

Contingent, Bureau of Steam Engineering: For contingencies, 
drawing materials, and instruments for the draughting room, one 
thousand dollars. 

Civil Establishment, Bureau of Steam Engineering: Navy yard 
Portsmouth, New Hampshire: For clerk to department, at one thou¬ 
sand two hundred dollars; messenger, at six hundred dollars; 

Navy yard Brooklyn, New York: For clerk to department, at one 
thousand four hundred dollars; writer, at one thousand dollars: mes¬ 
senger, at six hundred dollars; 

Navy yard League Island, Pennsylvania: For clerk to department, 
at one thousand two hundred dollars; 

Navy yard, Norfolk, Virginia: For clerk to department, at one 
thousand three hundred dollars; messenger, at six hundred dollars; 

Navy yard, Pensacola, Florida: For writer, at one thousand dol¬ 
lars; 

Navy yard, Mare Island, California: For clerk to department, at 
one thousand four hundred dollars; messenger, at six hundred dollars; 
writer, at one thousand dollars; 

In all, eleven thousand nine hundred dollars; and no other fund 
appropriated by this act shall be used in payment for such service. 

Naval Academy. 

Pay of professors and others, Naval Academy: For one 
professor of mathematics, one of chemistry, and one of physics, at 
two thousand five hundred dollars each; two professors (assistants), 
namely, one of French and Spanish, and one of English studies, his- 
tor}^, and law, at two thousand two hundred dollars each; live assist¬ 
ant professors, namely, one of English studies, history, and law, three 
of French, and one of drawing, at one thousand eight hundred dol¬ 
lars each, one sword master, at one thousand live hundred dollars, 
and two assistants, at one thousand dollars each; one boxing master 
and gymnast, at one thousand two hundred dollars; one assistant 
librarian, at one thousand four hundred dollars; one secretary of 
the Naval Academy, at one thousand eight hundred dollars; two 
clerks of the Superintendent, one at one thousand two hundred dol¬ 
lars, and one at one thousand dollars; one clerk to commandant of 


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adets, at one thousand two hundred dollars; one clerk to paymas¬ 
ter, at one thousand two hundred dollars; one dentist, at one thou¬ 
sand six hundred dollars; one baker, at six hundred dollars; one 
mechanic in department of physics and chemistry, at seven hundred 
and thirty dollars; one cook, at three hundred and twenty-five dol¬ 
lars and tifty cents; one messenger to Superintendent, at six hundred 
dollars; one armorer, at six hundred and forty-nine dollars and fifty 
cents; one chief gunner’s mate, at five hundred and twenty-nine 
dollars and fifty cents; one quarter gunner, at four hundred and 
thirtythree dollars and fifty cents; one cockswain, at four hundred and 
sixty-nine dollars and fifty cents; one seaman in department of sea¬ 
manship, at three hundred and ninety-seven dollars and fifty cents; 
one attendant in department of astronomy and one in department of 
physics and chemistry, at three hundred dollars each; six attendants 
at recitation rooms, library, store, chapel, and offices, at three hun¬ 
dred dollars each; one bandmaster, at five hundred and twenty-eight 
dollars; twenty-one first-class musicians, at three hundred and forty- 
eight dollars each; seven second-class musicians, at three hundred 
dollars each; pay of organist at chapel of Naval Academy, three hun¬ 
dred dollars; 

In all, fifty-two thousand three hundred and seventy-one dollars. 

For special course of study and training of naval cadets as author¬ 
ized by act of Congress approved August fifth, eighteen hundred and 
eighty-two, five thousand dollars. 

Pay of Watchmen, mechanics, and others, Naval Academy: 
For captain of the watch and weigher, at two dollars and tifty cents 
per diem; four watchmen, at two dollars per diem each; foreman of 
gas and steam-heating works of the Academy, at five dollars per 
diem; for labor at gas-works and steam buildings, for masons, car¬ 
penters, and other mechanics and laborers, for care of buildings, 
grounds, wharves, and boats, thirty-seven thousand eight hundred 
and sixty-four dollars and ninety-five cents; one attendant in the 
purifying house of the gas house, at one dollar and fifty cents per 
diem; 

In all, forty-four thousand and eighty-six dollars and ninety-five 
cents. 

Pay of steam employees, Naval Academy: For pay of mechanics 
and others in department of steam engineering, seven thousand eight 
hundred and twenty-four dollars and fifty-cents. 

Repairs and Improvements, Naval Academy: Necessary repairs 
of public buildings, pavements, wharves, and walls inclosing the 
grounds of the Naval Academy, improvements, repairs, furniture, and 
fixtures, twenty-one thousand dollars. 

For furnishing and fitting gymasium, five thousand dollars, which 
sum shall be immediately available. 

Heating and lighting Naval Academy: Fuel, and for heating 
and lighting Academy and school ships, seventeen thousand dollars. 

Contingent and Miscellaneous Expenses, Naval Academy: 
Purchase of books for the library, two thousand dollars; stationery, 
blank-books, models, maps, and text books for use of instructors, 
two thousand dollars; expenses of the Board of Visitors of the Naval 
Academy, being mileage and five dollars per diem for each member 
for expenses during actual attendance at the Academy, one thousand 
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ments in the department of physics and chemistry, and for repairs of 
the same, two thousand five hundred dollars; purchase of gas and 
steam machinery', steam pipes and fittings, rent of buildings for the 
use of the Academy, freight, cartage, water, music, musical and 
astronomical instruments, uniforms for the bandsmen, telegraphing, 
feed and maintenance of teams, current expenses, and repairs of all 
kinds, and for incidental labor and expenses not applicable to any 
other appropriation, thirty-two thousand dollars; stores in the depart¬ 
ment of steam engineering, eight hundred dollars; materials for repairs 
in steam machinery, one thousand dollars; 

In all, forty-one thousand eight hundred dollars. 

For repairs to Santee’s wharf, four thousand dollars, which sum 
shall be immediately available. 

For continuing the grading and improvement of the property con¬ 
demned under act making appropriations for the naval service for the 
fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety, and 
the adjacent ground, and for the improvement of the water front 
thereof, fifteen thousand dollars, which sum shall be immediately 
available. 

Total for the Naval Academy, two hundred and thirteen thousand 
and eighty-two dollars and forty-five cents. 

MARINE CORPS. 

Pay, Marine Corps: For pay of officers on the active list: For 
one colonel commandant, one colonel, two lieutenant colonels, one 
adjutant and inspector, one paymaster, one quartermaster, four 
majors, two assistant quartermasters, one judge-advocate general 
United States Nav} r , nineteen captains, thirty first lieutenants and 
twelve second lieutenants, one hundred and eighty-one thousand three 
hundred dollars; 

Pay of officers on the retired list: For three colonels, two lieuten¬ 
ant colonels, one quartermaster, one major, one assistant quarter¬ 
master, six captains, three first lieutenants, and three second lieu¬ 
tenants, forty-three thousand six hundred and twelve dollars and fifty 
cents; 

Pay of noncommissioned officers, musicians, and privates: For one 
sergeant major, one quartermaster sergeant, one leader of the band, 
one drum major, fifty first sergeants, one hundred and forty sergeants, 
one hundred and eighty corporals, thirty musicians, ninety-six drum¬ 
mers, and lifers, and one thousand six hundred privates, three hundred 
and ninet} T -five thousand dollars; 

Pay of retired enlisted men: For one sergeant major, one drum 
major, four first sergeants, five sergeants, one first-class musician, 
two drummers, one fifer, and eighteen privates, ten thousand eight 
hundred and eighty-eight dollars and sixty-eight cents; 

Undrawn clothing: For payment to discharged soldiers for clothing- 
undrawn, thirty-five thousand dollars: Provided , That no other fund 
appropriated by this act shall be used for such purpose; 

‘ Transportation: For transportation of officers traveling under orders 
without troops, nine thousand dollars; 

Commutation of quarters: For commutation of quarters for officers 
on duty without troops where the-re are no public quarters, four thou¬ 
sand dollars; 

Pay of civil force: In the office of the colonel commandant: For one 


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chief clerk, at one thousand five hundred and forty dollars and eighty 
cents; one messenger, at nine hundred and seventy-one dollars and 
twenty-eight cents; 

In the office of the adjutant and inspector: One chief clerk, at one 
thousand five hundred and forty dollars and eighty cents; one clerk, 
at one thousand four hundred and ninety-six dollars and fifty-two 
cents; 

In the office of the paymaster: One chief clerk, at one thousand 
six hundred dollars; one clerk, at one thousand four hundred and 
ninety-six dollars and fifty-two cents; one clerk at one thousand two 
hundred and fifty-seven dollars and twelve cents; 

In the office of the quartermaster: One chief clerk, at one thousand 
five hundred and forty dollars and eighty cents; one clerk, at one 
thousand four hundred and ninety-six dollars and fifty-two cents; one 
clerk at one thousand two hundred and fifty-seven dollars and twelve 
cents; 

In the office of the assistant quartermaster, Philadelphia, Pennsyl¬ 
vania: One clerk, at one thousand two hundred and fifty-seven dollars 
and twelve cents; one messenger, at one dollar and seventy-five cents 
per diem; 

In the office of the assistant quartermaster, Washington, District 
of Columbia: One clerk, at one thousand four hundred dollars; 

In all, for pay of civil force, seventeen thousand four hundred and 
ninety five dollars and ten cents; 

Total for pay of Marine Corps, six hundred and ninety-six thousand 
two hundred and ninety-six dollars and twenty eight cents. 

Provisions, Marine Corps: For one thousand one hundred non¬ 
commissioned officers, musicians, and privates, and commutation of 
rations to eleven enlisted men, detailed as clerks and messengers, 
also for payment of board and lodging of enlisted men for recruiting 
parties, said payment for board not to exceed two thousand five hun¬ 
dred dollars, sixty-seven thousand dollars; and no law shall be con¬ 
strued to entitle enlisted marines on shore duty to any rations or 
commutation therefor other than such as now are or may hereafter be 
allowed enlisted men in the army. 

For amount required to be transferred to paymaster Marine Corps, 
on account of rations to retired men, eighty-two dollars and thirteen 
cents each per annum, two thousand two hundred and ninety-nine 
dollars and sixty-four cents; 

In all, sixty-nine thousand two hundred and ninety-nine dollars and 
sixty-four cents. 

Clothing, Marine Corps: For two thousand one hundred non¬ 
commissioned officers, musicians, and privates, seventy-five thousand 
dollars. 

For fuel Marine Corps: For heating barracks and quarters, 
for ranges and stoves for cooking, fuel for enlisted men, and for sales 
to officers, twenty-three thousand dollars. 

Military Stores, Marine Corps: For pay of chief armorer, at 
three dollars per day; three mechanics, at two dollars and fifty cents 
each per day; for purchase of military equipments, such as cartridge 
boxes, ba}^onet scabbards, haversacks, blanket bags, knapsacks, can¬ 
teens, musket slings, swords, drums, trumpets, flags, waist belts, waist 
plates, cartridge belts, and spare parts for repairing muskets, purchase 
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of music and musical accessories, eight thousand seven hundred and 
thirteen dollars and fifty cents; 

In all, twelve thousand and ten dollars and fifty cents. 

For purchase of one Gatling revolving gun complete and one 
Hotchkiss revolving gun complete, of service type and caliber, five 
thousand dollars. 

Transportation and Recruiting, Marine Corps: For trans¬ 
portation of troops, and the expense of recruiting service, fifteen 
thousand dollars. 

For repair of barracks: At Portsmouth, New Hampshire; Bos¬ 
ton, Massachusetts; Brooklyn, New York; League Island, Pennsyl¬ 
vania; Annapolis, Maryland; headquarters and navy yard, Washing¬ 
ton, District of Columbia; Norfolk, Virginia; Pensacola, Florida; 
and Mare Island, California; and per diem to enlisted men em¬ 
ployed under the direction of the Quartermaster’s Department, on 
the repair of barracks and other public buildings, ten thousand 
dollars. 

For rent of building used for manufacture of clothing, storing sup¬ 
plies, and office of assistant quartermaster, Philadelphia, Penns}d- 
vania, one thou— three hundred dollars. 

For alterations, and repair of marine barracks at Mare Island, Cal¬ 
ifornia, three thousand dollars. 

Forage, Marine Corps: For forage in kind for five horses of the 
Quartermaster’s Department, and the authorized number of officers’ 
horses, three thousand five hundred dollars. 

Hire of quarters, Marine Corps: For hire of quarters for offi¬ 
cers serving with troops where there are no public quarters belonging 
to the Government, and where there are not sufficient quarters pos¬ 
sessed by the United States to accommodate them, four thousand 
five hundred dollars; 

For hire of quarters for seven enlisted men employed as clerks and 
messengers in commandant’s, adjutant and inspector’s, paymaster’s 
and quartermaster’s offices, Washington, District of Columbia, and 
assistant quartermasters’ offices, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Wash¬ 
ington, District of Columbia, at twent\ r -one dollars per month each, 
one thousand seven hundred and sixty-four dollars; 

For hire of quarters for three enlisted men emplo} T ed as above, at 
ten dollars each per month, three hundred and sixt}^ dollars; in all, 
six thousand six hundred and twent}^ four dollars. 

Contingent, Marine Corps: For freight, ferriage, tolls, cartage, 
funeral expenses of marines, stationery, telegraphing, rent of tele¬ 
phones, purchase and repair of typewriters, apprehension of deserters, 
per diem of enlisted men employed on constant labor for a period of 
not less than ten days, repair of gas and water fixtures, office and 
barracks furniture, mess utensils for enlisted men, such as bowls, 
plates, spoons, knives, forks, packing boxes, wrapping paper, oil 
cloth, crash, rope, twine, camphor and carbolized paper, carpenters’ 
tools, tools for police purposes, iron safes, purchase and repair of 
public wagons, purchase and repair of harness, purchase of public 
horses, services of veterinary surgeons and medicine for public horses, 
purchase and repair of hose, repair of fire extinguishers, purchase of 
fire hand grenades, purchase and repair of carts and wheelbarrows, 
purchase and repair of cooking stoves, ranges, stoves, and furnaces 
where there are no grates, purchase of ice, towels, and soap for offices, 


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postage stamps for foreign postage, purchase of newspapers and peri¬ 
odicals, improving parade grounds, repair of pumps and wharves, 
laying drain and water pipes, introducing gas, and for gas and oil 
for marine barracks maintained at the various navy yards and sta¬ 
tions, water at the marine barracks, Boston Massachusetts; Brook¬ 
lyn, New York; Annapolis, Maryland; Mare Island, California; 
also straw for bedding and purchase of mattresses for enlisted men 
at the various posts, furniture for Government houses and repair of 
same, and for all emergencies and extraordinary expenses arising at 
home and abroad, but impossible to anticipate or classify; in all, 
twenty-seven thousand five hundred dollars. 

For introducing electric light at Marine Barracks and navel prison 
at Mare Island, California, three thousand dollars. 

Total for Marine Corps, nine hundred and fifty thousand five hun¬ 
dred and thirt} T dollars and forty-two cents. 

Increase of the Navy. 

That for the purpose of further increasing the Naval establish 
ment of the United States the President is hereby authorized 
to have constructed by contract one protected cruiser of about 
seven thousand three hundred tons displacement, at a cost, exclu¬ 
sive of armament, not to exceed two million seven hundred and 
fifty thousand dollars, to have a maximum speed of not less than 
twenty-one knots, and in the construction of said vessel all of the 
provisions of the act of August third, eighteen hundred and eighty- 
six, entitled “An act to increase the Naval Establishment,” as to 
materials for said vessel, its engines, boilers, and machinery, the 
contract under which it is built, the notice of any proposals for the 
same, the plans, drawings, specifications therefor, and the method 
of executing said contract, shall be observed and followed, and said 
vessel shall be built in compliance with the terms of said act, save 
that in all its parts said vessel shall be of domestic manufacture. 
And in the contract for the construction thereof such provisions for 
minimum speed and for premiums for increased speed and penalties 
for deficient speed mav be made subject to the terms of this bill, as in 
the discretion of the Secretary of the Navy may be deemed advis¬ 
able; and if the Secretary of the Navy shall be unable to contract 
at reasonable prices for the construction of said vessel, then he may 
build the same in such navy yard as he may designate. 

And so much of the act approved March second, eighteen hundred 
and eighty-nine, as authorized the construction by contract of one 
armored steel cruising monitor of not less than three thousand tons 
displacement, at a cost not exceeding one million five hundred thou¬ 
sand dollars exclusive of armament and any premium for increased 
speed, is hereby repealed. 

Under the Bureau of Ordnance. 

Armament: Towards the armament and armor of domestic man¬ 
ufacture, for the vessels authorized by the act of August third, 
eighteen hundred and eighty-six; of the vessels authorized by section 
three of the act approved March third, eighteen hundred anil eighty- 
seven; of the vessels authorized by the act approved September sev¬ 
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by the act of March second, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine; of 
those authorized by the act of J une thirtieth, eighteen hundred and 
ninety, and this act, four million dollars. 

Under the Bureau of Equipment. 

Equipment of New Ships of the Navy: Supplying anchors, 
chain cables, galleys and fixtures, standing and running rigging, 
sails, awnings, and other canvas work, and other articles comprising 
the equipment outfit of ships, according to their type, namely: Pro¬ 
tected cruisers numbered seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, and twelve; 
the Monterey; gunboats numbered five and six; the harbor-defense 
vessel known as the Ammen ram; ironclads Puritan, Terror, Amphi- 
trite, and Monadnock; the steel practice cruiser provided for by 
the act of September seventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, 
and the torpedo cruiser and torpedo boat authorized by the act of 
June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety, four hundred thousand 
dollars. 


Under the Bureau of Yards and Docks. 

Traveling Cranes: For two traveling cranes of forty tons capacity, 
for dry-docks at New York and Norfolk, one hundred thousand dol¬ 
lars, to be made immediately available. 

Construction and Steam Machinery: Towards the construction 
and completion of the new vessels heretofore and herein author¬ 
ized by Congress, with their engines, boilers, and machinery, and 
for the payment of premiums for increased speed or horse power 
under contracts now existing and to be made under this and other acts 
for increase of the Navy, twelve million one hundred and seven thou¬ 
sand dollars. 

Total for increase of the Navy, sixteen million six hundred and seven 
thousand dollars: Provided , That no contract for the purchase of gun 
steel or armor for the Navy shall hereafter be made until the subject 
matter of the same shall have been submitted to public competition, 
by the Department by advertisement. 

Approved, March 2, 1891. 



FIFTY-SECOND CONGRESS, FIRST SESSION—JULY 19, 1892. 


An act making appropriations for the Naval Service for the fiscal year ending June 
thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, and for other purposes. 

^ Be it enacted by the Senate and Home of Representatives of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled , That the following sums be, 
and they are hereby, appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the 
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the Naval Service of the 
Government for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and 
ninety-three, and for other purposes: 

PAY OF THE NAVY. 

For the pay of officers on sea duty; officers on shore and other duty; 
officers on waiting orders; officers on the retired list; clerks to com¬ 
mandants of yards and stations; clerks to paymasters at yards and 
stations; general storekeepers; receiving ships and other vessels; extra 
pay to men re-enlisting under honorable discharge; interest on deposits 
by men; pay of petty officers, seamen, landsmen, and boys, including 
men in the engineer’s force, for the Coast Survey Service and Fish 
Commission, seven thousand live hundred men and seven hundred and 
fifty boy^s, at the pay prescribed b} r law; in all, seven million three 
hundred thousand dollars. 

Every naval cadet or cadet engineer who has heretofore graduated 
or may hereafter graduate from the Naval Academy, and who has been 
or may hereafter be commissioned within six months after such grad¬ 
uation an officer in the Navy or Marine Corps of the United States, 
under the laws appointing such graduates to the Navy or Marine Corps, 
shall be allowed the pay of the grade in which he may be so commis¬ 
sioned from the time fixed as the date of the completion of the academic 
course of six years by the members of his class to the date of his quali¬ 
fication and acceptance of his commission. 

PAY, MISCELLANEOUS. 

For commissions and interest; transportation of funds; exchange; 
mileage to officers while traveling under orders in the United States, 
and for actual personal expenses of officers while traveling abroad under 
orders, and for traveling expenses of apothecaries, yeomen, and civilian 
employees, and for actual and necessary traveling expenses of naval 
cadets while proceeding from their homes to the Naval Academy for 
examination and appointment as cadets; for rent and furniture of build¬ 
ings and offices not in navy-yards; expenses of courts-martial, prison¬ 
ers, and prisons and courts of inquiry, boards of investigation, exam¬ 
ining boards, with clerks’ and witnesses’ fees, and traveling expenses 
and costs; stationery, and recording; expenses of purchasing paymas¬ 
ters’ offices of the various cities, including clerks, furniture, fuel, sta¬ 
tionery and incidental expenses; newspapers and advertising; foreign 
postage; telegraphing, foreign and domestic; telephones; cop}dng; 
care of library, including purchase of books, photographs, prints, manu¬ 
scripts, and periodicals; ferriage, tolls, and express fees; costs of suits; 

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commissions, warrants, diplomas, and discharges; relief of vessels in 
distress; canal tolls and pilotage, recovery of valuables from ship¬ 
wrecks; quarantine expenses; reports, professional investigation; cost 
of special instruction, at home or abroad, in maintenance of students 
and attaches and information from abroad, and the collection and clas¬ 
sification thereof, and other necessary incidental expenses; in all, two 
hundred and forty thousand dollars. 

Contingent, N avy: For all emergencies and extraordinary expenses 
arising at home or abroad, but impossible to be anticipated or classified, 
exclusive of personal services in the Navy Department or any of its 
subordinate Bureaus or offices, at Washington, District of Columbia, 
seven thousand dollars. 

BUREAU OF NAVIGATION. 

Gunnery exercises: For prizes for excellence in gunnery exercises 
and target practice; diagrams and reports of target practice for the 
establishment and maintenance of targets and ranges; for hiring estab¬ 
lished ranges, and for transportation to and from ranges, six thousand 
dollars. 

Ocean and lake surveys: For ocean and lake surveys, the pub¬ 
lication and care of the results thereof: the purchase of nautical books, 
charts, and sailing directions, and freight and express charges on same; 
preparing and engraving on copper plates the surveys of the Mexican 
coasts, and the publication of a series of charts of the coasts of Central 
and South America, fourteen thousand dollars. 

Bounties for outfits for naval apprentices: For bounties for 
outfits of seven hundred and fifty naval apprentices, thirty thousand 
dollars. 

Recruiting, transportation, and contingent Bureau of 
Navigation: For expenses of recruiting for the Naval Service; rent 
of rendezvous and expenses of maintaining the same; advertising for 
men and boys, and all other expenses attending the recruiting for the 
Naval Service, and for the transportation of enlisted men and boys at 
home and abroad; for heating apparatus for receiving and training 
ships, and extra expenses thereof; for freight, telegraphing on public 
business, postage on letters sent abroad, ferriage, ice, apprehension of 
deserters and stragglers, continuous-service certificates, discharges, 
good-conduct badges and medals for boys, schoolbooks for training 
ships, packing boxes and materials, and other contingent expenses and 
emergencies arising under cognizance of the Bureau of Navigation, 
unforeseen and impossible to classify, forty thousand dollars. 

Naval Training Station, Coasters Harbor Island, Rhode 
Island (for apprentices): For dredging channels, repairs to main 
causeway, roads, and grounds, extending sea wall, and the employment 
of such labor as may be necessary for the proper care and preserva¬ 
tion of the same; for repairs to wharf and sea wall; for repairs and 
improvements on buildings, heating, lighting, and furniture for same; 
books and stationery, freight, and other contingent expenses; purchase 
of food and maintenance of live stock, and mail wagon and attendance 
on same, eighteen thousand dollars. 

Naval War College and Torpedo School on Coasters Har¬ 
bor Island: For maintenance of the Naval War College and Torpedo 
School on Coasters Harbor Island and care of grounds for same, eight 
thousand dollars. 


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BUREAU OF ORDNANCE. 

Ordnance and ordnance stores: For procuring, producing, 
preserving, and handling ordnance material; for the armament of 
ships; for fuel, tools, and material, and labor to be used in the general 
work of the Ordnance Department; for furniture at magazines, at the 
ordnance dock, New York, and at the naval ordnance and proving 
ground, one hundred and thirty thousand dollars; proof of naval arma¬ 
ment, ten thousand dollars; expenses of target practice, fifteen thou¬ 
sand dollars; 

Maintenance of new proving ground, five thousand dollars; boiler 
and engine for new proving ground, fifteen thousand dollars; construc¬ 
tion of a telegraph line from the navy-yard, Washington, District of 
Columbia, to the naval ordnance proving ground at Indian Head, 
Maryland, and instruments for same, five thousand dollars; in all, one 
hundred and eighty thousand dollars. 

Ordnance experiments and tests : For experimentation, making 
tests and development of torpedoes, projectiles, submarine guns, and 
other instruments of submarine warfare, and American armor, and for 
the use of nickel in armor, the Secretary of the Navy is hereby author¬ 
ized to use one hundred thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may 
be necessary, to be taken from the appropriation of one million dollars 
appropriated by joint resolution of September twenty-ninth, eighteen 
hundred and ninety, for the purchase of nickel ore or nickel matte. 

To enable the Secretar}^ of the Navy in his discretion to manufacture 
at the Washington navy-yard, after the approval of designs to be fur¬ 
nished by the inventor, one eight inch, fifty caliber, higli-power steel 
rifle, wire-wrapped or built up and hooped, chambered to load with a 
primary and main charge insuring a progressive burning of the charge, 
and firing a high explosive projectile with great velocity, and to test 
the same; and for such purpose the sum of fifty thousand dollars which 
was appropriated for testing three or more rapid-fire, rapid twist one 
pounder, breech-loading guns and an equal number of the same type 
of three pounder guns and an equal number of the same type of thirty- 
two pounder guns, in the act making appropriations for the naval serv¬ 
ice for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and 
ninety, and for other purposes, may be used; the Chief of Ordnance of 
the Navy Department, under the inventor’s designs, shall prepare 
necessary computations, plans, specifications, and working drawings of 
said gun and its ammunition, the expenses of which shall be paid out 
of the fift} r thousand dollars herein provided for, and no part of such 
money shall be expended until the owners of the patents for said eight 
inch rifle and its ammunition shall contract, at such price as shall be 
satisfactory to the Secretary of the Navy, for the exclusive right on the 
part of the Government to manufacture by contract or otherwise such 
gun and ammunition without the payment of any royalty on the same, 
the option of the Government to make such contract to be exercised 
within a period to be fixed by said contract. 

Repairs, Bureau of Ordnance: For necessary repairs to ordnance 
buildings, magazines, gun parks, boats, lighters, wharves, machinery, 
and other objects of the like character, thirty thousand dollars. 

Torpedo Station, Bureau of Ordnance, Newport, Rhode 
Island: For labor, material, freight, and express charges; general 
care of and repairs to grounds, buildings and wharves; boats, instruc¬ 
tion, instruments, tools, furniture, experiments and general torpedo 
outfits, sixty thousand dollars. 

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Naval Militia: For arms and equipment connected therewith for 
naval militia of various States under such regulations as the Secretary 
of the Navy may prescribe, twenty-five thousand dollars. 

Contingent, Bureau of Ordnance: For miscellaneous items, 
namely: Freight to foreign and home stations; advertising; cartage, 
and express charges; repairs to fire engines; gas and water pipes; gas 
and water tax at magazines; toll, ferriage, foreign postage, and tele¬ 
grams to and from the Bureau; and incidental expenses attending 
inspections of ordnance material, eight thousand dollars. 

Civil Establishment, Bureau of Ordnance: For the civil estab¬ 
lishment under the Bureau of Odnance, namely: 

Navy-yard at Portsmouth, New Hampshire: For one writer, when 
required, five hundred dollars; 

Navy-yard, Boston, Massachusetts: For one writer, when required, 
five hundred dollars; 

Navy-yard, New York: For one clerk, at one thousand four hundred 
dollars; 

Navy-yard, Washington, District of Columbia: For one clerk, at one 
thousand six hundred dollars; one clerk, at twelve hundred dollars; 
two writers at one thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty five 
cents each; one draftsman, at one thousand eight hundred dollars; 
three draftsmen, at one thousand and eighty-one dollars each; one 
assistant draftsman, at seven hundred and seventy-two dollars; two 
foremen, at one thousand five hundred dollars each; two copyists, at 
seven hundred and twenty dollars each; one telegraph operator and 
copyist, at nine hundred dollars; 

Navy-yard, Norfolk, Virginia: For one clerk, at one thousand two 
hundred dollars; 

Navy-yard, Mare Island, California: For one writer, at one thousand 
and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents; 

Naval ordnance proving ground: For one writer, at one thousand 
and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents; 

Naval Torpedo Station, Newport, .Rhode Island: For one chemist, at 
two thousand five hundred dollars; one clerk, at one thousand two 
hundred dollars; one draftsman, at one thousand five hundred dollars; 

In all, twenty-six thousand eight hundred and twenty-four dollars; 
and no other fund appropriated b}^ this act shall be used in payment 
for such service. 

BUREAU OF EQUIPMENT. 

Equipment of vessels: For purchase of coal for steamers’ and 
ships’ use, including expenses of transportation, storage, and handling 
the same; hemp, wire, iron, and other materials for the manufacture of 
cordage, anchors, cables, galleys, and chains; canvas for the manu¬ 
facture of sails, awnings, hammocks, and other work; water for steam 
launches; stationery for commanding and navigating officers of ships, 
equipment officers on shore and afloat, and for the use of courts-martial 
on board ship, and for the purchase of all other articles of equipment 
at home and abroad and for the payment of labor in equipping vessels 
and manufacture of equipment articles in the several navy-yards; for¬ 
eign and local pilotage and towage of ships of war; services and 
materials in repairing, correcting, adjusting, and testing compasses on 
shore and on board ship; nautical and astronomical instruments, and 
repairs to same; libraries for ships of war; professional books and 
papers, and drawings and engravings for signal books; naval signals 


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and apparatus, namel} T : signals, lights, lanterns, rockets, running lights, 
compass fittings, including binnacles, tripods, and other appendages of 
ships compasses; logs and other appliances for measuring the ship’s 
way, and leads and other appliances for sounding; lanterns and lamps, 
and their appendages for general use on board ship, for illuminating 
purposes, and oil and candles used in connection therewith; bunting 
and other materials for making and repairing flags of all kinds; photo¬ 
graphic instruments and materials; musical instruments and music; 
and installing and maintaining electric lights and interior signal com¬ 
munications on board vessels of war, nine hundred and twenty-five 
thousand dollars. 

Civil Establishment, Bureau of Equipment: Navy-yard, Ports¬ 
mouth, New Hampshire: For one clerk, at one thousand two hundred 
dollars; one clerk, at one thousand dollars; 

Navy-yard, Boston, Massachusetts: For one superintendent of rope 
walk, at one thousand eight hundred and seventy-five dollars; one 
clerk, at one thousand four hundred dollars; one clerk, at one thousand 
three hundred dollars; one writer, at nine hundred and fifty dollars; 

Navy-yard, New York: For one clerk, at one thousand four hundred 
dollars; one clerk, at one thousand two hundred dollars; one writer, 
at one thousand dollars; one store keeper, at nine hundred dollars; 

Navy-yard, League Island, Pennsylvania: For one clerk, at one 
thousand two hundred dollars; 

Navy-yard, Norfolk, Virginia: For two clerks, at one thousand two 
hundred dollars each; 

Navy-yard, Mare Island, California: For one clerk, at one thousand 
two hundred dollars; one clerk, at one thousand dollars; 

Navy-yard, Washington, District of Columbia: For one clerk, at one 
thousand dollars; 

In all, nineteen thousand and twenty-five dollars; and no other fund 
appropriated by this act shall be used in payment for such service. 

Contingent, Bureau of Equipment: For freight and transporta¬ 
tion of equipment stores, packing boxes and materials, printing, adver¬ 
tising, telegraphing, books, and models; postage on letters sent abroad; 
ferriage, ice, lighterage of ashes, and emergencies arising under cog¬ 
nizance of the Bureau of Equipment unforeseen and impossible to 
classify, twelve thousand dollars. 

BUREAU OF YARDS AND DOCKS. 

Maintenance of yards and docks: For general maintenance of 
yards and docks, namely: For freight; transportation of materials and 
stores; books, maps, models, and drawings; purchase and repair of fire 
engines; machinery; repairs on steam tire engines and attendance on 
the same; purchase and maintenance of oxen, horses, and driving 
teams; carts, timber wheels, and all vehicles for use in the navy-yards; 
tools and repairs of the same; postage on letters and other mailable 
matter on public service sent to foreign countries, and telegrams; sta¬ 
tionery; furniture for Government houses and offices, in navy-yards; 
coal and other fuel; candles, oil, and gas; cleaning and clearing up 
yards and care of buildings; attendance on fires, lights, fire engines, 
and apparatus; for incidental labor at navy-yards; water tax, tolls, and 
ferriage; rent of four officers’ quarters at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; 
pay ofwatchmen in navy-yards; awnings and packing boxes, and adver¬ 
tising for yards and docks and other purposes, two hundred and thirty 
thousand dollars. 


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PUBLIC WORKS—NAVY YARDS AND STATIONS. 

Navy-Yard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire: For coal pocket for 
the storage of coal, six thousand live hundred dollars; for construction 
of boiler house for buildings numbered forty-live and forty-six, seven 
thousand dollars; in all, thirteen thousand live hundred dollars. 

Navy-Yard, Brooklyn, New York: For quay wall extension of cob 
dock, thirty thousand dollars; for opening a gate into the navy-yard at 
Sand’s Street, live thousand dollars; in all, thirty-live thousand dollars. 

Navy-Yard, League Island, Pennsylvania: For extension oi 
protection wall, twenty thousand dollars; for extension of light retain¬ 
ing wall, fifteen thousand dollars; for ripraps, Broad Street wharf, six 
thousand five hundred dollars; for branch sewer, two thousand one 
hundred dollars; in all, forty-three thousand six hundred dollars. 

Navy-Yard, Washington, District of Columbia: For repair of 
breech-mechanism shop, fifteen thousand dollars. 

Navy-Yard, Norfolk, Virginia: For floating gate for granite 
dock, twenty-five thousand dollars; for coal shea, six thousand five 
hundred dollars; in all, thirty-one thousand five hundred dollars. 

Naval Station, Port Royal, South Carolina: For the com¬ 
pletion of dry dock at Port Royal, South Carolina, change of location 
of naval wharf, erection of office building, water-closet, pay of super¬ 
intendents and inspectors, necessary dredging, incidental expenses, 
unforeseen emergencies and contingent expenses, and for protection to 
dry-dock entrance and wharf, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars; 
for officers’ quarters, five thousand dollars; telephone line, one thou¬ 
sand five hundred dollars; in all, one hundred and fifty-six thousand 
five hundred dollars. 

Navy-Yark, Mare Island, California: For one twelve-ton pillar 
wharf-crane, three thousand eight hundred dollars; for locomotive for 
yard use, four thousand dollars; for replanking wharves, three thou¬ 
sand dollars; for oil house for general storekeeper, eight thousand dol¬ 
lars; in all, eighteen thousand eight hundred dollars. 

Repairs and Preservation at Navy Yards and Stations: For 
repairs and preservation at navy yards and stations, two hundred and 
seventy-five thousand dollars. 

Total for public works for navy yards and stations, five hundred and 
eighty-eight thousand nine hundred dollars. 

Contingent, Bureau of Yards and Docks: For contingent ex¬ 
penses that may arise at navy yards and stations, fifteen thousand 
dollars. 

Civil Establishment, Bureau of Yards and Docks; Navy- 
yard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire: For one clerk, at one thousand 
four hundred dollars; one mail messenger at two dollars per diem, 
including Sundays; one messenger, at six hundred dollars; one fore¬ 
man laborer and head teamster, at four dollars per diem, including Sun- 
da}^; one janitor at six hundred dollars; one pilot, at three dollars per 
diem, including Sundays; one foreman mason, when required, atfour dol¬ 
lars and fifty cents per diem, one thousand four hundred and thirteen 
dollars; in all, seven thousand two hundred and ninety-eight dollars. 

Navy Yard, Boston Massachusetts: For one clerk, at one thousand 
four hundred dollars; one foreman laborer, at four dollars per diem; 
one messenger to commandant, at one dollar and seventy-six cents per 
diem; one messenger, at one dollar and seventy-six cents per diem; 
one mail messenger, at two dollars per diem, including Sundays; one 


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writer at nine hundred dollars; in all, five thousand three hundred and 
eighty-three dollars and seventy-six cents. 

Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York: For one clerk, at one thousand 
four hundred dollars; one writer, at one thousand and seventeen dol¬ 
lars and twenty-five cents; two masters of tugs, at one thousand five 
hundred dollars each; two writers at nine hundred dollars each; one 
foreman laborer, at four dollars and fifty cents per diem; one mail 
messenger at two dollars per diem, including Sundays; two messen¬ 
gers, at two dollars and twenty-five cents per diem each; one drafts¬ 
man, at five dollars per diem; one quarterman, at thre6 dollars per 
diem; one superintendent of teams or quarterman, at four dollars per 
diem; one messenger to commandant, at two dollars and twenty-five 
cents per diem, including Sundays; one electrician, to care for and be 
in charge of electric plant for electric lighting, one thousand two hun¬ 
dred dollars; in all, sixteen thousand five hundred and forty-one dol¬ 
lars and fifty cents. 

Naval station, Sacketts Harbor, New York: For one shipkeeper, at 
three hundred and sixty-five dollars per annum; 

Navy-yard, League Island, Pennsjdvania: For one clerk, at one 
thousand four hundred dollars; one writer and telegraph operator, at 
one thousand dollars; one messenger, at two dollars per diem; one 
foreman laborer, at four dollars per diem; in all, four thousand two 
hundred and seventy-eight dollars. 

Navy-yard, Washington, District of Columbia: For one clerk, at one 
thousand four hundred dollars; one messenger, at two dollars per 
diem; one foreman laborer, at four dollars per diem; one electrician 
to care for and be in charge of electric plant for electric lighting and 
fire alarm, one thousand dollars; in all, four thousand two hundred 
and seventy-eight dollars. 

Navy-yard, Norfolk, Virginia: For one clerk, at one thousand four 
hundred dollars; one writer, at one thousand and seventeen dollars and 
twenty-five cents; one writer, at one thousand dollars; one foreman 
laborer, at four dollars per diem; one electrician, to care for and be in 
charge of electric plant for electric lighting, one thousand two hun¬ 
dred dollars; one mail messenger at two dollars per diem, including 
Sundays; two messengers, at two dollars per diem each; one pilot, at 
two dollars and twenty-six cents per diem; in all, eight thousand five 
hundred and fifty-eight dollars and sixty-three cents. 

Navy-yard, Pensacola, Florida: For one clerk, at one thousand two 
hundred dollars; one mail messenger, at two dollars per diem, includ¬ 
ing Sundays; in all, one thousand nine hundred and thirty dollars. 

Navy-yard, Mare Island, California: For one clerk, at one thousand 
four hundred dollars; one writer, at one thousand and seventeen 
dollars and twenty five cents; one foreman mason, at six dollars per 
diem; one foreman laborer, at five dollars and fifty cents per diem; 
one pilot at four dollars and eighty cents per diem; one draftsman, at 
five dollars per diem; one mail messenger, at two dollars per diem, 
including Sundays; one messenger, at two dollars per diem; one mes¬ 
senger and lamplighter, at two dollars per diem; one electrician to care 
for and be in charge of electric plant for electric lighting, one thousand 
two hundred dollars; in all, twelve thousand two hundred and sixty- 
six dollars and fifteen cents. 

Naval station, Key West, Florida: For one messenger, at six hun¬ 
dred dollars. 

In all, sixty-one thousand four hundred and ninety-nine dollars and 


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four cents; and no other fund appropriated by this act shall be used in 
pa}^ment for such services. 

Naval Home, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: For one superin¬ 
tendent, at six hundred dollars; one steward, at four hundred and 
eighty dollars; one matron, at three hundred and sixty dollars; one 
chief cook, at three hundred and sixty dollars; one assistant cook, at 
two hundred and forty dollars; one assistant cook, at one hundred and 
eighty dollars; one chief laundress, at one hundred and ninety-two 
dollars; four laundresses, at one hundred and sixty-eight dollars each; 
four scrubbers, at one hundred and sixty-eight dollars each; eight 
waiters at one hundred and sixty-eight dollars each; eight laborers, at 
two hundred and forty dollars each; one stable keeper and driver at 
three hundred and sixty dollars; one master at arms, at four hundred 
and eighty dollars; two house corporals, at three hundred dollars each; 
one barber, at three hundred and sixty dollars; one carpenter at eight 
hundred and forty-five dollars; one painter, at six hundred dollars; one 
engineer to run elevator, six hundred dollars; water rent and gas, two 
thousand four hundred dollars; cemetery, burial expenses and head¬ 
stones, three hundred and fifty dollars; improvement of grounds, five 
hundred dollars; repairs to buildings, furnaces, grates, ranges, fur¬ 
niture, and repairs of furniture, five thousand dollars; music in 
chapel, six hundred dollars; transportation of indigent and destitute 
beneficiaries to the Naval Home, five hundred dollars; for support of 
beneficiaries, fifty thousand dollars; total for Naval Home, seventy 
thousand two hundred and fifteen dollars; which sum shall be paid 
out of the income from the naval pension fund. 

NEW NAVAL OBSERVATORY. 

For approaches and grounds: Observatory lane: Grading, filling, 
building culvert and retaining wall, and laying roadbed from Tennal- 
lytown road to new Naval Observatory, two thousand five hundred 
dollars; for asphalting road and footways, one thousand five hundred 
dollars; in all, four thousand dollars. 

New meridian circle: For one six-inch meridian circle, with mount¬ 
ing collimators, reflection apparatus, reversing carriage, personal 
equation apparatus, illumination, and all accessories, complete, ten 
thousand dollars. 

Removing Magnetic Observatory: For removal of magnetic buildings 
and instruments from the old to the new observatory, and construction 
of new basements, three thousand five hundred dollars. 

BUREAU OF MEDICINE AND SURGERY. 

Medical Department: For surgeon’s necessaries for vessels in 
commission, navy-yards, naval stations, Marine Corps, and Coast Sur¬ 
vey, and for the civil establishment at the several navy hospitals, 
navy-yards, naval laboratory, museum of hygiene, and Naval ‘Academy, 
fifty-five thousand dollars. 

Naval Hospital Fund: For maintenance of the naval hospitals 
at the various navy-yards and stations, and for care and maintenance 
of patients in other hospitals at home and abroad, twenty thousand 
dollars. 

Contingent, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery: For freight, 
expressage on medical stores, tolls, ferriages, transportation of sick 
and insane patients; care, transportation and burial of the dead; ad¬ 
vertising; telegraphing; rent of telephones; purchase of books and 


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stationery; binding of unbound books and pamphlets; postage and 
purchase of stamps for foreign service; expenses attending the medical 
board of examiners; rent of rooms for naval dispensary and museum 
of hygiene; hygienic and sanitary investigation and illustration; sani¬ 
tary and hygienic instruction; purchase and repairs of wagons and har¬ 
ness; purchase of and'feed for horses and cows; trees, plants, garden 
tools, and seeds; furniture and incidental articles for the museum of 
hygiene, naval dispensary, Washington naval laboratory, sick quarters 
at Naval Academy and marine barracks, surgeons’ offices and dispensa¬ 
ries at navy-yards and naval stations; washing for medical department 
at museum of hygiene, naval dispensary, Washington, naval labora¬ 
tory sick quarters at Naval Academy and marine barracks, dispensa¬ 
ries at navy-yards and naval stations, and ships and rendezvous, and 
all other necessary contingent expenses, twenty-five thousand dollars. 

Repairs, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery: For necessary 
repairs of naval laboratory, naval hospitals and appendages, includ¬ 
ing roads, wharves, outhouses, sidewalks, fences, gardens, farms, and 
cemeteries, twenty thousand dollars. 

Bureau of Provisions and Clothing, hereafter to be called 

BUREAU OF SUPPLIES AND ACCOUNTS. 

Provisions, Navy, Bureau of Supplies and Accounts: For pro¬ 
visions and commuted rations for the seamen and marines, commuted 
rations for officers and naval cadets on sea duty, and commuted rations 
stopped on account of sick in hospital and credited to the hospital 
fund, subsistence of officers and men when unavoidably detained or 
absent from vessels to which attached under orders (during which sub¬ 
sistence rations to be stopped on board ship and no credit for commu¬ 
tation therefor to be given) and fresh water, not to exceed ten thou¬ 
sand dollars, for drinking and cooking purposes, one million dollars; 
labor in general storehouses and pa}^masters’ offices in navy-yards, 
ninety thousand dollars; in all, one million and ninety thousand dollars. 

Contingent, Bureau of Supplies and Accounts: For freight and 
express charges; candles, fuel, books and blanks, stationery, adver¬ 
tising; furniture for general storehouses and pay offices in navy-yards; 
expenses of naval clothing factory and machinery for same; post¬ 
age, telegrams, telephones, express charges, tolls, ferriages, yeo¬ 
man’s stores, iron safes, newspapers, ice, and other incidental expenses, 
forty thousand dollars. And section thirty-seven hundred and eight¬ 
een of the Revised Statutes of the United States as amended by the 
act of June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety, is hereby amended 
so as to read “twice a week for two weeks or longer, not to exceed 
four weeks, or once a week for four weeks, in the discretion of the 
Secretary of the Navy.” 

Civil Establishment, Bureau of Supplies and Accounts: Navy- 
yard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire: In general storehouses: Two 
bookkeepers, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; one assistant 
book-keeper, at seven hundred and twenty dollars; one bill clerk, at 
one thousand dollars; one assistant clerk at seven hundred and twenty 
dollars; one shipping and receiving clerk, at one thousand dollars; 

Navy yard, Boston, Massachusetts: In general storehouses: One 
bookkeeper, at one thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five 
cents; one shipping clerk, at one thousand dollars; one receiving clerk, 
at one thousand dollars; 

In pay office: One writer, at one thousand and seventeen dollars and 
twenty-five cents; 


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Navy-yard, Brooklyn, New York: One writer to boards of inspection, 
nine hundred dollars. In general storehouses: Three bookkeepers at 
one thousand two hundred dollars each; one assistant bookkeeper, at 
one thousand dollars; one assistant bookkeeper, at seven hundred and 
twenty dollars; three receiving clerks, at four dollars per diem each; 
one assistant receiving clerk at one thousand and ninety-nine dollars; 
three shipping clerks, at one thousand dollars each; one bill clerk, at 
one thousand dollars; one assistant bill clerk, at seven hundred and 
twenty dollars; two leading men, at two dollars and fifty cents per 
diem each; five pressmen, at two dollars and seventy-six cents per 
diem each; one superintendent of coffee mills, at three dollars per diem; 
one box maker at three dollars per diem; one engineer tender, at three 
dollars and twenty-six cents per diem; one coffee roaster, at two dollars 
and fifty cents per diem; one fireman, at two dollars per diem; one 
messenger, at two dollars and twenty-five cents per diem; 

In pa} r office: One writer, at one thousand and seventeen dollars and 
twenty-five cents; one messenger, at two dollars and twent} T -five cents 
per diem; 

Navy-yard, League Island, Pennsylvania: In general storehouse: One 
bookkeeper, at one thousand two hundred dollars; one assistant book¬ 
keeper at seven hundred and twenty dollars; 

Navy-yard, Washington, District of Columbia; In general store¬ 
house: one bookkeeper, at one thousand two hundred dollars: one 
clerk, at one thousand two hundred dollars; one receiving clerk, at 
one thousand dollars; one bill clerk, at one thousand dollars; one ship¬ 
ping clerk, at one thousand dollars; 

In pay office: One writer, at one thousand and seventeen dollars and 
twenty-five cents; 

Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland: In general storehouse: One 
bookkeeper, at one thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five 
cents; one receiving and shipping clerk, at one thousand dollars; 

Torpedo Station, Newport, Rhode Island: In general storehouse: 
One clerk at one thousand two hundred dollars. 

Navy-yard, Mare Island, California: In general storehouses: Two 
bookkeepers, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; two assistant 
bookkeepers, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; one receiving 
clerk, at one thousand dollars; one shipping clerk at one thousand dol¬ 
lars; one bill clerk at one thousand dollars; one assistant clerk, at one 
thousand dollars; 

In pay office: One writer, at one thousand and seventeen dollars and 
twenty-five cents; 

Navy-yard, Norfolk, Virginia: In general storehouses: Two book¬ 
keepers, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; two assistant book¬ 
keepers at one thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents 
each; one bill clerk at one thousand dollars; one assistant bill clerk, 
at seven hundred and twenty dollars; one receiving clerk, at nine 
hundred and forty-two dollars; one assistant receiving clerk, at seven 
hundred and twenty dollars; 

In pay office: One writer, at one thousand and seventeen dollars and 
twenty-five cents; 

In all, sixty-seven thousand five hundred and thirty two dollars and 
three cents; and no other fund appropriated b}^ this act shall be used 
in pa} r ment for such service. And all laws now in force relating to 
the Bureau of Provisions and Clothing shall now and hereafter apply 
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And the provisions of section two of the naval appropriation act ap¬ 
proved March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, shall be so 
modified that hereafter orders of the Secretary of the Navy employing 
officers on shore duty shall state that such emplo}Uuent is required by 
the public interests, but need not state the duration of such service. 

BUREAU OF CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR. 

Construction and Repair of Vessels: For preservation and 
completion of vessels on the stocks and in ordinary; purchase of mate- 
rials and stores of all kinds; steam steerers, pneumatic steerers; steam 
capstans, steam windlasses, and other steam auxiliaries; labor in navy- 
yards and on foreign stations; purchase of machinery and tools for use 
in shops; wear, tear, and repair of vessels afloat; general care, increase, 
and protection of the Navy in the line of construction and repair; inci¬ 
dental expenses, such as advertising, freight, foreign postage, tele¬ 
grams, telephone service, photographing, books, professional magazines, 
plans, stationery, and instruments for drafting room, nine hundred and 
fifty thousand dollars, four thousand dollars of which may be used to 
purchase the right to manufacture and use the “Wellman improved 
bushings for sheaves,” patented under letters patent Numbered three 
hundred and three thousand seven hundred and seventy of August 
nineteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty four: Provided , That no part 
of this sum shall be applied to repairs of any wooden ship when the 
estimated cost of such repairs, to be appraised by a competent board 
of naval officers, shall exceed ten per centum of the estimated cost, ap¬ 
praised in like manner, of a new ship of the same size and like material: 
Provided further, That nothing herein contained shall deprive the Sec¬ 
retary of the Navy of the authority to cause the necessary repairs and 
preservation of the United States ships Hartford and Kearsarge, or to 
order repairs of ships damaged in foreign waters or on the high seas, so 
far as may be necessary to bring them home. 

Civil Establishment, Bureau of Construction and Repair: 
Navy-yard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire: For one clerk to naval con¬ 
structor, at one thousand four hundred dollars; two writers, at one 
thousand and seventeen dollars and twent} r -five cents each; 

Navy-yard, Boston, Massachusetts: For one clerk to naval con¬ 
structor, at one thousand four hundred dollars; 

Navy-yard, Brooklyn, New York: For one clerk to naval constructor, 
at one thousand four hundred dollars; three writers, at one thousand 
and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents; 

Navy-yard, League Island, Pennsylvania: for one clerk to naval 
constructor, at one thousand four hundred dollars; 

Navy-yard, Washington, District of Columbia: For one clerk to 
naval constructor, at one thousand four hundred dollars; 

Navy-yard, Norfolk, Virginia: For one clerk to naval constructor, at 
one thousand four hundred dollars; two writers, at one thousand and 
seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents each; 

Navy-yard, Pensacola, Florida: For one writer, at one thousand and 
seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents; 

Navy-yard, Mare Island, California: For one clerk to naval con¬ 
structor^ at one thousand four hundred dollars; two writers, at one 
thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents each; in all, 
nineteen thousand nine hundred and seventy two dollars and fifty 
cents; and no other fund appropriated by this act shall be used in pay¬ 
ment for such service. 


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BUREAU OF STEAM ENGINEERING. 

Steam Machinery: For completion, repairs, and preservation of 
machinery and boilers of naval vessels, including cost of new boilers, 
distilling* refrigerating, and auxiliary machinery, preservation of and 
small repairs to machinery and boilers in vessels in ordinary, receiving 
and training vessels, repair and care of machinery of yard tugs and 
launches, four hundred thousand dollars. 

For purchase, handling, and preservation of all material and stores, 
purchase, fitting, repair, and preservation of machinery and tools in 
navy-yards and stations, and running yard engines, two hundred and 
forty thousand dollars. 

For incidental expenses for navdl vessels, yards, and the Bureau, 
such as foreign postage, telegrams advertising, freight, photographing, 
books, stationery, and instruments, ten thousand dollars: in all, six 
hundred and fifty thousand dollars: Provided , That no part of said 
sum shall be applied to the engines, boilers, and machinery of wooden 
ships where the estimated cost of such repair shall exceed ten per 
centum of the estimated cost of new engines and machinery of the same 
character and power, nor shall new boilers be constructed for wooden 
ships: Provided further, That nothing herein contained shall deprive 
the Secretary of the Navy of the authority to cause the necessary 
repairs and preservation of the United States ships Hartford and Kear- 
sage, or to order repairs of the engines, boilers, and machinery of ships 
damaged in foreign waters or on the high seas, so far as may be neces¬ 
sary to bring them home. 

Contingent, Bureau of Steam Engineering: For contingencies, 
drawing materials, and instruments for the drafting room, one thousand 
dollars. 

Navv-yard, League Island, Pennsylvania: For necessaiy tools and 
machinery to put the yard in condition to do ordinary repair work, 
twenty-five thousand dollars. 

Civil establishment. Bureau of Steam Engineering: Navy- 
yard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire: For clerk to department, atone 
thousand two hundred dollars; messenger at six hundred dollars; 

Navy-yard, Brooklyn, New York: For clerk to department at one 
thousand four hundred dollars; writer, at one thousand dollars; mes¬ 
senger at six hundred dollars; 

Navy-yard, League Island, Pennsylvania: For clerk to department, 
at one thousand two hundred dollars; 

Navy-yard, Norfolk, Virginia: For clerk to department, at one thou¬ 
sand three hundred dollars; messenger at six hundred dollars; 

Navy-yard, Pensacola, Florida; For writer, at one thousand dollars; 

Navy-yard, Mare Island, California; For clerk to department, at one 
thousand four hundred dollars; messenger, at six hundred dollars; 
writer, at one thousand dollars; 

In all, eleven thousand nine hundred dollars; and no other fund 
appropriated by this act shall be used in payment for such service. 

NAVAL ACADEMY. 

Pay of Professors and Others, Naval Academy: For one pro¬ 
fessor of mathematics, one of chemistry, and one of physics, at two 
thousand five hundred dollars each; two professors (assistants), namely, 
one of French and Spanish and one of English studies, history, and 
law, at two thousand two hundred dollars each; five assistant profes- 


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sors, namely, one of English studies, history and law, three of French, 
and one of drawing, at one thousand eight hundred dollars each, one 
sword master, at one thousand live hundred dollars, and two assist¬ 
ants, at one thousand dollars each; one boxing master and g} 7 mnast, 
at one thousand two hundred dollars; one assistant librarian, at one 
thousand four hundred dollars; one secretary to the Naval Academy, 
at one thousand eight hundred dollars; two clerks, to the Superinten¬ 
dent, one at one thousand two hundred dollars, and one at one thou¬ 
sand dollars, respectively; one clerk to the commandant of cadets, at 
one thousand two hundred dollars; one clerk to the paymaster, at one 
thousand two hundred dollars; one dentist, at one thousand six hun¬ 
dred dollars; one baker, at six hundred dollars; one mechanic in de¬ 
partment of physics and chemistry, at seven hundred and thirty dol¬ 
lars, one cook, at three hundred and twenty-five dollars and fifty cents; 
one messenger to the Superintendent, at six hundred dollars; one 
armorer, at six hundred and forty-nine dollars, and fifty cents; one chief 
gunner’s mate, at five hundred and twenty-nine dollars and fifty cents; 
one quarter gunner, at four hundred and thirty-three dollars and fifty 
cents; one cockswain, at four hundred and sixty nine dollars and fifty 
cents; one seaman in the department of seamanship, at three hundred 
and ninety-seven dollars and fifty cents; one attendant in department 
of astronomy and one in the department of physics and chemistry, at 
three hundred dollars each; six attendants at recitation rooms, library, 
store, chapel, and offices, at three hundred dollars each; one band¬ 
master, at five hundred and twenty-eight dollars; twenty-one first class 
musicians, at three hundred and forty eight dollars each; seven second- 
class musicians, at three hundred dollars each; pay of organist at chapel 
of Naval Academy, three hundred dollars: 

In all, fifty-two thousand three hundred and seventy-one dollars. 

For special course of study and training of naval cadets as author¬ 
ized by act of Congress approved August fifth, eighteen hundred and 
eighty-two, five thousand dollars. 

Pay of Watchmen, Mechanics, and Others, Naval Academy: 
For captain of the watch and weigher, at two dollars and fifty cents 
per diem; four watchmen, at two dollars per diem each; foreman of 
gas and steam-heating works of the Academy, at five dollars per diem; 
for labor at gas works and steam buildings, for masons, carpenters, and 
other mechanics and laborers, and for care of buildings, grounds 
wharves, and boats, thirty-seven thousand eight hundred and sixty- 
four dollars and ninety five cents; one attendant in purifying house of 
the gas house, at one dollar and fifty cents per diem; 

In all forty-four thousand and sixty-nine dollars and ninety-five 
cents. 

Pay of Steam Employees, Naval Academy: For pay of me¬ 
chanics and others in department of steam engineering, seven thousand 
eight hundred and* twenty-four dollars and fifty cents. 

Repairs and Improvements, Naval Academy: Necessary re¬ 
pairs of public buildings pavements, wharves, and walls inclosing the 
grounds of the Naval Academy, improvements, repairs, furniture, and 
fixtures, twenty-one thousand dollars. 

Heating and Lighting Naval Academy: Fuel, and for heating 
and lighting the Academy and school ships, seventeen thousand dol¬ 
lars. 

Contingent and Miscellaneous Expenses Naval Academy: 
Purchase of books for the library, two thousand dollars; stationery, 
blank books, models, maps, and text books, for use of instructors, two 


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thousand dollars; expenses of the Board of Visitors of the Naval Acad¬ 
emy, being mileage and live dollars per diem, for each member for ex¬ 
penses during actual attendance at the Academy, one thousand five 
hundred dollars; purchase of chemicals, apparatus and instruments in 
the department of physics and chemistry, and for repairs of the same, 
two thousand five hundred dollars; purchase of gas and steam machin¬ 
ery, steam pipes and fittings, rent of buildings for the use of the Acad¬ 
emy, freight, cartage, water, music, musical and astronomical instru¬ 
ments, uniforms for the bandsmen, telegraphing, feed and maintenance 
of team, current expenses, and repairs of all kinds, and for incidental 
labor and expenses not applicable to any other appropriation, thirty- 
two thousand dollars; stores in the department of steam engineering, 
eight hundred dollars; materials for repairs in steam machinery, one 
thousand dollars. 

In all, forty one thousand eight hundred dollars. 

MARINE CORPS. 

Pat, Marine Corps: For pay of officers on the active list: For one 
colonel commandant, one colonel, two lieutenant colonels, one adjutant 
and inspector, one paymaster, one quartermaster, four majors, two as¬ 
sistant quartermasters, one judge-advocate-general, United States 
Navy, nineteen captains, thirty first lieutenants, and twelve second 
lieutenants, one hundred and eighty-one thousand three hundred dol¬ 
lars. 

Pay of officers on the retired list: For three colonels, three lieuten¬ 
ant-colonels, one quartermaster, one assistant quartermaster, six cap¬ 
tains, three first lieutenants, and three second lieutenants, forty thou¬ 
sand nine hundred and eighty-seven dollars and fifty cents. 

Pay of noncommissioned officers, musicians, and privates: For one 
sergeant-major, one quartermaster-sergeant, one leader of the band, one 
drum major, fifty first sergeants, one hundred and forty sergeants, one 
hundred and eighty corporals, thirty musicians, ninety-six drummers 
and fifers, and one thousand six hundred privates, three hundred and 
ninety thousand dollars. 

Pay of retired enlisted men: For one sergeant-major, one drum-major, 
two first class musicians, seven first sergeants, eleven sergeants, one 
corporal, two drummers, one fifer, and thirty-four privates, nineteen 
thousand seven hundred and sixt} r -dollars. 

Undrawn clothing: For payment to discharged soldiers for clothing 
undrawn, twenty-five thousand dollars: Provided, That no other fund 
appropriated by this act shall be used for such purpose. 

Mileage: For mileage of officers traveling under orders without 
troops, nine thousand dollars. 

Commutation of quarters: For commutation of quarters for officers 
on duty without troops where there are no public quarters, four thou¬ 
sand dollars. 

Pay to civil Force: In the office of the colonel commandant: For one 
chief clerk, at one thousand five hundred and forty dollars and eighty 
cents; one messenger, at nine hundred and seventy-one dollars and 
twenty-eight cents; 

In the office of the adjutant and inspector: One chief clerk, at one 
thousand five hundred and forty dollars and eighty cents; one clerk, at 
one thousand four hundred and ninety-six dollars and fifty-two cents; 

In the office of the paymaster: One chief clerk, at one thousand six 
hundred dollars; one clerk, at one thousand four hundred and ninety- 


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six dollars and fifty-two cents; one clerk, at one thousand two hundred 
and fifty-seven dollars and twelve cents; 

In the office of the quartermaster: One chief clerk, at one thousand 
five hundred and forty dollars and eighty cents; one clerk, at one thou¬ 
sand four hundred and ninety-six dollars and fifty-two cents; One clerk, 
at one thousand two hundred and fifty-seven dollars and twelve cents; 

In the Office of the assistant quartermaster, Philadelphia, Pennsyl¬ 
vania: one clerk, at one thousand two hundred and fifty-seven dollars 
and twelve cents; one messenger, at one dollar and seventy-five cents 
per diem; 

In the Office of the assistant quartermaster, Washington, District of 
Columbia: one clerk, at one thousand four hundred dollars; in all for 
pay to civil force, seventeen thousand four hundred and ninety-three 
dollars and thirty-five cents, and the money herein specifically appro¬ 
priated for pay of the Marine Corps shall be disbursed and accounted 
for in accordance with existing law as pay of the Marine Corps, and for 
that purpose shall constitute one fund. 

Provisions, Marine Corps: For one thousand one hundred non¬ 
commissioned Officers, musicians, and privates, and for commutation for 
rations to eleven enlisted men, detailed as clerks and messengers, also 
for payment of board and lodging of recruiting parties, said payment 
for board not to exceed two thousand five hundred dollars, sixty-seven 
thousand dollars, and no law shall be construed to entitle enlisted 
marines on shore duty to any rations or commutation therefor other 
than such as now are or may hereafter be allowed to enlisted men in 
the Army. 

For amount required to be transferred to paymaster Marine Corps, 
on account of rations to retired men, eighty-two dollars and thirteen 
cents each per annum, four thousand one hundred and eighty-eight 
dollars and sixty-three cents. 

Clothing, Marine Corps: For two thousand one hundred non¬ 
commissioned officers, musicians, and privates, seventy-five thousand 
dollars. 

For Fuel, Marine Corps: For heating barracks and quarters, 
for ranges and stoves for cooking, fuel for enlisted men, and for sales 
to officers, nineteen thousand five hundred dollars. 

Military Stores, Marine Corps: For pay of chief armorer, at 
three dollars per day; three mechanics, at two dollars and fifty cents 
each, per day; in all, three thousand two hundred and eighty-six dol¬ 
lars and fifty cents; for purchase of military equipments, such as 
catridge boxes, bayonet scabbards, haversacks, blanket bags, knap¬ 
sacks, canteens, musket slings, swords, drums, trumpets, flags, waist 
belts, waist plates, cartridge belts, and spare parts for repairing mus¬ 
kets, purchase of ammunition, purchase and repair of instruments for 
band, purchase of music and musical accessories, medals for excellence 
in gunnery and rifle practice, and good conduct badges, ten thousand 
dollars; in all, thirteen thousand two hundred and eighty-six dollars 
and fifty cents. 

Transportation and Recruiting, Marine Corps: For transpor¬ 
tation of troops, and the expense of recruiting service, fourteen thou¬ 
sand dollars. 

For repair of barracks: At Portsmouth, New Hampshire: Bos¬ 
ton, Massachusetts; Brooklin, New York; League Island, Pennsyl¬ 
vania; Annapolis, Maryland; headquarters and navy-yard,Washington, 
District of Columbia; Norfolk, Virginia: Pensacola, Florida; Mare 


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Island, California; Port Royal, South Carolina; and Sitka, Alaska; 
and per diem for enlisted men employed under the direction of the 
Quartermaster’s Department on the repair of barracks and other pub¬ 
lic buildings, ten thousand dollars. 

For rent of building used for manufacture of clothing, storing sup¬ 
plies, and office of assistant quartermaster, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 
one thousand three hundred dollars. 

For erection of a building for marine barracks at naval station, Port 
Royal, South Carolina; appropriation to be immediately available, 
three thousand dollars; and no part of this appropriation shall be 
used until a contract shall have been made for the completion of said 
barracks within the same. 

For sanitary improvements at the Marine barracks, navy-} 7 ard, Mare 
Island, California, five thousand two hundred and twelve dollars. 

Forage, Marine Corps: For forage in kind for five horses of the 
Quartermaster’s Department, and the authorized number of officers’ 
horses, two thousand eight hundred dollars. 

Hire of quarters, Marine Corps: For hire of quarters for offi¬ 
cers serving with troops where there are no public quarters belonging 
to the Government, and where there are not sufficient quarters possessed 
by the United States, to accommodate them, four thousand five hun¬ 
dred dollars; 

For hire of quarters for seven enlisted men employed as clerks and 
messengers in commandant’s, adjutant and inspector’s, pajunaster’s, 
and quartermaster’s offices, Washington District of Columbia, and as¬ 
sistant quartermaster’s offices, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at twenty- 
one dollars per month each, one thousand seven hundred and sixty-four 
dollars; 

For hire of quarters for three enlisted men employed as above, at ten 
dollars each per month, three hundred and sixty dollars; 

In all, six thousand six hundred and twenty-four dollars; 

Contingent, Marine Corps: For freight, ferriage, tolls, cartage, 
funeral expenses of marines, stationer} 7 , telegraphing, rent of telephones, 
purchase and repair of typewriters, apprehension of stragglers and de¬ 
serters, per diem of enlisted men employed on constant labor for a 
period not less than ten days, repair of gas and water fixtures, office 
and barracks furniture, mess utensils for enlisted men, such as bowls, 
plates, spoons, knives, forks, packing boxes, wrapping paper, oilcloth, 
crash, rope, twine, camphor and carbolized paper, carpenters’ tools, 
tools for police purposes, iron safes, purchase and repair of public 
wagons, purchase and repair of harness, purchase of public horses, 
services of veterinary surgeons and medicine for public horses, pur¬ 
chase and repair of hose, repair of fire extinguishers, purchase of 
fire hand grenades, purchase and repair of carts and wheelbarrows, 
purchase and repair of cooking stoves, ranges, stoves, and furnaces 
where there are no grates, purchase of ice, towles and soap for offices, 
postage stamps for foreign postage, purchase of books, newspapers 
and periodicals, improving parade grounds, repair of pumps and 
wharves, laying drain and water pipes, water, introducing gas, and 
for gas, gas oil, and maintenance of electric lights, straw for bed¬ 
ding, mattresses, mattress covers, pillows, wire bunk bottoms for 
enlisted men at the various posts, furniture for Government houses 
and repair of same, and for all emergencies and extraordinary expenses 
arising at home and abroad, but impossible to anticipate or classify; 
in all, twenty-seven thousand five hundred dollars. 


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International naval rendezvous and review: Toward the 
expenses of the international naval rendezvous and review, as provided 
in section eight of the act creating the Worlds Columbian Exposition, 
including pay and drill of seamen temporarily enlisted and used for 
said review in addition to the regular number of enlisted men and in¬ 
cluding the construction by the Secretary of the Navy of reproductions 
in Spain of two of the caravels, the Pinta and the Nina, which composed 
the fleet of Columbus on his voyage of discovery, to be taken after the 
review to Chicago as a part of the Government exhibit, fifty thousand 
dollars. 


increase of the navy. 

That for the purpose of further increasing the Naval Establishment 
of the United States, the President is hereby authorized to have con¬ 
structed, by contract, one armored cruiser of about eight thousand tons 
displacement of the general type of armored cruiser numbered two 
(New York), to cost, exclusive of armament, not more than three mil¬ 
lion five hundred thousand dollars, excluding any premium that may 
be paid for increased speed and the cost of armament. The contract 
for the construction of said cruiser shall contain provisions to the effect 
that the contractor guarantees that when competed and tested for 
speed, under conditions to be prescribed by the Navy Department, it 
shall exhibit a speed of at least twenty knots per hour; and for every 
quarter knot of speed so exhibited above said guaranteed speed the 
contractor shall receive a premium over and above the contract price 
of fifty thousand dollars; and for every quarter knot that such vessel 
fails of reaching said guaranteed speed there shall be deducted from 
the contract price the sum of fifty thousand dollars; In the construc¬ 
tion of said vessel all the provisions of the act of August third, eighteen 
hundred and eighty-six' entitled “An act to increase the Naval Estab¬ 
lishment,” as to material for said vessel, its engines, boilers, and ma¬ 
chinery, the contract under which it is built, the notice of and pro¬ 
posals for the same, the plans, drawings, specifications therefor, and 
the method of executing said contract, shall be observed and followed, 
and said vessel shall be built in compliance with the terms of said act, 
save that in all its parts said vessel shall be of domestic manufacture. 
If the Secretary of the Navy shall be unable to contract at reasonable 
prices for the building of said vessel, then he may build such vessel in 
such navy-yard as he may designate. 

Also one sea-going coast-line battle ship, designed to carry the 
heaviest armor and most powerful ordnance, with a displacement of 
about nine thousand tons, to have the highest practicable speed for 
vessels of its class, and to cost, exclusive of armament and of anv pre¬ 
miums that may be paid for increased speed, not exceeding four million 
dollars. 

And in the construction of said battle ship, the provisions of the act 
of August third, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, entitled “An act to 
increase the Naval Establishment,” shall be observed and followed in 
the same manner that the provisions of said act are applied to the con¬ 
struction of the armored cruiser herein authorized; and in the contracts 
for the construction of said battle ship, such provisions for minimum 
speed and for premiums for increased speed and penalties for deficient 
speed may be made, subject to the terms of this act, as in the discre¬ 
tion of the Secretary of the Navy may be deemed advisable. 


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UNDER THE BUREAU OF ORDNANCE. 

Armament And Armor: Toward the armament and armor of 
domestic manufacture for the vessels authorized by the act of August 
third, eighteen hundred and eighty-six; of the vessels authorized by 
section three of the act approved March third, eighteen hundred and 
eighty-seven; of the vessels authorized by the act approved September 
seventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight; of the vessels authorized 
by the act of March second, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine; of those 
authorized by the acts of June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety, 
March second, eighteen hundred and ninetj^-one, and this act, including 
the purchase and installation of new machinery for the breech-mechan¬ 
ism shop at the navy-yard, Washington, District of Columbia, and tor¬ 
pedo outfits for the Atlanta, Boston, and Chicago, two million dollars. 

UNDER THE BUREAU OF EQUIPMENT. 

Equipment of new vessels of the Navy: Toward the comple¬ 
tion of the equipment outfit of the new vessels heretofore authorized 
by Congress, four hundred thousand dollars. 

UNDER THE BUREAU OF YARDS AND DOCKS. 

Traveling cranes: For one traveling crane of forty tons capacity, 
for dry docks at Mare Island, California, navy-yard, sixty thousand 
dollars. 

Construction and steam machinery; Toward the construction 
and completion of the new vessels heretofore and herein authorized by 
Congress, with their engines, boilers and machinery, and for the pay¬ 
ment of premiums for increased speed or horse power under contracts 
now existing and to be made under this and other acts for increase of 
the Navy, seven million dollars: Provided , That no contract for the 
purchase of gun steel or armor for the Navy shall hereafter be made 
until the subject-matter of the same shall have been submitted to public 
competition by the Department by advertisement. 

Approved, July 19, 1892. 


FIFTY-SECOND CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION—MARCH 3, 1893. 

[Public —No. 128.] 

An act making appropriations for the Naval Service for fiscal year ending June 
thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, and for other purposes. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled , That the following sums be, 
and they are hereby, appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the 
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the Naval Service of the 
Government for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and 
ninety-four, and for other purposes: 

PAY OF THE NAVY. 

For the pay of officers on sea duty; officers on shore and other duty; 
officers on waiting orders; officers on the retired list; clerks to comm- 
dants of yards and stations; clerks to paymasters at yards and stations; 
general storekeepers; receiving ships and other vessels; extra pay to 
men re-enlisting under honorable discharge; interest on deposits by 
men; pay of petty officers, seamen, landsmen, and boys, including men 
in the engineer’s force and for the Coast Survey Service and Fish Com¬ 
mission, seven thousand five hundred men and one thousand five hun¬ 
dred boys, at the pay prescribed by law; in all, seven million three 
hundred thousand dollars. 

And every naval cadet or cadet engineer who has heretofore graduated 
or may hereafter graduate from the Naval Academy 7 , and who has been 
or may 7 hereafter be commissioned, within six months after such gradu¬ 
ation, an officer in the Navy or Marine Corps of the United States, 
under the laws appointing such graduate to the Navy or Marine Corps, 
shall be allowed the pay^ of the grade in which he may be so commis¬ 
sioned from the date he takes rank as stated in his commission to the 
date of qualification and acceptance of his commission; and any Naval 
Constructor having the rank of Captain, Commander or Lieutenant 
Commander shall be eligible as Chief of the Bureau of Construction 
and Repair. 

PAY MISCELLANEOUS 

For commissions and interest; transportation of funds; exchange; 
mileage to officers while traveling under orders in the United States, 
and for actual personal expenses of officers while traveling abroad un¬ 
der orders, and for traveling expenses of apothecaries, yeomen, and 
civilian employees, and for actual and necessary traveling expenses of 
naval cadets while proceeding from their homes to the Naval Academy 
for examination and appointment as cadets; for rent and furniture of 
buildings and offices not in navy-y^ards; expenses of courts-martial, 
prisoners and prisons, and courts of inquiry, boards of investigation, 
examining boards, with clerks’ and witnesses’ fees, and traveling ex¬ 
penses and costs; stationery^ and recording; expenses of purchasing 
paymasters’ offices of the various cities, including clerks, furniture, 
fuel, stationery, and incidental expenses; newspapers and advertis¬ 
ing; foreign postage; telegraphing, foreign and domestic; telephones; 
copying; care of library, including purchase of books, photographs, 
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prints, manuscripts, and periodicals; ferriage tolls, and express fees; 
cost of suits; commissions, warrants, diplomas, and discharges; re¬ 
lief of vessels in distress; canal tolls and pilotage; recovery of valuables 
from shipwrecks; quarantine expenses; reports; professional investi¬ 
gation; cost of special instruction, at home or abroad, in mainte¬ 
nance of students and attaches and information from abroad, and the 
collection and classification thereof, and other necessaiy incidental ex¬ 
penses; in all, two hundred and forty thousand dollars. And here¬ 
after the accounting officers of the Treasury are hereby authorized 
to credit appropriation “Pay miscellaneous,” with all receipts for in¬ 
terest on the account of the Navy Department with the London fiscal 
agents, premiums arising from sales of bills of exchange, and from any 
appreciation in the value of foreign coin. And fraudulent enlistment, 
and the receipt of any pay or allowance thereunder, is hereb^v declared 
an offense against naval disciplin and made punishable by general court 
martial, under article twenty-two of the articles for the government of 
the Navy; but this provision shall not take effect until sixt}^ days 
after the passage of this act. 

Contingent, Navy: For all emergencies and extrordinary expenses 
arising at home or abroad, but impossible to be anticipated or classi¬ 
fied, exclusive of personal services in the Na\y Department or any of 
its subordinate bureaus or offices, at Washington, District of Columbia, 
seven thousand dollars. 

Bureau of Navigation. 

That an officer of the Navy not below the rank of commander ina} r 
be detailed as assistant to the Chief of the Bureau of Navigation in the 
Navy Department, and such officer shall receive the highest pay of his 
grade, and, in case of the death, resignation, absence, or sickness of 
the Chief of the Bureau, shall, unless otherwise directed by the Presi¬ 
dent, as provided by section one hundred and seventy-nine of the 
Revised Statutes, perform the duties of such Chief until his successor 
is appointed or such absence or sickness shall cease. 

Gunnery Exercises: For prizes for excellence in gunneiy exer¬ 
cises and target practice; diagrams and reports of target practice; for 
the establishment and maintenance of targets and ranges, for hiring 
established ranges, and for transportation to and from ranges, six thou¬ 
sand dollars. 

Ocean and Lake Surveys: For ocean and lake surveys; the pub¬ 
lication and care of the results thereof; the purchase of nautical-books, 
charts, and sailing directions, and freight and express charges on same; 
preparing and engraving on copper plates the surveys of the Mexican 
coasts, and the publication of a series of charts of the coasts of Central 
and South America, fourteen thousand dollars. 

Bounties for Outfits for Naval Apprentices: For bounties 
for outfits of seven hundred and fifty naval apprentices, thirty thou¬ 
sand dollars. 

Recruiting, Transportation, and Contingent, Bureau of 
Navigation: For expenses of recruiting for the Naval Service; rent of 
rendezvous and expenses of maintaining the same; advertising for men 
and boys, an all other expenses attending the recruiting for the Naval 
Service, and for the transportation of enlisted men and boys at home 
and abroad; for heating apparatus for receiving and training ships, 
and extra expenses thereof; for freight, telegraphing on public busi¬ 
ness, postage on letters sent abroad, farriage, ice, apprehension of de- 


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serters and stragglers, continuos-service certificates, discharges, good- 
conduct badges, and medals for boys, schoolbooks for training ships 
packing boxes and materials, and other contingent expenses and emer¬ 
gencies arising under cognizance of the Bureau of Navigation, unfore¬ 
seen and impossible to classify, forty-five thousand dollars, and in time 
of peace the President may in his discrition, and under such rules and 
upon such conditions as he may prescribe, permit any enlisted man to 
purchase his discharge from the Navy or the Marine Corps, the amounts 
received therefrom to be covered into the Treasury. 

Naval Training Station, Coasters Harbor Island, Rhode 
Island (for apprentices): For dredging channels, repairs to main 
causeway', roads, and grounds, extending sea wall, and the employment 
of such labor as may be necessary for the proper care and preserva¬ 
tion of the same; for repairs to wharf and sea wall; for repairs and 
improvements on buildings, heating, lighting and furniture for same; 
books and stationer}", freight, and other contingent expenses; purchase 
of food and maintenance of live stock, and mail wagon and attendance 
on same, thirty thousand dollars. 

For building retaining wall, from material on the island, at a price 
not to exceed three dollars per foot, and foundation, two thousand five 
hundred dollars; 

For two boilers and extension of boiler house, with water tank and 
feed-water tank, seven thousand dollars. 

For purchase of one dynamo, fifty horse power, and extension of 
electric plant for training station and War College and Torpedo School, 
four thousand five hundred; 

Naval War College and Torpedo School on Coasters 
Harbor Island: For maintenance of the Naval War College and 
Torpedo School on Coasters Harbor Island and care of grounds for 
same, eight thousand dollars. 

Bureau of Ordnance. 

Ordnance and Ordnance Stores: For procuring, producing, pre¬ 
serving, and handling ordnance material; for the armament of ships; 
for fuel, and material and labor to be used in the general work of the 
Ordnance Department; for furniture at magazines, at the ordnance 
dock, New York, an at the naval ordance and proving ground, one hun¬ 
dred and eighty thousand dollars; expenses of target practice, fifteen 
thousand dollars; 

Maintenance of new proving ground, five thousand dollars; in all, 
two hundred thousand dollars. 

Submarine Torpedo Boat: For building a submarine torpedo boat 
and conducting experiments therewith, two hundred thousand dollars, 
to be taken from the balances of appropriations on hand July first 
eighteen hundred and ninety-three, to the credit of armor and arma¬ 
ment of vessels heretofore authorized. 

Repairs Bureau of Ordnance: For necessary repairs to ord¬ 
nance buildings, magazines, gun parks, boats, lighters, wharves, 
machinery, and other objects of the like character, thirty thousand 
dollars. 

Torpedo Station, Bureau of Ordnance, Newport, Rhode 
Island: For labor, material, freight and express charges; general 
care of and repairs to grounds, buildings and wharves; boats, instruc¬ 
tion, instruments, tools, furniture, experiments, and general torpedo 
outfits, sixty thousand dollars. 


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Naval Militia: For arms and equipment connected therewith for 
naval militia of various States, under such regulations as the Secretary 
of the Navy may prescribe, twenty-five thousand dollars. 

Contingent Bureau of Ordnance: For miscellaneous items, 
namely: Freight to foreign and home stations; advertising; cartage 
and express charges; repairs to fire engine; gas and water pipes; gas 
and water tax at magazines; tolls, ferriage, foreign postage, and tele¬ 
grams to and from the Bureau, and incidental expenses attending 
inspections of ordnance material, eight thousand dollars. 

Civil Establishment, Bureau of Ordnance: For the civil estab¬ 
lishment under the Bureau of Ordnance, namely: 

Navy-yard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire: For one writer, when re¬ 
quired, five hundred dollars; 

Navy ward, Boston, Massachusetts: For one writer, when required, 
five hundred dollars; 

Navy-yard, New York: For one clerk, at one thousand four hundred 
dollars; 

Navy-yard, Washington, District of Columbia: For one clerk, at one 
thousand six hundred dollars; one clerk, at one thousand two hundred 
dollars; two writers, at one thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty- 
five cents each; one draftsman, at one thousand eight hundred dollars; 
three draftsmen, at one thousand and eighty-one dollars each; one 
assistant draftsman, at seven hundred and sevent 3 r -two dollars; two 
foremen, at one thousand five hundred dollars each; two copyists, at 
seven hundred and twenty dollars each; one telegraph operator and 
copyist, at nine hundred dollars; 

Navy-yard, Norfolk, Virginia: For one clerk, at one thousand two 
hundred dollars; 

Navy-yard, Mare Island, California: For one writer, at one thousand 
and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents; 

Naval ordnance proving ground: For one writer, at one thousand 
and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents; 

Naval Torpedo Station, Newport, Rhode Island: For one chemist, at 
two thousand five hundred dollars; one clerk, at one thousand two 
huridred dollars; one draftsman, at one thousand five hundred dollars; 

In all, twenty-six thousand eight hundred and twenty-four dollars; 
and no other fund appropriated by this act shall be used in payment 
for such service. 

BUREAU OF EQUIPMENT. 

Equipment of Vessels: For purchase of coal for steamers’ and 
ships’ use, including expenses of transportion, storage, and handling 
the same; hemp, wire, iron and other materials for the manufacture of 
cordage, anchors, cables, galleys, and chains; canvas for the manufac¬ 
ture of sails, awnings, hammocks, and other work; water for steam 
launches; stationeiy for commanding and navigating officers of ships, 
equipment officers on shore and afloat, and for the use of courts-martial 
on board ship, and for the purchase of all other articles of equipment 
at home and abroad and for the payment of labor in equipping vessels and 
manufacture of equipment articles in the several navy-yards; foreign and 
local pilotage and towage of ships of war; services and materials in re¬ 
pairing, correcting, adjusting, and testing compasses on shore and on 
board ship; nautical and astronomical instruments, and repairs to same; 
libraries for ships of war: professional books and papers, and drawings 
and engravings for signal books; naval signals and apparatus, namely, 


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signals, lights, lanterns, rockets, running lights, compass fittings, 
including binnacles, tripods, and other appendages of ships’ compasses; 
logs and other appliances for measuring the ships’ wa} r , and leads and 
other appliances for sounding; lanterns and lamps, and their append¬ 
ages for general use on board ship, for illuminating purposes, and oil 
and candles used in connection therewith; bunting and other materials 
for making and repairing flags of all kinds; photographic instruments 
and materials; musical instruments and music; and installing and 
maintaining electric lights and interior signal communications on board 
vessels of war, nine hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars. 

Civil Establishment, Bureau of Equipment: Navy-yard, 
Portsmouth, New Hampshire: For one clerk, at one thousand two 
hundred dollars; one clerk, at one thousand dollars; 

Navy-yard, Boston, Massachusetts: For one superintendent of rope- 
walk, at one thousand eight hundred and seventy-five dollars; one 
clerk, at one thousand four hundred dollars; one clerk, at one thousand 
three hundred dollars; one writer at nine hundred and fifty dollars; 

Navy-yard, New York: For one clerk at one thousand four hundred 
dollars; one clerk, at one thousand two hundred dollars; one writer, 
at one thousand dollars; one storekeeper at nine hundred dollars; 

Navj T -yard, League Island, Pennsylvania: For one clerk, at one 
thousand two hundred dollars; 

Navy-yard, Norfolk, Virginia: For two clerks, at one thousand two 
hundred dollars each; 

Navy-yard, Mare Island, California: For one clerk, at one thousand 
two hundred dollars; one clerk, at one thousand dollars; 

Navy-yard, Washington, District of Columbia: For one clerk, at one 
thousand dollars; 

In all, nineteen thousand and twenty-five dollars; and no other fund 
appropriated by this act shall be used in payment for such service. 

Contingent, Bureau of Equipment: For freight and transporta¬ 
tion of equipment stores, packing boxes and materials, printing, adver¬ 
tising’, telegraphing, books, and models; furniture for equipment offices 
in navy-yards; postage on letters sent abroad; ferriage, ice, lighterage 
of ashes, and emergencies arising under cognizance of the Bureau of 
Equipment unforeseen and impossible to classify, twelve thousand dol¬ 
lars. 

bureau of yards and docks. 

Maintenance of Yards and Docks: For general maintenance of 
yards and docks, namely: For freight; transportation of materials and 
stores; books, maps, models, and drawings; purchase and repair of 
fire engines; machinery; repairs on steam fire engines and attendance 
on the same; purchase and maintenance of oxen, horses, and driving 
teams; carts, timber wheels, and all vehicles for use In the navv-yards; 
tools and repairs of the same; postage on letters and other mailable 
matter on public service sent to foreign countries, and telegrams; sta- 
tioner} 7 ; furniture for Government houses and offices in navy-yards; 
coal and other fuel, candles, oil, and gas; cleaning and clearing up 
yards and care of buildings; attendance on fires, lights, fire engines, 
and apparatus; for incidental labor at navy-yards; water tax, tolls, 
and ferriage, rent of four officers’ quarters at Philadelphia, Pennsyl¬ 
vania, pay of watchman in navy-yards; awnings and packing boxes, 
and advertising for yards and doc Kb and other purposes, two hundred 
and thirty thousand dollars. 


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Contingent, Bureau or Yards and Docks: For contingent ex¬ 
penses that may arise at navy-yards and stations, fifteen thousand 
dollars. 

Civil Establishment, Bureau of Yards and Docks: N&vy- 
yard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire: Forgone clerk, at one thousand 
four hundred dollars; one mail messenger, at two dollars per diem, in¬ 
cluding Sundays; one messenger, at six hundred dollars; one foreman 
laborer, and head teamster, at four dollars per diem including Sundays; 
one janitor, at six hundred dollars; one pilot, at three dollars per diem, 
including Sundays; one foreman mason, when required, at four dollars 
and fifty cents per diem, one thousand four hundred and thirteen dol¬ 
lars; in all, seven thousand two hundred and ninety-three dollars and 
fifty cents. 

Navy-Yard, Boston, Massachusetts: For one clerk, at one thousand 
four hundred dollars; one foreman laborer, at four dollars per diem; 
one messenger to commandant, at one dollar and seventy six cents per 
diem; one messenger, at one dollar and seventy six cents per diem; one 
mail messenger, at two dollars per diem, including Sundaj^s; one writer, 
at nine hundred dollars; in all, five thousand three hundred and eighty- 
three dollars and seventy-six cents 

Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York: For one clerk, at one thousand 
four hundred dollars; one writer, at one thousand and seventeen dol¬ 
lars and twenty-five cents; two masters of tugs, at one thousand five 
hundred dollars each; two writers, at nine hundred dollars each; one 
foreman laborer, at four dollars and fifty cents per diem; one mail mes¬ 
senger, at two dollars per diem, including Sundays; two messengers, at 
two dollars and twenty-five cents per diem each; one draftsman, at five 
dollars per diem; one quarterman at three dollars per diem; one super¬ 
intendent of teams or quarterman, at four dollars per diem; one mes¬ 
senger to commandant, at two dollars and twenty-five cents per diem, 
including Sundays; one electrician, at one thousand two hundred dol¬ 
lars; in all, sixteen thousand five hundred and forty one dollars and 
fifty cents. 

Naval station, Sacketts Harbor, New York: For one shipkeeper, at 
three hundred and sixty five dollars per annum; 

Navy-Yard, League Island, Pennsylvania, For one clerk at one thou¬ 
sand four hundred dollars; one writer and telegraph operator, at one 
thousand dollars; one messenger, at two dollars per diem; one foreman 
laborer, at four dollars per diem; in all, four thousand two hundred 
and seventy-eight dollars. 

Navy-Yard, Washington, District of Columbia; For one clerk, at 
one thousand four hundred dollars; one messenger, at two dollars 
per diem; one foreman laborer, at four dollars per diem; one electrician 
one thousand dollars; in all, four thousand two hundred and seventy- 
eight dollars. 

Navy-Yard, Norfolk, Virginia: For one clerk, at one thousand four 
hundred dollars; one writer, at one thousand and seventeen dollars 
and twenty-five cents; one writer, at one thousand dollars; one fore¬ 
man laborer, at four dollars per diem; one electrician one thousand 
two hundred dollars; one mail messenger, at two dollars per diem, in¬ 
cluding Sundays; two messengers, at two dollars per diem each; one 
pilot, at two dollars and twenty-six cents per diem; in all, eight thou¬ 
sand five hundred and fifty eight dollars and sixty three cents 

Navy Yard, Pensacola, Florida: For one clerk, at one thousand two 
hundred dollars; one mail messenger, at two dollars per diem, includ¬ 
ing Sundays; in all, one thousand nine hundred and thirty dollars. 


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Navy-Yard, Mare Island, California: For one clerk, at one thousand 
four hundred dollars; one writer, at one thousand and seventeen 
dollars and twenty-live cents; one foreman, at six dollars per diem; 
one foreman laborer, at live dollars and fifty cents per diem; one pilot, 
at four dollars and eighty cents per diem; one draftsman, at five 
dollars per diem; one mail messenger, at two dollars per diem, includ¬ 
ing Sundays; one messenger, at two dollars per diem; one messenger 
and lamplighter, at two dollars per diem; one electrician one thousand 
two hundred dollars; in all, twelve thousand two hundred and sixty- 
six dollars and fifteen cents. 

Naval station, Key West, Florida; For one messenger, at six hundred 
dollars. 

In all sixty-one thousand four hundred and ninety-four dollars and 
fifty-four cents; and no other fund appropriated by this act shall be 
used in payment for such services. 

Naval Home, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; For one superin¬ 
tendent, at six hundred dollars; one steward, at four hundred and 
eighty dollars; one matron, at three hundred and sixty dollars; one 
chief cook, at three hundred and sixty dollars; one assistant cook, at 
two hundred and forty dollars; one assistant cook, at one hundred and 
eighty dollars; one chief laundress, at one hundred and ninety-two 
dollars; four laundresses, at one hundred and sixty-eight dollars each; 
four scrubbers, at one hundred and sixty-eight dollars each; eight 
waiters, at one hundred and sixty-eight dollars each; eight laborers, 
at two hundred and forty dollars each; one stable-keeper and driver at 
three hundred and sixty dollars; one master at arms, at four hundred 
and eighty dollars; two house corporals, at three hundred dollars each; 
one barber, at three hundred and sixty dollars; one carpenter, at eight 
hundred and forty-five dollars; one painter, at six hundred dollars; one 
engineer to run elevator, six hundred dollars; water rent and gas, two 
thousand four hundred dollars; cemetary, burial expenses, and head¬ 
stones, three hundred and lift} 7 dollars; improvement of grounds, five 
hundred dollars; repairs to buildings, furnaces, grates, ranges, furni¬ 
ture, and repairs of furniture, five thousand dollars music in chapel, 
six hundred dollars, transportation of indigent and destitute benefici¬ 
aries to the Naval Home, live hundred dollars; for support of benefici¬ 
aries, forty eight thousand dollars; to reset and repair footway in front 
of wharf, one thousand dollars; total for Naval Home, sixty-nine thou¬ 
sand two hundred and fifteen dollars; which sum shall be paid out of 
the income from the naval pension fund. 

public works—bureau of yards and docks, navy yards and 
stations, naval academy, and new naval observatory. 

Navy Yard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire: For construction of 
boiler house for building number ten, fifteen thousand dollars. 

Navy Yard, Boston Massachusetts; For repairs to wharf, twenty 
thousand dollars. 

Navy-yard, Brooklyn, New York: For completing gateway on 
Sands street, paving and grading streets in connection with same, ex¬ 
tension of railroad tracks, continuation of quay wall, repairs to build¬ 
ings, and for other improvements at the navy-yard, Brooklyn, New 
Y r ork, three hundred thousand dollars, to be paid from proceeds of sale 
of portion of Brooklyn navy-yard under act of Congress, approved 
December twenty-second, eighteen hundred and ninety-two. 


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Navy-yard, League Island, Pennsylvania: For continuation of 
sea wall, twenty thousand dollars; one pair shear legs, eighteen thou¬ 
sand dollars; toward the construction of east dry dock pier, as esti¬ 
mated for b} T the Bureau of Yards and Docks, forty thousand dollars; 
the total cost for the completion of the said pier not to exceed the sum 
of eighty thousand dollars; in all, seventy-eight thousand dollars. 

Navy-yard, Washington, District of Columbia: For new tim¬ 
ber shed for ordnance purposes, seven thousand five hundred dollars; 
for conversion of mold-loft building into a forge shop, eight thousand 
dollars; for reconstruction of forge shop with foundations for crane 
colums, ten thousand dollars; for one wrecking car with fifteen-ton 
crane attachment, two thousand five hundred dollars; for installation 
of electric lights in breech-mechanism shop, two thousand five hundred 
dollars; in all, thirty thousand five hundred dollars. 

Navy-yard, Norfolk, Virginia: For extension of quay wall fifteen 
thousand dollars; for extention of water system, eight thousand dol¬ 
lars; in all, twenty-three thousand dollars. 

Naval Station, Port Royal, South Carolina: For sewerage 
eight hundred and forty-six dollars; for officers’ quarters, seven thousand 
dollars; for boathouse, one thousand dollars; for barn, seven hundred 
and fifty dollars; and for completing officers quarters, heretofore 
authorized, two thousand five hundred dollars; in all, twelve thousand 
and ninety-six dollars. 

Dry Dock, Algiers, Louisiana: Toward the establishment of a 
dry dock on the Government reservation, near Algiers, Louisiana; for 
plans and specifications, and for the acquisition of such additional land 
as may be necessaiy in the discretion of the Secretary of the Navy, in 
accordance with the recommendations of two Commissions appointed 
by the President under the provisions of an act approved September 
seventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, and the act approved 
June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety, respectively, twenty-five 
thousand dollars. 

Navy-yard, Mare Island, California: For dredging, twenty 
thousand dollars; for dry-air closet, four thousand dollars; for new 
carriage house and dirt stables, for } r ards and docks stables, three thou¬ 
sand dollars; for changes in steam-engineering buildings, four thousand 
seven hundred and ninety-seven dollars; for shed for bending slabs, rolls, 
and furnaces, six thousand three hundred and eighty-one dollars; for 
engine house for engine for construction and repair, three thousand 
four hundred and seventy dollars; in all, forty-one thousand six hun¬ 
dred and forty-eight dollars. 

Dry Dock, Puget Sound, Washington: To continue the construc¬ 
tion of the dry dock at Puget Sound, authorized by theact approved March 
second, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, including approaches to dry 
dock, rent of quarters for civil engineer and inspector, pay of super¬ 
intendents, inspectors, and draftsmen,necessary dredging, and inci¬ 
dental expenses, two hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars. 

Repairs and Preservation at Navy-yards and Stations: For 
repairs and preservation at navy-yards and stations, two hundred and 
seventy-five thousand dollars. 

NAVAL ACADEMY. 

Buildings and grounds: For one new boiler house and fittings, to be 
immediately available, twenty-six thousand dollars; for the erection of 
two double houses for officers’ quarters, thirty thousand dollars; in all, 
fifty-six thousand dollars. 


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NEW NAVAL OBSERVATORY. 

For grounds and roads: For continuing grading, extending roads 
and paths, clearing grounds of New Naval Observatory, and filling 
ravine contiguous to boiler house, to be immediately available, twelve 
thousand dollars. 

Stationary fire engine: For one stationary fire engine, with pipes, 
connections, and frame shelter, four thousand five hundred dollars; in 
all, sixteen thousand five hundred dollars. 

BUREAU OF MEDICINE AND SURGERY. 

Medical Department: For surgeons’ necessaries for vessels in 
commission, navy-yards, naval stations, Marine Corps, and Coast Sur¬ 
vey, and for the civil establishment at the several naval hospitals, 
navy-yards, naval laboratory, museum of hygiene, and Naval Acadeni}^ 
sixty thousand dollars. 

Naval Hospital fund: For maintenance of the naval hospitals 
at the various navy-yards and stations, and for care and maintenance 
of patients in other hospitals at home and abroad, twenty thousand 
dollars. 

Contingent, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery: For freight, 
expressage on medical stores, tolls, ferriages, transportation of sick 
to hospital, transportation of insane patients; care, transportation, and 
burial of the dead; advertising; telegraphing; rent of telephones; pur¬ 
chase of books and stationery; binding of unbound books and pam¬ 
phlets; postage and purchase of stamps for foreign service; expenses 
attending the medical board of examiners; rent of rooms for naval 
dispensary and museum of hygiene; hygienic and sanitary investiga¬ 
tion and illustration; sanitary and hygienic instruction; purchase and 
repair of wagons and harness; purchase of and feed for horses and 
cows; trees, plants, garden tools, and seed; furniture and incidental 
articles for the museum of hygiene, naval dispensary, Washington 
naval laborator} 7 , sick quarters at Naval Academy and marine bar¬ 
racks, surgeons’ offices and dispensaries at navy-yards and naval sta¬ 
tions; washing for medical department at museum of hygiene, naval 
dispensary, Washington, naval laboratory, sick quarters at Naval 
Academy and marine barracks, dispensaries at navy-yards and naval 
stations and ships and rendezvous, and all other necessary contingent 
expenses, twenty-five thousand dollars. 

Repairs, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery: For necessary 
repairs of naval laborator}^ naval hospitals, and appendages, including 
roads, wharves, outhouses, sidewalks, fences, gardens, farms, and ceme¬ 
teries, twenty thousand dollars. 

BUREAU OF SUPPLIES AND ACCOUNTS. 

Provisions, Navy, Bureau of Supplies and Accounts: For 
provisions and commuted rations for the seamen and marines, com¬ 
muted rations for officers and naval cadets on sea duty, and commuted 
rations stopped on account of sick in hospital and credited to the hos¬ 
pital fund, subsistence of officers and men unavoidably detained or 
absent from vessels to which attached under orders (during which sub¬ 
sistence rations to be stopped on board ship and no credit for communi¬ 
cation therefor to be given), and fresh water, not to exceed ten thousand 
dollars, for drinking and cooking purposes, nine hundred and ninety 


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thousand dollars; labor in general storehouses and paymasters’ offices 
in navy-yards, including a chemist at two thousand dollars per annum, 
one hundred thousand dollars; in all, one million and ninety thousand 
dollars. 

And the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and directed 
to cause general account of advances to be charged with the sum of 
two hundred thousand dollars, which amount shall be carried to the 
credit of a permanent naval-supply fund to be used under the direction 
of the Secretary of the Navy in the purchase of ordinary commercial 
supplies for the naval service, and to be reimbursed from the proper 
naval appropriations whenever the supplies purchased under said fund 
are issued for use. 

Contingent, Bureau of Supplies and Accounts: For freight 
and express charges, candles, fuel, books and blanks, stationery, ad¬ 
vertising,furniture for general storehouses and pay offices in navy-yards, 
expenses of naval clothing factory and machinery for same, postage, 
telegrams, telephones, express charges, tolls, ferriages, yeoman’s stores, 
iron safes, newspapers, ice, and other incidental expenses, forty thou¬ 
sand dollars. 

And section thirty-seven hundred and eighteen of the Kevised Stat¬ 
utes of the United States, as amended by the act of Juty nineteenth, 
eighteen hundred and ninety-two, is hereby amended so as to read: 
u twice a week for two weeks or longer, not to exceed four weeks, or 
once a week for two weeks or longer, not to exceed four weeks, in the 
discretion of the Secretary of the Nav} T .” 

Civil Establishment, Bureau of Supplies and Accounts: 
Navy-yard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire: In general storehouses: 
Two bookkeepers, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; one 
assistant bookkeeper, at seven hundred and twenty dollars; one bill 
clerk, at one thousand dollars; one assistant clerk, at seven hundred 
and twenty dollars; one shipping and receiving clerk, at one thousand 
dollars; 

Navy-yard, Boston, Massachusetts: In general storehouses: One 
bookkeeper, at one thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five 
cents;' one shipping clerk, at one thousand dollars; one receiving clerk, 
at one thousand dollars. 

In } r ard pay office: One writer, at one thousand and seventeen dol¬ 
lars and twenty five cents. 

Navy-yard, Brooklyn j New York: One writer to boards of inspection, 
nine hundred dollars. In general storehouses: Three bookkeepers, at 
one thousand two hundred dollars each; one assistant bookkeeper, at 
one thousand dollars; one assistant bookkeeper at seven hundred and 
twenty dollars; three receiving clerks, at four dollars per diem each; 
one assistant receiving clerk, at one thousand and ninety-nine-dollars; 
three shipping clerks, at one thousand dollars each; one bill clerk at 
one thousand dollars; one assistant bill clerk, at seven hundred and 
twenty dollars; two leading men, at two dollars and fifty cents per 
diem each; five pressmen, at two dollars and seventy-six cents per diem 
each; one superintendent of coffee mills, at three dollars per diem; one 
box-maker, at three dollars per diem; one engineer tender, at three 
dollars and twenty-six cents per diem; one coffee-roaster, at two dollars 
and fifty cents per diem; one fireman, at two dollars per diem; one 
messenger, at two dollars and twenty-five cents per diem. 

In paj r office: One writer, at one thousand and seventeen dollars and 
twenty-five cents; one messenger, at two dollars and twent} T -five cents 
per diem. 


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Navy-yard, League Island, Pennsylvania: In general storehouse: 
One bookkeeper, at one thousand two hundred dollars; one assistant 
bookkeeper, at seven hundred and twenty dollars. 

Navy-yard, Washington, District of Columbia: In general store¬ 
house: One bookkeeper, at one thousand two, hundred dollars; one 
clerk, at one thousand two hundred dollars; one receiving clerk, at one 
thousand dollars; one bill clerk, at one thousand dollars; one shipping 
clerk, at one thousand dollars. 

In pay office: One writer, at one thousand and seventeen dollars and 
twenty-five cents. 

Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland: In general storehouse: One 
bookkeeper, at. one thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty-tive 
cents; one receiving and shipping clerk, at one thousand dollars. 

Torpedo Station, Newport, Rhode Island: In general storehouse: 
One clerk, at one thousand two hundred dollars. 

Navy Yard, Mare Island, California: In general storehouses: Two 
bookkeepers, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; two assistant 
bookkeepers, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; one receiving 
clerk, at one thousand dollars; one shipping clerk, at one thousand 
dollars; one bill clerk, at one thousand dollars; one assistant clerk, at 
one thousand dollars. 

In pay office: One writer, at one thousand and seventeen dollars and 
twenty-live cents. 

Navy-yard, Norfolk, Virginia: In general storehouses: Two book¬ 
keepers, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; two assistant 
bookkeepers, at one thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five 
cents each; one bill clerk, at one thousand dollars; one assistant bill 
clerk, at seven hundred and twenty dollars; one receiving clerk, at nine 
hundred and forty-two dollars; one assistant receiving clerk, at seven 
hundred and twenty dollars. 

In pay office: One writer, at one thousand and seventeen dollars and 
twenty-five cents; in all, sixty-seven thousand five hundred and thirty- 
two dollars and three cents; and no other fund appropriated by this 
act shall be used in payment for such service. 

Consolidating naval supplies: For completion of the work of arrang¬ 
ing, classifying, consolidating and cataloguing supplies of the Navy, 
ten thousand dollars. 

For expenses (not properly chargeable to other specific appropria¬ 
tions) of handling, shipping, and transportation from one station to 
another of the stores which under the law have ceased to belong to 
particular bureaus and have become general supplies for use of the 
Navy, twenty thousand dollars. 

BUREAU OF CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR. 

Construction and repair of vessels: For preservation and 
completion of vessels on the stocks and in ordinary; purchase of ma¬ 
terials and stores of all kinds; steam steerers; pneumatic steerers; 
steam capstans, steam windlasses, and other steam auxiliaries; labor 
in navy-yards and on foreign stations; purchase of machinery and tools 
for use in shops; wear, tear, and repair of vessels afloat; general care, 
increase, and protection of the Navy in the line of construction and 
repair; incidental expenses, such as advertising, freight, foreign post¬ 
age, telegrams, telephone service, photographing, books, professional 
magazines, plans, stationery, and instruments for drafting room, nine 
hundred and fifty thousand dollars: Provided , That no part of this sum 


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shall be applied to the repairs of any wooden ship when the estimated 
cost of such repairs, to be appraised by a competent board of naval 
officers, shall exceed ten per centum of the estimated cost, appraised in 
like manner, of a new ship of the same size and like material: Provided 
further , That nothing herein contained shall deprive the Secretary of 
the Navy of the authorit}^ to cause the necessary repairs and preserva¬ 
tion of the United States ships Hartford and "Kearsarge, or to order 
repairs of ships damaged in foreign waters or on the high seas, so far 
as may be necessary to bring them home. 

Civil Establishment, Bureau of Construction and Repair; 
Nav}^-Yard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire: For one clerk to naval con¬ 
structor, at one thousand four hundred dollars; two writers, at one 
thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents each; 

Navy-yard, Boston, Massachusetts: For one clerk to naval construc¬ 
tor, at one thousand four hundred dollars; 

Navy-yard, Brooklyn, New York: For one clerk to naval constructor, 
at one thousand four hundred dollars; three writers, at one thousand 
and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents; 

Navy-yard, League Island, Pennsylvania: For one clerk to naval con¬ 
structor, at one thousand four hundred dollars; 

Navy-yard, Washington, District of Columbia: For one clerk to 
naval constructor, at one thousand four hundred dollars; 

Navy-yard, Norfolk, Virginia: For one clerk to naval constructor, at 
one thousand four hundred dollars; two writers, at one thousand and 
seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents each; 

Navy-yard, Pensacola, Florida: For one writer, at one thousand and 
seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents; 

Navy-} 7 ard, Mare Island, California: For one clerk to naval con¬ 
structor, at one thousand four hundred dollars; two writers, at one 
thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents each; in all, 
nineteen thousand nine hundred and seventy-two dollars and fifty 
cents; and no other fund appropriated by this act shall be used in pa} 7 - 
ment for such service. 

BUREAU OF STEAM ENGINEERING. 

Steam Machinery: For completion, repairs, and preservation of 
machinery and boilers of naval vessels, including cost of new boil¬ 
ers, distilling, refrigerating, and auxiliary machinery, preservation of 
and small repairs to machinery and boilers in vessels in ordinary, 
receiving and training vessels, repair and care of machinery of yard 
tugs and launches, four hundred and forty-five thousand dollars. 

For purchase, handling, and preservation of all material and stores, 
purchase, fitting, repair, and preservation of machinery and tools in 
navy-yards and stations, and running yard engines, two hundred and 
forty thousand dollars; 

For incidental expenses for naval vessels, yards, and the Bureau, 
such as foreign postage, telegrams, advertising, freight, photographing, 
books, stationery, and instruments, ten thousand dollars; in all, six 
hundred and ninety-five thousand dollars: 

Provided , That no part of said sum shall be applied to the engines, 
boilers, and machinery of wooden ships where the estimated cost of 
such repair shall exceed ten per centum of the estimated cost of new 
engines and machinery of the same character and power; nor shall new 
boilers be constructed for wooden ships: Provided further. That noth¬ 
ing herein contained shall deprive the Secretary of the Navy of the 


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authority to cause the necessary repairs and preservation of the United 
States ships Hartford and Kearsarge, or to order repairs of the engines, 
boilers, and machinery of ships damaged in foreign waters or on the 
high seas so far as may be necessary to bring them home 

Contingent, Bureau of Steam Engineering: For contingen¬ 
cies, drawing materials, and instruments for the drafting room, one 
thousand dollars. 

Civil establishment, Bureau of Steam Engineering: Navy- 
yard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire: For clerk to department, at one 
thousand two hundred dollars; messenger, at six hundred dollars. 

Navy-yard, Brooklyn, New York: For clerk to department, at one 
thousand four hundred dollars; writer, at one thousand dollars; mes¬ 
senger, at six hundred dollars; 

Navy-yard, League Island, Pennsylvania: For clerk to department, 
at one thousand two hundred dollars; 

Navy-yard, Norfolk, Virginia: For clerk to department, at one 
thousand three hundred dollars; messenger, at six hundred dollars; 

Navy-Yard, Pensacola, Florida: For writer, at one thousand dollars; 

Navy-yard, Mare Island, California: For clerk to department, at one 
thousand four hundred dollars; messenger, at six hundred dollars; 
writer, at one thousand dollars; 

In all, eleven thousand nine hundred dollars; and no other fund ap¬ 
propriated by this act shall be used in payment for such service. 

naval academy. 

Pay of Professors and others, Naval Academy: For one pro¬ 
fessor of mathematics, one of chemistry, and one of physics, at two 
thousand five hundred dollars each; two professors (assistants), namely, 
one of French and Spanish and one of English studies, history, and 
law, at two thousand two hundred dollars each; five assistant pro¬ 
fessors, namety, one of English studies, history, and law, three of 
French, and one of drawing, at one thousand eight hundred dollars 
each; one sword master, at one thousand five hundred dollars, and two 
assistants, at one thousand dollars each; one boxing master and gym¬ 
nast, at one thousand two hundred dollars; one assistant librarian, at one 
thousand four hundred dollars; one secretary to the Naval Academy, 
at one thousand eight hundred dollars; two clerks to the superin¬ 
tendent, one at one thousand two hundred dollars and one at one 
thousand dollars, respectively; one clerk to the commandant of 
cadets, at one thousand two hundred dollars; one clerk to the 
paymaster, at one thousand two hundred dollars; one dentist, at one 
thousand six hundred dollars; one baker, at six hundred dollars; one 
mechanic in department of physics and chemistry, at seven hundred 
and thirty dollars; one cook, at three hundred and twenty-five dollars 
and fifty cents; one messenger to the Superintendent, at six hundred dol¬ 
lars; one armorer, at six hundred and forty-nine dollars and fifty cents; 
one chief gunner’s mate, at five hundred and twenty-nine dollars and 
fifty cents; one quarter gunner, at four hundred and thirty-three dol¬ 
lars and fifty cents; one cockswain, at four hundred and sixty-nine dol¬ 
lars and fifty cents; one seaman in the department of seamanship, at 
three hundred and ninety-seven dollars and fifty cents; one attendant 
in the department of astronomy and one in the department of physics 
and chemistry, at three hundred dollars each; six attendants at recita¬ 
tion rooms, library, store, chapel, and offices, at three hundred dollars 
each; one bandmaster, at five hundred and twenty eight dollars; 


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twenty-one first-class musicians, at three hundred and forty-eight dol¬ 
lars each; seven second-class musicians, at three hundred dollars each; 
services of organist at chapel of Naval Acadeni} 7 , three hundred dol¬ 
lars: 

In all, fifty-two thousand three hundred and seventy-one dollars. 

For special course of study and training of naval cadets, as author¬ 
ized by act of Congress approved August fifth eighteen hundred and 
eighty-two, three thousand dollars. 

Pay of Watchmen, Mechanics, and Others, Naval Academy: 
For captain of the watch and weigher, at two dollars and fifty cents 
per diem; four watchmen, at two dollars per diem each; foreman of gas 
and steam-heating works of the Academy, at five dollars per diem; for 
labor at gas works and steam buildings, for masons, carpenters, and 
other mechanics and laborers, and for care of buildings, grounds, 
wharves, and boats, thirty-seven thousand eight hundred and sixty-four 
dollars and ninety-five cents; one attendant in purifying house of the 
gas house at one dollar and fifty cents per diem. 

In all, forty-four thousand and sixty-nine dollars and ninety-five 
cents. 

Pay of Steam Employees Naval Academy: For pay of mechan¬ 
ics and others in department of steam engineering seven thousand 
eight hundred and twenty four dollars and fifty cents. 

Repairs and Improvements, Naval Academy: Necessary re¬ 
pairs of public buildings, pavements, wharves, and walls inclosing the 
grounds of the Naval Academy, improvements, repairs, furniture, and 
fixtures, twenty-one thousand dollars. 

Heating and Lighting Naval Academy: Fuel, and for heating 
and lighting the Academy and school ships, seventeen thousand dol¬ 
lars. 

Contingent and Miscellaneous Expenses, Naval Academy: 
Purchase of books for the library, two thousand dollars; stationery, 
blank books, models, maps, and text-books for use of instructors, two 
thousand dollars; expenses of the Board of Visitors of the Naval 
Academy, being ihileage and five dollars per diem for each member for 
expenses during actual attendance at the Academy, one thousand five 
hundred dollars; purchase of chemicals, apparatus, and instruments 
in the department of physics and chemistry, and for repairs of the 
same, two thousand five hundred dollars; purchase of gas and steam 
machinery, steam pipes and fittings, rent of buildings for the use of the 
Academy, freight, cartage, water, music, musical and astronomical 
instruments, uniforms for the bandsmen, telegraphing, feed and main¬ 
tenance of teams, current expenses, and repairs of all kinds, and for 
incidental labor and expenses not applicable to any other appropria¬ 
tions, thirty-two thousand dollars; stores in the departments of steam 
engineering eight hundred dollars; material for repairs in steam ma¬ 
chinery, one thousand dollars; 

In all, forty-one thousand eight hundred dollars. 

MARINE CORPS. 

Pay, Marine Corps: For pay of officers on the active list: For one 
colonel commandent, one colonel, two lieutenant-colonels, one adjutant 
and inspector, one paymaster, one quartmaster, four majors, two as¬ 
sistant quartmasters, twenty captains, thirty first lieutenant, and 
twelve second lieutenants, one hundred and seventy-nine thousand 
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Pay of officers on the retired list: For four colonels, two lieutenant- 
colonels, one major, one quartermaster, two assistant quartermasters, 
eight captains, three first lieutenants, and three second lieutenants, 
fifty-two thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven dollars and fifty cents. 

Pay of noncommissioned officers, musicians, and privates: For one 
sergeant-major, one quartermaster-sergeant, one leader of the band, 
one drum-major, fifty first sergeants, one hundred and forty sergeants, 
one hundred and eighty corporals, thirty musicians ninety-six drum¬ 
mers and fifers, and one thousand six hundred privates, three hundred 
and eighty five thousand dollars. 

Pay of retired enlisted men: For one sergeant-major, one drum- 
major, three first-class musicians, nine first sergeants twelve sergeants, 
two corporals, five drummers, two fifers, and thirty privates, and for 
those who may be retired during the year, twent}^-four thousand six 
hundred and fifty four dollars and sixt}^-three cents. 

Undrawn clothing: For payment to discharged soldiers for clothing 
undrawn, twenty-four thousand dollars: Provided , That no other fund 
appropriated by this act shall be used for such purpose. 

Mileage: For mileage of officers traveling under orders without troops, 
nine thousand dollars; 

Commutation of quarters: For commutation of quarters for officers 
on duty without troops where there are no public quarters, four thou¬ 
sand dollars. 

Pay of civil force: In the office of the colonel commandant: For one 
chief clerk, at one thousand five hundred and forty dollars and eighty - 
cents; one messenger, at nine hundred and sevent} r -one dollars, and 
twenty-eight cents. 

In the office of the adjutant and inspector: One chief clerk, at one 
thousand five hundred and forty dollars and eighty cents; one clerk, 
at one thousand four hundred and ninety-six dollars and fifty-two 
cents; 

In the office of the paymaster: One chief clerk, at one thousand six 
hundred dollars; one clerk, at one thousand four hundred and ninety- 
six dollars and fifty-two cents; one clerk, at one thousand two hundred 
and fifty-seven dollars and twelve cents; 

In the office of the quartermaster: One chief clerk, at one thousand 
five hundred and forty dollars and eighty cents; one clerk, at one 
thousand four hundred and ninety-six dollars and fift} T -two cents; one 
clerk, at one thousand two hundred and fifty-seven dollars and twelve 
cents; 

In the office of the assistant quartermaster, Philadelphia, Pennsyl¬ 
vania: One clerk, at one thousand four hundred dollars; one messen¬ 
ger, at one dollar and sevent3 T -five cents per diem; 

In the office of the assistant quartermaster, Washington, District of 
Columbia: One clerk, at one thousand four hundred dollars; in all, for 
pay to civil force, seventeen thousand six hundred and thirty-six dol¬ 
lars and twenty-three cents; and the money herein specifically appro¬ 
priated for pay of the Marine Corps shall be disbursed and accounted 
for in accordance with existing law as pay of the Marine Corps, and 
for that purpose shall constitute one fund. 

Provisions, Marine Corps: For one thousand one hundred non¬ 
commissioned officers, musicians, and privates, and for commutation 
for rations to eleven enlisted men detailed as clerks and messengers, 
also for payment of board and lodging of recruiting parties, said pay¬ 
ment for board not to exceed two thousand five hundred dollars, seventy- 
five thousand dollars; and no law shall be construed to entitle enlisted 


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marines on shore duty to any rations or commutation therefor other 
than such as now are or may hereafter be allowed to enlist men in the 
Army. 

For amount required to be transfered to pa}^master, Marine Corps, 
on account of rations to retired men eightj^-two dollars and thirteen 
cents each per annum, five thousand dollars. 

Clothing, Marine Corps: For two thousand one hundred non¬ 
commissioned officers, musicians, and privates, seventy-five thousand 
dollars. 

For Fuel, Marine Corps: For heating barracks and quarters, for 
ranges and stoves for cooking, fuel for enlisted men, and for sales to 
officers nineteen thousand five hundred dollars. 

Military Stores, Marine Corps: For pay of chief armorer, at 
three dollars per day; three mechanics, at two dollars and fifty cents 
each per da\^; in all three thousand two hundred and eighty-six dollars 
and fifty cents; for purchase of military equipments, such as cartridge 
boxes, bayonet, scabbards, haversacks, blanket bags, knapsacks, can¬ 
teens, musket slings, swords, drums, trumpets, flags, waste belts, waist 
plates, cartridge belts, and spare parts for repairing muskets, purchase 
of ammunition, purchase and repair of instruments for band, purchase 
of music and musical accessories, medals for excellence in gunnery and 
rifle practice, good-conduct badges, incidental expenses in connection 
with the school of application, for the establishment and maintenance 
or targets and ranges, for hiring established ranges, and for procuring, 
preserving, and handling ammunition, ten thousand dollars; in all, 
thirteen thousand two hundred and eighty-six dollars and fifty-cents. 

Transportation and Recruiting, Marine Corps: For trans¬ 
portation of troops, and the expenses of recruiting service, fifteen 
thousand dollars. 

For Repair of Barracks: At Portsmouth, New Hampshire; Bos¬ 
ton, Massachusetts; Brookljm, New York; League Island, Pennsyl¬ 
vania; Annapolis, Maryland; headquarters and navy-yard, Washing¬ 
ton, District of Columbia; Norfolk, Virginia; Pensacola, Florida; 
Mare Island, California, Port Royal, South Carolina, and Sitka, Alaska; 
and per diem for enlisted men employed under the direction of the 
Quartermaster’s Department on the repair of barracks and other pub¬ 
lic buildings, ten thousand dollars. 

For rent of building used for manufacture of clothing, storing sup¬ 
plies, and office of assistant quartermaster, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 
two thousand dollars. 

To complete the erection of barracks at naval station, Port Ro} T al, 
South Carolina, appropriation to be immediately available, two thousand 
six hundred dollars. 

For erection of a marine barracks on Coaster Harbor Island, New¬ 
port, Rhode Island, fifteen thousand dollars; Provided , That no part of 
this appropriation shall be used until a contract shall have been made 
for the completion of said barracks within the same. 

Forage Marine Corps: For forage in kind for five horses of the 
Quartermaster’s Department, and the authorized number of officer’s 
horses, two thousand eight hundred dollars. 

Hire of Quarters, Marine Corps: For hire of quarters for offi¬ 
cers serving with troops where there are no public quarters belonging 
to the Government, and where there are not sufficient quarters pos¬ 
sessed by the United States to accommodate them, four thousand five 
hundred dollars. 

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messengers in commandant’s, adjutant and inspector’s paymaster’s, 
and quartermaster’s, offices, Washington, District of Columbia, and 
assistant quartermaster’s • offices, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at 
twenty-one dollars per month each, one thousand seven hundred and 
sixty-four dollars. 

For hire of quarters for three enlisted men employed as above, at 
ten dollars each per month, three hundred and sixty dollars; 

In all, six thousand six hundred and twenty-four dollars. 

Contingent, Marine Corps: For freight, ferriage, tolls, cartage, 
funeral expenses of marines, stationery, telegraphing, rent of tele¬ 
phones, purchase and repair of typewriters, apprehension of stragglers 
and deserters, per diem of enlisted men empkwed on constant labor 
for a period not less than ten days, repair of gas and water fixtures, 
office and barracks furniture; mess utensils for enlisted men, such as 
bowls, plates, spoons, knives, forks; packing boxes, wrapping paper, 
oilcloth, crash, rope, twine, camphor and carbolized paper, carpenters’ 
tools, tools for police purposes, iron safes, purchase and repair of pub¬ 
lic wagons, purchase and repair of harness, purchase of public horses, 
services of veterinary surgeons and medicines for public horses, pur¬ 
chase and repair of hose, repair of fire extinguishers, purchase of fire 
hand grenades, purchase and repair of carts and wheelbarrows, pur¬ 
chase and repair of cooking stoves; ranges, stoves, and furnaces where 
there are no grates; purchase of ice, towels, and soap for offices; post¬ 
age stamps for foreign postage; purchase of books, newspapers,and peri¬ 
odicals; improving parade grounds, repair of pumps and wharves, laying 
drain and water pipe's, water, introducing gas, and for gas, gas oil, and 
maintenance of electric lights, straw for bedding, mattresses, mattress 
covers, pillows, wire bunk bottoms for enlisted men at the various posts, 
furniture for Government houses and repair of same, and for all emer¬ 
gencies and extraordinary expenses arising at home and abroad, but 
impossible to anticipate or classify; in all, thirty thousand dollars. 

International Naval Rendezvous and Review: For the ex¬ 
penses of the International Rendezvous and Review, including assem¬ 
bling and preparation of ships and such temporary increase of the 
force of enlisted men and marines as may be required, and such 
other necessary expenses as the Secretary of the Navy may authorize, 
to be immediately available, three hundred thousand dollars, or so 
much thereof as may be necessary; and the number of persons who 
may at one time be enlisted into the Navy of the United States, includ¬ 
ing seamen, ordinary seamen, landsmen, mechanics, firemen, and coal 
heavers, and including one thousand five hundred apprentices and 
boys, hereby authorized to be enlisted annually, shall not exceed nine 
thousand. And the Secretary of the Navy be, and he is hereby, au¬ 
thorized, empowered, and directed to define and establish suitable 
anchorage grounds in Hampton Roads and in New York harbor during 
the continuance of the naval rendezvous and review to be held in pur¬ 
suance of the provisions of section eight of the act of Congress, ap¬ 
proved April twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and ninety, creating the 
World’s Columbian Exposition; and the Secretary of the Navy is 
hereby further authorized to make such rules and regulations regard¬ 
ing the movements of all vessels in the roadstead and harbor named 
as may be necessary in order to insure the proper and orderly conduct 
of said naval rendezvous and review and provide for the safety of the 
vessels participating therein; and such rules and regulations when so 
issued and published shall have the force and effect of law. 

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INCREASE OF THE NAVY. 

That for the purpose of further increasing the Naval Establishment 
of the United States, the President is hereby authorized to have con¬ 
structed, by contract, three light-draft protected gunboats of about one 
thousand two hundred tons displacement each, to cost, exclusive of ar¬ 
mament, not more than four hundred thousand dollars each, excluding 
any premium that may be paid for increased speed and the cost of 
armament. The contract for the construction of either of said gun¬ 
boats shall contain such provisions as to speed and premiums and pen¬ 
alties affected by speed as may in the judgment of the Secretary of the 
Navy may be deemed proper and fitting. In the construction of said 
vessels all the provisions of the act of August third, eighteen hundred 
and eighty-six, entitled “An act to increase the Naval Establishment,” 
as to material for said vessels, their engines, boilers, and machiner\ r , the 
contract under which they are built the notice of and proposals for the 
same, the plans, drawings, specifications therefor, and the method of 
executing said contracts, shall be observed and followed, and said ves¬ 
sels shall be built in compliance with the terms of said act, save that 
in all their parts said vessel shall be of domestic manufacture: Pro¬ 
vided, however , That the Secretary of the Navy shall not receive or 
consider bids from any party or parties not provided with a plant suita¬ 
ble to do the work: And provided further. That in awarding the con¬ 
tract for any one of these ships, the Secretary of the Navy shall award 
the contract at the price of the lowest bid to that one of the parties 
bidding on any such ship which in his judgment it is in the interest of 
the Government to have to do the work. If the Secretary of the Navy 
shall be unable to contract at reasonable prices for the building of said 
vessels, then he may build such vessels in such navy-yard as he may 
designate. 

UNDER THE BUREAU OF ORDNANCE. 

Armament and armor: All balances of appropriations on hand July 
first, eighteen hundred and ninet} 7 -three, to the credit of armor ancl 
armament of vessels heretofore authorized, shall be available toward 
the armor and armament of any of the vessels heretofore author¬ 
ized as well as for the armor and armament of vessels authorized by 
this act, including the purchase of or payment for the right to use and 
employ such patented processes and to manufacture and use such pat¬ 
ented devices, apparatus, models, and designs as may, in the judgment 
of the Secretary of the Nav} 7 , be necessary or desirable to increase the 
efficiency of the armor and armament for naval vessels: Provided, al¬ 
ways, That such armor and armament shall be of domestic manufacture 

UNDER THE BUREAU OF EQUIPMENT. 

Equipment of New Vessels of the Navy: Toward the comple¬ 
tion of the equipment outfit of the new vessels heretofore and herein 
authorized by Congress, two hundred and fifty thousand dollars. 

Construction and steam machinery: On account of the hulls 
and outfits of vessels and steam machinery of vessels heretofore and 
herein authorized, six million eight hundred and sevent}-five thousand 
dollars: Provided, That no contract for the purchase of gun steel or 
armor for the Navy shall hereafter be made until the subject-matter 
of the same shall have been submitted to public competition by the 
Department by advertisement. 

Approved, March 3, 1893. 


FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION—JULY 26, 1894. 

[Public —No. 128.] 

Aii Act Making appropriations for the Naval Service for the fiscal 
year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, and for other purposes. 

Be it enactedby the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled , That the following sums be, 
and they are hereby, appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the 
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the Naval Service of the 
Government for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and 
ninety-live, and for other purposes: 

Pay of the Nayy. 

For the pa}’ of officers on sea duty; officers on shore and other duty; 
officers on waiting orders; officers on the retired list; clerks to com¬ 
mandants of yards and stations; clerks to paymasters at yards and 
stations; general storekeepers; receiving ships and other vessels; 
extra pay to men re-enlisting under honorable discharge; interest on 
deposits by men; pay of petty officers, seamen, landsmen, and boys, 
including men in the engineers force and for the Coast Survey Service 
and Fish Commission, eight thousand two hundred and fifty men and 
seven hundred and fifty boys, at the pay prescribed by law; in all, 
seven million four hundred seventy-five thousand dollars: Provided , 
That all officers who have been appointed to any corps of the Navy 
after service in a different branch of the Navy, shall have all the bene¬ 
fits of their previous service in the same manner as if said appoint¬ 
ments were a re-entry into the Navy. Any alien of the age of twenty- 
one years and upward who has enlisted or may enlist in the United 
States Navy or Marine Corps, and has served or may hereafter serve 
five consecutive years in the United States Navy or one enlistment 
in the United States Marine Corps, and has been or may hereafter be 
honorably discharged, shall be admitted to become a citizen of the 
United States upon his petition, without any previous declaration of 
his intention* to become such; and the court admitting such alien shall, 
in addition to proof of good moral character, be satisfied by competent 
proof of such person's service in and honorable discharge from the 
United States Navy or Marine Corps: Provided further, That in order 
to fill vacancies that may exist in the grade of ensign in the Navy and 
in the grade of assistant engineer in the Navy, the Secretary of the 
Navy shall, in case the number of vacancies in either of such grades 
exceeds the number of naval cadets in the line division or in the engi¬ 
neer division of the class of naval cadets finally graduated in the year 
eighteen hundred and ninety-four, or in any one year thereafter, select 
a number equal to such excess from the final graduates of said class 
in the engineer division or in the line division, as the case may require, 
who shall be reported as proficient and be recommended thereto by the 
Academic Board, and such final graduates shall be appointed to fill 
vacancies in the grade of ensign in the Navy or in the grade of assist¬ 
ant engineer in the Navy, respectively, and the naval cadets so 
appointed to fill vacancies in such grades shall take rank in those 
respective grades next after the naval cadets appointed from the line 

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division or from the engineer division, as the case may be, to fill 
vacancies in those grades, but among themselves according to merit as 
determined by the Academic Board. 

Pay, Miscellaneous. 

For commissions and interest; transportation of funds; exchange; 
mileage to officers while traveling under orders in the United States, 
and for actual personal expenses of officers while traveling abroad 
under orders, and for traveling expenses of apothecaries, yeomen, and 
civilian employees, and for actual and necessary traveling expenses of 
naval cadets while proceeding from their homes to the Naval Academy 
for examination and appointment as cadets; for rent and furniture of 
buildings and offices not in navy-yards; expenses of courts-martial, 
prisoners and prisons, and courts of inquiry, boards of investigation, 
examining boards, with clerks’ and witnesses’ fees, and traveling 
expenses and costs; stationery and recording;"expenses of purchasing 
paymasters’ offices of the various cities, including clerks, furniture, fuel, 
stationery, and incidental expenses; newspapers and advertising; for¬ 
eign postage; telegraphing, foreign and domestic; telephones; copying; 
care of library, including purchase of books, photographs, prints, manu¬ 
scripts, and periodicals; ferriage, tolls, and express fees; costs of suits; 
commissions, warrants, diplomas, and discharges; relief of vessels in 
distress; canal tolls and pilotage; recovery of valuables from ship¬ 
wrecks; quarantine expenses; reports; professional investigation; cost 
of special instruction, at home or abroad, in maintenance of students 
and attaches and information from abroad, and the collection and classi- 
tication thereof, and other necessary incidental expenses; in all, two 
hundred and forty thousand dollars. 

Contingent, Navy: For all emergencies and extraordinary expenses 
arising at home or abroad, but impossible to be anticipated or classified, 
exclusive of personal services in the Navy Department, or any of its 
subordinate bureaus or offices, at Washington, District of Columbia, 
seven thousand dollars. 

Bureau of Navigation. 

Gunnery Exercises: For prizes for excellence in gunnery exer¬ 
cises and target practice; diagrams and reports of target practice; for 
the establishment and maintenance of targets and ranges, for hiring 
established ranges, and for transportation to and from ranges, six 
thousand dollars. 

Ocean and Lake Surveys: For ocean and lake surveys; the pub¬ 
lication and care of the results thereof; the purchase of nautical books, 
charts, and sailing directions, and freight and express charges on same; 
preparing and engraving on copper plates the surveys of the Mexican 
coasts, and the publication of a series of charts of the coasts of Cen¬ 
tral and South America, fourteen thousand dollars. 

Bounties for Outfits for Naval Apprentices: For bounties 
for outfits of seven hundred and fifty naval apprentices, thirty thousand 
dollars. 

Recruiting, Transportation, and Contingent, Bureau of 
Navigation: For expenses of recruiting for the Naval Service; rent 
of rendezvous and expenses of maintaining the same; advertising for 
men and boys, and all other expenses attending the recruiting for the 
Naval Service, and for the transportation of enlisted men and boys at 
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and extra expenses thereof; for freight, telegraphing on public busi¬ 
ness, postage on letters sent abroad, ferriage, ice, apprehension of 
deserters and stragglers, continuous-service certificates, discharges, 
good-conduct badges, and medals for boys, schoolbooks for training 
ships, packing boxes and materials, and other contingent expenses and 
emergencies arising under cognizance of the Bureau of Navigation, 
unforeseen and impossible to classify, fort} T -five thousand dollars. 

Naval Training Station, Coasters Harbor Island, Rhode 
Island (for apprentices): For dredging channels, repairs to main 
causeway, roads, and grounds, extending sea wall, and the employ¬ 
ment of such labor as may be necessar}^ for the proper care and pres¬ 
ervation of the same; for repairs to wharf and sea wall; for repairs 
and improvements on buildings, heating, lighting, and furniture for 
same; books and stationery, freight, and other contingent expenses; 
purchase of food and maintenance of live stock, and mail wagon) and 
attendance on same, thirty^ thousand dollars. 

Naval War College and Torpedo School on Coasters 
Harbor Island: For maintenance of the Naval War College and 
Torpedo School on Coasters Harbor Island, and care of grounds for 
same, eight thousand dollars. 

To enable the Secretary of the Navy in his discretion to purchase for 
the United States the Ourdan and Kolb letter-engraving machine and 
the right to manufacture and use, without the payment of royalty', others 
of said machine and any and every' improvement or modification of said 
machine or applicable to said machine and referred to in the letters pat¬ 
ent that have been or may hereafter be granted to the inventors of said 
machine or their assignees, twenty thousand dollars, or so much thereof 
as may' be necessaiy. 

Bureau of Ordnance. 

Ordnance and Ordnance Stores: For procuring, producing, 
preserving, and handling ordnance material; for the armament of ships; 
for fuel, material, and labor to be used in the general work of the Ord¬ 
nance Department; for furniture at magazines, at the ordnance dock, 
New York, and at the naval ordnance and proving ground, one hun¬ 
dred and eighty thousand dollars; expenses of target practice, fifteen 
thousand dollars. 

Maintenance of new proving ground, five thousand dollars. 

In all, two hundred thousand dollars. 

Repairs, Bureau of Ordnance: For necessary repairs to ordnance 
buildings, magazines, gun parks, boats, lighters, wharves, machinery, 
and other objects of the like character, including one thousand six 
hundred and fifty dollars for the addition of two rooms to the quarters 
of the inspectors of ordnanceat Fort Norfolk, Virginia, thirty thousand 
dollars; 

For construction and extension of buildings at the naval magazine, 
Mare Island, to replace those destroyed by the explosion on June thir¬ 
teenth, eighteen hundred and ninetv-two, seventeen thousand nine 
hundred dollars; in all, forty T -seven thousand nine hundred dollars. 

Torpedo Station, Bureau of Ordnance, Newport, Rhode 
Island: For labor, material, freight, and express charges; general 
care of and repairs to grounds, buildings, and wharves; boats, instruc¬ 
tion, instruments, tools, furniture, experiments, and general torpedo 
outfits, sixty thousand dollars; 


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For replacing the gun-cotton factory destroyed by fire July third, 
eighteen hundred and ninety-three, eleven thousand and seventy-seven 
dollars; in all, seventy-one thousand and seventy-seven dollars. 

Naval Militia: For arms, and equipment connected therewith, and 
for the printing of necessary books of instruction, for naval militia of 
various States, under such regulations as the Secretary of the Navy 
may prescribe, twenty-five thousand dollars. 

Gun Plant, Washington Navy-Yard: For gun plant, navy-yard, 
Washington, District of Columbia: Erection of steam hammers, blast 
to furnace and forges, in the new forge shop at the Washington navy- 
yard (mold-loft building converted into forge shop, Act of March third, 
eighteen hundred and ninety-three), six thousand dollars; for neces¬ 
sary machinery to equip the new machine shop at the Washington 
navy-yard (old forge shop reconstructed, Act of March third, eighteen 
hundred and ninety-three), and for additional boiler power, one hundred 
and eleven thousand dollars; in all, for Washington navy-yard, one 
hundred and seventeen thousand dollars. 

Contingent, Bureau of Ordnance: For miscellaneous items, 
namely: Freight to foreign and home stations; advertising; cartage 
and express charges; repairs to fire engines; gas and water pipes; gas 
and water tax at magazines; tolls, ferriage, foreign postage, and tele¬ 
grams to and from the Bureau, technical books, and incidental expenses 
attending inspections of ordnance material, eight thousand dollars. 

Civil Establishment, Bureau of Ordnance: For the civil 
establishment under the Bureau of Ordnance, namely: 

Navy-yard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire: For one writer, when 
required, five hundred dollars; 

Navy-yard, Boston, Massachusetts: For one writer, when required, 
five hundred dollars; 

Navv-yard, New York: For one clerk, at one thousand four hundred 
dollars; 

Navy-yard, Washington, District of Columbia: For one clerk, at one 
thousand six hundred dollars; one clerk, at one thousand two hundred 
dollars; two writers, at one thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty 
five cents each; one draftsman, at one thousand eight hundred dollars; 
three draftsmen, at one thousand and eighty-one dollars each; one 
assistant draftsman, at seven hundred and seventy-two dollars; two 
foremen, at one thousand five hundred dollars each; two copyists, at 
seven hundred and twenty dollars each; one telegraph operator and 
copyist, at nine hundred dollars; in all, fifteen thousand nine hundred 
and eighty-nine dollars and fifty cents. 

Navy-yard, Norfolk, Virginia: For one clerk, at one thousand two 
hundred dollars; 

Navy-yard, Mare Island, California: For one writer, at one thousand 
and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents. 

Naval ordnance proving ground: For one writer, at one thousand 
and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents; 

Naval Torpedo Station, Newport, Rhode Island: For one chemist, at 
two thousand five hundred dollars; one clerk, at one thousand two 
hundred dollars; one draftsman, at one thousand five hundred dollars; 
in all, five thousand two hundred dollars. 

In all, civil establishment, Bureau of Ordnance, twenty-six thousand 
eight hundred and twenty-four dollars; and no other fund appropriated 
by this Act shall be used in payment for such service. 


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Bureau of Equipment. 

Equipment of Vessels: For purchase of coal for steamers’ and 
ships’ use, including expenses of transportation, storage, and handling 
the same; hemp, wire, iron, and other materials for the manufacture of 
cordage, anchors, cables, galleys, and chains; canvas for the manufac¬ 
ture of sails, awnings, hammocks, and other work; water for steam 
launches; stationery for commanding and navigating officers of ships, 
equipment officers on shore and afloat, and for the use of courts-martial 
on board ship, and for the purchase of all other articles of equipment 
at home and abroad and for the payment of labor in equipping vessels 
and manufacture of equipment articles in the several navy-} 7 ards; 
foreign and local pilotage and towage of ships of war; sel*vices and 
materials in repairing, correcting, adjusting, and testing compasses on 
shore and on board ship; nautical and astronomical instruments, and 
repairs to same; libraries for ships of war; professional books and papers, 
and drawings and engravings for signal books; naval signals and 
apparatus, namely, signals, lights, lanterns, rockets, running lights, 
compass fittings, including binnacles, tripods, and other appendages 
of ships’ compasses; logs and other appliances for measuring the ship’s 
way, and leads and other appliances for sounding; lanterns and lamps, 
and their appendages for general use on board ship; for illuminating 
purposes, and oil and candles used in connection therewith; bunting 
and other materials for making and repairing flags of all kinds; photo¬ 
graphic instruments and materials; musical instruments and music; 
and installing and maintaining electric lights and interior signal com¬ 
munications on board vessels of war, one million ninety thousand 
dollars. 

Civil Establishment, Bureau of Equipment: Navy-yard, Ports¬ 
mouth, New Hampshire: For one clerk, at one thousand two hundred 
dollars; one clerk, at one thousand dollars; in all, two thousand two 
hundred dollars; 

Navy-yard, Boston, Massachusetts: For one superintendent of rope- 
walk, at one thousand eight hundred and seventy-live dollars; one clerk, 
at one thousand four hundred dollars; one clerk, at one thousand three 
hundred dollars; one writer, at nine hundred and fifty dollars; in all, 
five thousand five hundred and twenty-five dollars; 

Navy-yard, New York: For one clerk, at one thousand four hundred 
dollars; one clerk, at one thousand two hundred dollars; one writer, 
at one thousand dollars; one storekeeper, at nine hundred dollars; in 
all, four thousand five hundred dollars; 

Navy-yard, League Island, Pennsylvania: For one clerk, at one 
thousand two hundred dollars; 

Navy-yard, Norfolk, Virginia: For two clerks, at one thousand two 
hundred dollars each; 

Navy-yard, Mare Island, California: For one clerk, at one thousand 
two hundred dollars; one clerk, at one thousand dollars; in all, two 
thousand two hundred dollars; 

Navy-yard, Washington, District of Columbia: For one clerk, at one 
thousand dollars; in all, Civil Establishment, Bureau of Equipment, 
nineteen thousand and twenty-five dollars; and no other fund appro¬ 
priated by this Act shall be used in payment for such service. 

Contingent, Bureau of Equipment: For freight and transpor¬ 
tation of equipment stores, packing boxes and materials, printing, ad¬ 
vertising, telegraphing, books, and models; furniture for equipment 


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offices in navy-yards; postage on letters sent abroad; ferriage, ice, 
lighterage of ashes, and emergencies arising under cognizance of the 
Bureau of Equipment unforeseen and impossible to classify twelve 
thousand dollars. 

Bureau of Yards and Docks. 

Maintenance of Yards and Docks: For general maintenance 
of yards and docks, namely: For freight; transportation of materials 
and stores; books, maps, models, and drawings; purchase and repair 
of fire engines; machinery; repairs on steam fire engines and attend¬ 
ance on the same; purchase and maintenance of oxen, horses, and driv¬ 
ing teams; carts, timber wheels, and all vehicles for use in the navy- 
yards; tools and repairs of the same; postage on letters and other 
mailable matter on public service sent to foreign countries, and tele¬ 
grams; stationery; furniture for Government houses and offices in 
navy-} T ards; coal and other fuel, candles, oil, and gas; cleaning and 
clearing up yards and care of buildings; attendance on fires, lights, 
fire engines, and apparatus; for incidental labor at navy-yards; water 
tax, tolls, and ferriage; rent of four officers’ quarters at Philadelphia, 
Pennsylvania; pay of watchmen in navy-yards; awnings and packing 
boxes, and advertising for yards and docks and other purposes, two 
hundred and fifty thousand dollars. 

Contingent, Bureau of Yards and Docks: For contingent ex¬ 
penses that may arise at navy-yards and stations, fifteen thousand 
dollars. 

Civil Establishment, Bureau of Yards and Docks: Navy- 
yard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire: For one clerk, at one thousand 
four hundred dollars; one mail messenger, at two dollars per diem, in¬ 
cluding Sundays; one messenger, at six hundred dollars; one foreman 
laborer and head teamster, at four dollars per diem, including Sundays; 
one janitor, at six hundred dollars; one pilot, at three dollars per diem, 
including Sundays; one foreman mason, when required, at four dollars 
and fifty cents per diem, one thousand four hundred and thirteen dol¬ 
lars; in all, seven thousand two hundred and ninety-three dollars and 
fifty cents. 

Navy-yard, Boston, Massachusetts: For one clerk, at one thousand 
four hundred dollars; one foreman laborer, at four dollars per diem; 
one messenger to commandant, at one dollar and seventy-six cfents 
per diem; one messenger, at one dollar and seventy-six cents per diem; 
one mail messenger, at two dollars per diem, including Sundays; one 
writer, at nine hundred dollars; in all, five thousand three hundred and 
eighty-three dollars and seventy-six cents. 

Navy-yard, Brooklyn, New York: For one clerk, at one thousand 
four hundred dollars; one writer, at one thousand and seventeen dollars 
and twenty-five cents; two masters of tugs, at one thousand five hun¬ 
dred dollars each; two writers, at nine hundred dollars each; one fore¬ 
man laborer, at four dollars and fifty cents per diem; one mail messen¬ 
ger, at two dollars per diem, including Sundays; two messengers, at 
two dollars and twenty-five cents per diem each; one draftsman, at 
five dollars per diem; one quarterman, at three dollars per diem; one 
superintendent of teams or quarterman, at four dollars per diem; one 
messenger to commandant, at two dollars and twenty-five cents pei 
diem, including Sundays; one electrician, at one thousand two hundred 
dollars; in all, sixteen thousand five hundred and forty-one dollars and 
fifty cents. 


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Naval station, Sacketts Harbor, New York: For one shipkeeper, at 
three hundred and sixty-five dollars per annum. 

Navy-yard, League Island, Pennsylvania: For one clerk, at one 
thousand four hundred dollars; one writer and telegraph operator, at 
one thousand dollars; one messenger, at two dollars per diem; one 
foreman laborer, at four dollars per diem; in all, four thousand two 
hundred and seventy-eight dollars. 

Navy-vard, Washington, District of Columbia: For one clerk, atone 
thousand four hundred dollars; one messenger, at two dollars per diem; 
one foreman laborer, at four dollars per diem; one electrician, one 
thousand dollars; in all, four thousand two hundred and seventy-eight 
dollars. 

Navy-yard, Norfolk, Virginia: For one clerk, at one thousand four 
hundred dollars; one writer, at one thousand and seventeen dollars and 
twenty-five cents; one writer, at one thousand dollars; one foreman 
laborer, at four dollars per diem; one electrician, one thousand two 
hundred dollars; one mail messenger, at two dollars per diem, including 
Sundays; two messengers, at two dollars per diem each; one pilot, at 
two dollars and twenty-six cents per diem; in all, eight thousand five 
hundred and fifty-eight dollars and sixty-three cents. 

Navy-yard, Pensacola, Florida: For one clerk, at one thousand two 
hundred dollars; one mail messenger, at two dollars per diem, includ¬ 
ing Sundays; in all, one thousand nine hundred and thirty dollars. 

Navy-yard, Mare Island, California: For one clerk, at one thousand 
four hundred dollars; one writer, at one thousand and seventeen dol¬ 
lars and twenty-five cents; one foreman mason, at six dollars per diem; 
one foreman laborer, at five dollars and fifty cents per diem; one pilot, 
at four dollars and eighty cents per diem; one draftsman, at five dol¬ 
lars per diem; one mail messenger, at two dollars per diem, including 
Sundays; one messenger, at two dollars per diem; one messenger and 
lamplighter, at two dollars per diem; one electrician, one thousand two 
hundred dollars; in all, twelve thousand two hundred and sixtv-six 
dollars and fifteen cents. 

Naval station, Ke} T West, Florida: For one messenger, at six hun¬ 
dred dollars. In all, Civil Establishment, Bureau of Yards and Docks, 
sixty-one thousand four hundred and ninety-four dollars and fifty-four 
cents; and no other fund appropriated by this Act shall be used in 
payment for such services. 

Naval Home, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: For one superin¬ 
tendent, at six hundred dollars; one steward, at four hundred and 
eighty dollars; one matron, at three hundred and sixty dollars; one 
chief cook, at three hundred and sixty dollars; one assistant cook, at 
two hundred and forty dollars; one assistant cook, at one hundred and 
eighty dollars; one chief laundress, at one hundred and ninety-two 
dollars; four laundresses, at one hundred and sixty-eight dollars each; 
four scrubbers, at one hundred and sixty-eight dollars each; eight 
waiters, at one hundred and sixty-eight dollars each; eight laborers, at 
two hundred and forty dollars each; one stable-keeper and driver at 
three hundred and sixty dollars; one master at arms, at four hundred 
and eighty dollars; two house corporals, at three hundred dollars 
each; one barber, at three hundred and sixty dollars; one carpenter, at 
eight hundred and forty-five dollars; one painter, at six hundred dol¬ 
lars; one engineer to run elevator, six hundred dollars; water rent and 
gas, two thousand four hundred dollars; cemetery, burial expenses, 
and headstones, three hundred * and fifty dollars; improvement of 


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grounds, five hundred dollars; for reconstructing bulkhead of wharf 
property, three thousand one hundred and fifty dollars, said sum to be 
immediately available; repairs to buildings, furnaces, grates, ranges, 
furniture, and repairs of furniture, five thousand dollars; music in 
chapel, six hundred dollars; transportation of indigent and destitute 
beneficiaries to the Naval Home, five hundred dollars; in all, twenty- 
three thousand three hundred and sixty-five dollars; for support of 
beneficiaries, fifty-seven thousand one hundred dollars; in all for Naval 
Home, eighty thousand four hundred and sixty-five dollars, which sum 
shall be paid out of the income from the naval pension fund. 

Public Works—Bureau of Yards and Docks, Navy-yards and 
Stations, Naval Academy, and New Naval Observatory. 

Navy-yard, Boston, Massachusetts: For electric light plant, 
fifteen thousand dollars. 

Navy-yard, Brooklyn, New York: For caisson for granite dock, 
thirty-five thousand dollars; for renewing buildings numbered one 
hundred and fourteen, one hundred and fifteen, and one hundred and 
sixteen (C. and R.), seventy thousand dollars; for grading, paving, 
and laying of sewers, ten thousand dollars; for quay wall inside of 
Whitney basin, twenty-five thousand dollars; in all, one hundred and 
forty thousand dollars. 

Navy-yard, League Island, Pennsylvania: For continuation 
of sea wall, twenty thousand dollars; for completion of shear legs, 
eleven thousand nine hundred dollars; for an electric-light plant, ten 
thousand dollars; to complete east dry-dock pier, forty thousand dol¬ 
lars, to be immediately available; in all, eighty-one thousand nine 
hundred dollars. 

Navy-yard, Washington, District of Columbia: For extension 
of yard wall through marsh, twenty-four thousand six hundred and 
ninety-three dollars; retaining wall for, and raising lower floor, store 
numbered ten, ten thousand nine hundred and fifteen dollars; locomo¬ 
tive wrecking crane, seven thousand five hundred dollars; completing 
conversion of mold-loft building into forge shop, six thousand nine 
hundred and thirty-six dollars; in all, fifty thousand and forty-four 
dollars. 

Navy-yard, Norfolk, Virginia: For extension of electric plant, 
eight thousand dollars; for sewers, drains, and water-closets in offices 
and shops, fifteen thousand dollars; for continuing qua}^ wall, fifteen 
thousand dollars. 

For the construction of a fireproof storehouse to replace the store¬ 
house building numbered fifteen, destroyed by fire in December, 
eighteen hundred and ninety-three, seventy-two thousand three hun¬ 
dred and sixty-five dollars and seventy-seven cents; in all, one hundred 
and ten thousand three hundred and sixty-five dollars and seventy- 
seven cents. 

Naval Station, Port Royal, South Carolina: For repairs to 
main wharf, eighteen thousand three hundred and sixty-eight dollars. 

For paying Austin McCarthy, contractor for building the dry dock 
at Port Royal, South Carolina, in full for loss and damage caused by 
the cyclone of August twent}^-seventh and twenty-eighth, eighteen 
hundred and ninety-three, as ascertained by the Navy Department, 
eighteen thousand five hundred and twent} r -one dollars and forty-two 
cents. 

Dry dock at Algiers, Louisiana: For the purpose of completing the 


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purchase of additional lands necessary for the establishment of a dry 
dock at Algiers, Louisiana, cost of advertising, plans and specifications 
for said diy dock, and expenses of judicial proceedings instituted for 
the condemnation of such additional lands, twenty-three thousand and 
twenty-five dollars and three cents. 

Navy-yard, Mare Island, California: For extending yard rail¬ 
roads, eighteen thousand three hundred and thirty-two dollars; for 
navy-yard roads, five thousand dollars; for shed over galvanizing 
plant (C. and R.), three thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars; for 
cottage for electrician y one thousand nine hupdred and thirty-seven 
dollars; in all, twenty-nine thousand and nineteen dollars. 

For the construction of a steam tug at Mare Island Navy Yard, Cal¬ 
ifornia, for the use of said } r ard, fifty thousand dollars. 

Dry Dock, Puget Sound [Naval Station], Washington: For 
artesian wells, three thousand five hundred dollars; to defray the 
expenses incurred prior to September sixteenth, eighteen hundred and 
ninety-two, in boring test wells, recording titles and deeds, perfecting 
titles, and in connection with the purchase of the. Puget Sound dry 
dock, two thousand five hundred and seventy-nine dollars and eighty- 
three cents, the same having been expended by Lieutenant A. 13. 
Wykoff, United States Navy, by direction of the Navy Department; 
in all, six thousand and seventy-nine dollars and eighty-three cents. 

For Naval Station, Key West, Florida: Coaling shed, ten 
thousand dollars. 

Repairs and Preservation at Navy-yards and Stations: For 
repairs and preservation at navy-yards and stations, three hundred 
thousand dollars. 

NAVAL ACADEMY. 

For Buildings and Grounds, Naval Academy: Improvement 
of the water front of the Academy, ten thousand dollars. 

For repairs to the gas-plant, five thousand dollars. 

To pave Hanover street from Maryland avenue to Wagner street, 
Wagner street from Hanover street to King George street, and 
King George street from College avenue to College or Graveyard 
Creek, in the city of Annapolis, Maryland, thirteen thousand dollars; 
and the Secretary of the Navy is hereby authorized to convey to the 
cit} T of Annapolis, Maryland, the title to the bed of King George street 
from College avenue to College or Graveyard Creek. 

NEW NAVAL OBSERVATORY. 

For Grounds and Roads : For continuing grading, extending 
roads and paths, clearing and improving grounds of New Naval 
Observatoiy, and filling ravine contiguous to boiler house to Massachu¬ 
setts avenue extended, twelve thousand dollars. 

Instruments and accessories: Miscellaneous instruments and acces¬ 
sories, namely: One comet seeker, four hundred dollars; one standard 
mercurial barometer, four hundred dollars; one magnetic theodolite, 
eight hundred dollars; one dip circle, two hundred and fifty dollars; 
one earth inductor inclinometer, three hundred dollars; one galvanom¬ 
eter, eighty dollars; one telescope and scale, fifty dollars; one quad¬ 
rant galvanometer, sixty-two dollars; one compensator, fourteen dollars; 
glass scales, one hundred dollars; beam suspensions, one hundred dol¬ 
lars; one photographic register, one hundred and fifty dollars; one alt¬ 
azimuth instrument, mounted and protected from weather, six thousand 
five hundred dollars; eye-pieces and shades, two hundred and fifty 


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dollars; one twelve-inch object-glass, two thousand dollars. For freight 
elevator, live hundred dollars; in all, twenty-three thousand nine 
hundred and fifty-six dollars. 

BUREAU OF MEDICINE AND SURGERY. 

Medical Department: For surgeons’ necessaries for vessels in 
commission, navy-yards, naval stations, Marine Corps, and Coast Sur¬ 
vey, and for the civil establishment at the several naval hospitals, 
navy wards, naval laboratory, museum of hygiene, and Naval Academy, 
sixty thousand dollars. 

Naval Hospital Fund: For maintenance of the naval hospitals 
at the various navy-yards and stations, and for care and main¬ 
tenance of patients in other hospitals at home and abroad, twent}^ 
thousand dollars. For complete renovation of present hospital build¬ 
ing at Brooklyn, New York, with a view of placing it in a perfects ani- 
tary condition, namely: for sealing all the walls to remove existing 
disease germs and for antiseptically finishing and painting them, remov¬ 
ing rotten wooden floors and replacing them by tile with slate sidings 
impervious to moisture, scraping and painting all doors and woodwork, 
refitting windows so as to be utilized in ventilation, remodelling cased 
wooden stairwa}^s and renewing them with iron or other suitable mate¬ 
rial, fifteen thousand dollars; for construction of one ward of modern 
design of sufficient size and cubic air space to accommodate at least 
fifty sick and wounded men, to be one story high with suitable eleva¬ 
tion and to be constructed of the same material used for present 
hospital, twenty-five thousand dollars; for erection of retaining and 
boundary wall, fifteen thousand dollars; for kitchen, mess hall, and 
smoking room removed from basement and located apart, conveniently 
for inmates and attendants of main hospital building and proposed 
adjacent wards, three thousand five hundred dollars; for construction 
of an operating ward with all modern antiseptic appliances, one thou¬ 
sand five hundred dollars; for heating and fire apparatus enlarged and 
improved: Plumbing renewed, five thousand dollars; for elevator for 
transporting sick and wounded introduced, three thousand dollars; for 
apartment fitted in main building for chapel, reading room, and sailors’ 
library, one thousand dollars; in all, sixty-nine thousand dollars, which 
sum shall be paid from that portion of the naval hospital fund accru¬ 
ing from the sale of naval hospital grounds to the city of Brooklyn, 
and placed to the credit of the naval hospital fund, in pursuance of the 
provisions of the Act approved July second, eighteen hundred and 
ninet} T . 

Contingent, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery: For freight, 
expressage on medical stores, tolls, ferriages, transportation of sick to 
hospital, transportation of insane patients; care, transportation, and 
burial of the dead; advertising; telegraphing; rent of telephones; pur¬ 
chase of books and stationery; binding of medical records, unbound 
books, and pamphlets; postage and purchase of stamps for foreign 
service; expenses attending the medical board of examiners; rent of 
rooms for naval dispensary; hygienic and sanitary investigation and 
illustration; sanitary and hygienic instruction; purchase and repairs 
of wagons and harness; purchase of and feed for horses and cows; 
trees, plants, garden tools, and seeds; furniture and incidental articles 
for the museum of hygiene, naval dispensary, Washington; naval lab¬ 
oratory, sick quarters at Naval Academy and marine barracks, sur¬ 
geons’ offices and dispensaries at navy-yards and naval stations; wash- 


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in|* for medical department at museum of hygiene, naval dispensary, 
Washington, naval laboratory and department of instruction, sick 
quarters at Naval Academy and marine barracks, dispensaries at navy- 
yards and naval stations and ships and rendezvous; for necessary 
expenses incident to removal of museum of hygiene to old observatory 
building and grounds, and for such minor repairs on said building and 
grounds as may be required to properly receive and preserve the 
exhibits, and all other necessar}^ contingent expenses, twenty-five thou¬ 
sand dollars. 

Repairs, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery: For necessary 
repairs of naval laboratory, and department of instruction, naval hos¬ 
pitals, and appendages, including roads, wharves, outhouses, sidewalks, 
fences, gardens, farms, and cemeteries, twenty thousand dollars. 

BUREAU OF SUPPLIES AND ACCOUNTS. 

That an officer of the pay corps of the Navy may be detailed as 
assistant to the Chief of the Bureau of Supplies and Accounts in the 
Navy Department, and that such officer shall, in case of the death, 
resignation, absence, or sickness of the Chief of the Bureau, unless 
otherwise directed by the President, as provided by section one hun¬ 
dred and seventy-nine of the Revised Statutes, perform the duties of 
such chief until his successor is appointed or such absence or sickness 
shall cease. 

Provisions, Navy, Bureau of Supplies and Accounts: For 
provisions and commuted rations for the seamen and marines, com¬ 
muted rations for officers on sea dut} T , and naval cadets and commuted 
rations stopped on account of sick in hospital and credited to the naval 
hospital fund, subsistence of officers and men unavoidably detained or 
absent from vessels to which attached under orders (during which sub¬ 
sistence rations to be stopped on board ship and no credit for commu¬ 
tation therefor to be given), and fresh water for drinking and cooking 
purposes, one million and seventy-five thousand dollars; labor in gen¬ 
eral storehouses and paymasters’ offices in navy-yards, including a 
chemist at two thousand dollars per annum, one hundred thousand 
dollars; in all, one million one hundred and seventy-five thousand 
dollars. 

Contingent, Bureau of Supplies and Accounts: For freight 
and expres charges, candles, fuel, books and blanks, stationery, adver¬ 
tising, furniture for general storehouses and pay offices in nav 3 T -yards, 
expenses of naval clothing factory and machinery for same, postage, 
telegrams, telephones, express charges, tolls, ferriages, yeoman’s stores, 
iron safes, newspapers, ice, and other incidental expenses, forty-five 
thousand dollars. 

Civil Establishment, Bureau of Supplies and Accounts: 
Navy-yard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire: In general storehouses: Two 
bookkeepers, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; one assistant 
bookkeeper, at seven hundred and twenty dollars; one bill clerk, at 
one thousand dollars; one assistant clerk, at seven hundred and twenty 
dollars; one shipping and receiving clerk, at one thousand dollars; in 
all, live thousand eight hundred and forty dollars; 

Navy-yard, Boston, Massachusetts: In general storehouses: One 
bookkeeper, at one thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five 
cents; one shipping clerk, at one thousand dollars; one receiving clerk, 
at one thousand dollars. In yard pay office: One writer, at one thou- 


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sand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents; in all, four thousand 
and thirty-four dollars and fifty cents; 

Navy-yard, Brooklyn, New York: One writer to boards of inspec¬ 
tion, nine hundred dollars. In general storehouses: Three book¬ 
keepers, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; one assistant 
bookkeeper, at one thousand dollars; one assistant bookkeeper, at seven 
hundred and twenty dollars; three receiving clerks, at four dollars per 
diem each; one assistant receiving clerk, at one thousand and ninety- 
nine dollars; three shipping clerks, at one thousand dollars each; one 
bill clerk, at one thousand dollars; one assistant bill clerk, at seven 
hundred and twenty dollars; two leading men, at two dollars and fifty 
cents per diem each; five pressmen, at two dollars and seventy-six 
cents per diem each; one superintendent of coffee mills, at three dollars 
per diem; one boxmaker, at three dollars per diem; one engine tender, 
at three dollars and twenty-six cents per diem; one coffee-roaster, at 
two dollars and fifty cents per diem; one fireman, at two dollars per 
diem; one messenger, at two dollars and twenty-five cents per diem; 

In yard pay office: One writer, at one thousand and seventeen dollars 
and twenty-five cents; one messenger, at two dollars and twenty-five 
cents per diem; in all, twenty-eight thousand four hundred and twelve 
dollars and three cents. 

Navy-yard, League Island, Pennsylvania: In general storehouse: 
One bookkeeper, at one thousand two hundred dollars; one assistant 
bookkeeper, at seven hundred and twenty dollars; in all, one thousand 
nine hundred and twenty dollars. 

Nav} T -yard, Washington, District of Columbia: In general store¬ 
house: One bookkeeper, at one thousand two hundred dollars; one 
clerk, at one thousand two hundred dollars; one receiving clerk, at one 
thousand dollars; one bill clerk, at one thousand dollars; one shipping 
clerk, at one thousand dollars; 

In yard pay office: One writer, at one thousand and seventeen dol¬ 
lars and twenty five cents; in all, six thousand four hundred and seven¬ 
teen dollars and twenty-five cents. 

Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland: In general storehouse: One 
bookkeeper, at one thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five 
cents; one receiving and shipping clerk, at one thousand dollars; in 
all, two thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents. 

Torpedo Station, Newport, Rhode Island: In general storehouse; 
One clerk, at one thousand two hundred dollars. 

Navy-yard, Mare Island, California: In general storehouses: Two 
bookkeepers, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; two assistant 
bookkeepers, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; one receiving 
clerk, at one thousand dollars; one shipping clerk, at one thousand 
dollars; one bill clerk, at one thousand dollars; one assistant clerk, at 
one thousand dollars. 

In yard pay office: One writer, at one thousand and seventeen dol¬ 
lars and twenty-five cents. In all, eight thousand eight hundred and 
fifty-seven dollars and twenty-five cents. 

Navy-yard, Norfolk, Virginia: In general storehouses: Two book¬ 
keepers, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; two assistant 
bookkeepers, at one thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five 
cents each; one bill clerk, at one thousand dollars; one assistant bill 
clerk, at seven hundred and twenty dollars; one receiving clerk, at 
nine hundred and forty-two dollars; one assistant receiving clerk, at 
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In yard pay office: One writer, at one thousand and seventeen dol¬ 
lars and twenty-five cents; in all, eight thousand eight hundred and 
thirty-three dollars and seventy-five cents; in all, Civil Establishment, 
Bureau of Supplies and Accounts, sixty-seven thousand five hundred 
and thirty-two dollars and three cents; and no other fund appropriated 
by this Act shall be used in payment for such service. 

Bureau of Construction and Repair. 

Construction and repair of vessels: For preservation and 
completion of vessels on the stocks and in ordinary; purchase of mate¬ 
rials and stores of all kinds; steam steerers; pneumatic steerers; 
steam capstans, steam windlasses, and other steam auxiliaries; labor 
in navy-yards and on foreign stations; purchase of machinery and 
tools for use in shops; wear, tear, and repair of vessels afloat; general 
care, increase, and protection of the Navy in the line of construction 
and repair; incidental expenses, such as advertising, freight, foreign 
postage, telegrams, telephone service, photographing, books, profes¬ 
sional magazines, plans, stationery, and instruments for drafting room, 
nine hundred thousand dollars: Provided , That no part of this sum 
shall be applied to the repairs of an}" wooden ship when the estimated 
cost of such repairs, to l3e appraised by a competent board of naval 
officers, shall exceed ten per centum of the estimated cost, appraised 
in like manner, of a new ship of the same size and like material: Pro¬ 
vided further , That nothing herein contained shall deprive the Secre¬ 
tary of the Navy of the authority to cause the necessary repairs and 
preservation of the United States ship Hartford or to order repairs of 
ships damaged in foreign waters or on the high seas, so far as may be 
necessary to bring them home. 

For the repair of the ship Constitution, now lying at the Portsmouth 
navv-yard, in the State of New Hampshire, in order that it may be 
used as a training ship for the naval militia, eight thousand dollars. 

For the repairs of the hull of the United States ship Hartford, to be 
used as a training ship when repaired, one hundred and fifty thousand 
dollars. 

Civil Establishment, Bureau of Construction and Repair: 
Navy-yard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire: For one clerk to naval con¬ 
structor, at one thousand four hundred dollars; two writers, at one 
thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents each; in all, three 
thousand four hundred and thirty-four dollars and fifty cents; 

Navy-yard, Boston, Massachusetts: For one clerk to navy construc¬ 
tor, at one thousand four hundred dollars; 

Navy-yard, Brooklyn, New York: For one clerk to naval constructor, 
at one thousand four hundred dollars; three writers, at one thousand 
and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents each; in all, four thousand 
four hundred and fifty-one dollars and seventy-five cents; 

Navy-yard, League Island, Pennsylvania: For one clerk to naval 
constructor, at one thousand four hundred dollars; 

Navy-yard, Washington, District of Columbia: For one clerk to 
naval constructor, at one thousand four hundred dollars; 

Navy-yard, Norfolk, Virginia: For one clerk to naval constructor, 
at one thousand four hundred dollars; two writers, at one thousand 
and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents each; in all, three thou¬ 
sand four hundred and thirty-four dollars and fifty cents; 

Navy-yard, Pensacola, Florida: For one writer, at one thousand and 
seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents; 


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Navy-yard, Mare Island, California: For one clerk to naval con¬ 
structor, at one thousand four hundred dollars; two writers, at one 
thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty-live cents each; in all, three 
thousand four hundred and thirty-four dollars and fifty r cents; in all, 
Civil Establishment Bureau of Construction and Repair, nineteen thou¬ 
sand nine hundred and sevent}^-two dollars and fifty cents; and no 
other fund appropriated by this Act shall be used in pa}^ment for such 
service. 

Bureau of Steam Engineering. 

Steam machinery: For completion, repairs, and preservation of 
machinery and boilers of naval vessels, including cost of new boilers, 
distilling, refrigerating, and auxiliary machinery, preservation of and 
small repairs to machinery and boilers in vessels in ordinary, receiving 
and training vessels, repair and care of machinery of yard tugs and 
launches, four hundred and twenty-live thousand dollars; 

For purchase, handling, and preservation of all material and stores, 
purchase, fitting, repair, and preservation of machinery and tools in 
navy-yards and stations, and running yard engines, two hundred and 
forty thousand dollars; 

For incidental expenses for naval vessels, yards, and the Bureau, 
such as foreign postage, telegrams, advertising, freight, photographing, 
books, stationery, and instruments, ten thousand dollars: Provided , 
That no part of said sum shall be applied to the engines, boilers, and 
machinery of wooden ships where the estimated cost of such repair 
shall exceed ten per centum of the estimated cost of new engines and 
machinery of the same character and power; nor shall new boilers be 
constructed for wooden ships: Provided further, That nothing herein 
contained shall deprive the Secretary of the Navy of the authority to 
cause the necessary repairs and preservation of the United States ship 
Hartford, or to order repairs of the engines, boilers, and machinery of 
ships damaged in foreign waters or on the high seas, so far as may be 
necessary to bring them home. 

Steam machinery (special): To commence the construction of 
new machinery, engines, and boilers of United States steamship 
Chicago, two hundred thousand dollars. 

To replace present machinery and boiler of tug Standish, at Naval 
Academy, with new machinery, fifteen thousand dollars. 

To replace present machinery and boiler of tug Fortune, at Norfolk, 
Virginia, with new machinery, fifteen thousand dollars. 

Contingent, Bureau of Steam Engineering: For contingen¬ 
cies, drawing materials, and instruments for the drafting room, one 
thousand dollars. 

Civil Establishment, Bureau of Steam Engineering: Navy- 
vard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire: For clerk to department, at one 
thousand two hundred dollars; messenger, at six hundred dollars; in 
all, one thousand eight hundred dollars; 

Navy-yard, Brooklyn, New York: For clerk to department, at one 
thousand four hundred dollars; writer, at one thousand dollars; mes¬ 
senger, at six hundred dollars; in all, three thousand dollars; 

Navy-yard, League Island, Pennsylvania: For clerk to department, 
at one thousand two hundred dollars; 

Navy-yard, Norfolk, Virginia: For clerk to department, at one 
thousand three hundred dollars; messenger, at six hundred dollars; 
in all, one thousand nine hundred dollars; 

Navy-yard, Pensacola, Florida: For writer, at one thousand dollars; 


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Navy-yard, Mare Island, California: For clerk to department, at one 
thousand four hundred dollars; messenger, at six hundred dollars; 
writer, at one thousand dollars; in all, three thousand dollars. In all, 
Civil Establishment, Bureau of Steam Engineering, eleven thousand 
nine hundred dollars; and no other fund appropriated by this Act shall 
be used in payment for such service. 

Naval Academy. 

Pay of professors and others, Naval Academy: For one pro¬ 
fessor of mathematics, one of chemistry, and one of physics, at two 
thousand live hundred dollars each; two professors (assistants), namely, 
one of French and Spanish and one of English studies, history, and 
law, at two thousand two hundred dollars each; live assistant pro¬ 
fessors, namely, one of English studies, history, and law, three of 
French, and one of drawing, at one thousand eight hundred dollars 
each; one sword master, at one thousand live hundred dollars, and 
two assistants, at one thousand dollars each; one boxing master and 
gymnast, at one thousand two hundred dollars; one assistant libra¬ 
rian, at one thousand four hundred dollars; one secretary to the Naval 
Academy, at one thousand eight hundred dollars; two clerks to the 
Superintendent, one at one thousand two hundred dollars and one at 
one thousand dollars, respectively; one clerk to the commandant of 
cadets, at one thousand two hundred dollars; one clerk to the pay¬ 
master, at one thousand two hundred dollars; one dentist, at one 
thousand six hundred dollars; one baker, at six hundred dollars; one 
mechanic in department of physics and chemistry, at seven hundred 
and thirty dollars; one cook, at three hundred and twenty-five dollars 
and fifty cents; one messenger to the Superintendent, at six hundred 
dollars; one armorer, at six hundred and forty-nine dollars and fifty 
cents; one chief gunner’s mate, at five hundred and twenty-nine dollars 
and fift}^ cents; one quarter gunner, at four hundred and sixty-nine 
dollars and fifty cents; one cockswain, at four hundred and sixty-nine 
dollars and fifty cents; one seaman in the department of seamanship, 
at three hundred and ninety-seven dollars and fifty cents; one attend¬ 
ant in the department of astronomy and one in the department of 
physics and chemistry, at three hundred dollars each; six attendants 
at recitation rooms, library, store, chapel, and offices, at three hundred 
dollars each; one bandmaster, at five hundred and twenty-eight dollars; 
twenty-one first-class musicians, at three hundred and forty-eight 
dollars each; seven second-class musicians, at three hundred dollars 
each; services of organist at chapel of Naval Academy, three hundred 
dollars; in all, fifty-two thousand four hundred and seven dollars: 
Provided , That section fifteen hundred and fourteen, chapter five, title 
fifteen of the Revised Statutes of the U nited States, is hereby amended 
so that it shall hereafter read: The Secretary of the Navy shall, as 
soon after the fifth of March in each year as possible, notify in writing 
each Member and Delegate of the House of Representatives of any 
vacancy that may exist in his district. The nomination of a candidate 
to fill said vacancy shall be made upon the recommendation of the 
Member or Delegate, if such recommendation is made by the first day 
of July of that year; but if it is not made by that time, the Secretary 
of the Nav} r shall fill the vacancy by appointment of an actual resi¬ 
dent of the district in which the vacancy exists, who shall have been 

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for at least two years immediately preceding the date of his appoint' 
ment an actual and bona fide resident of the district in which the 
vacancy exists and of the legal qualification under the law as now 
provided. The candidate allowed for the District of Columbia, arid all 
the candidates appointed at large, shall be selected by the President. 

That every Member or Delegate of Congress whose district or terri¬ 
tory is now unrepresented at the Naval Academy by a cadet who is 
not an actual resident of the district shall be permitted on or before 
the first day of September, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, to 
recommend a candidate for appointment as a cadet at the Naval 
Academy, and the Secretary of the Navy shall nominate such candi¬ 
date for appointment to the Academy, subject to qualifications now 
prescribed by law. Such cadets when appointed to be in addition to 
the number of cadets now allowed, and the sum of five thousand five 
hundred dollars, or so much thereof as is necessary, is hereby appro¬ 
priated for the additional number of cadets herein authorized. 

For special course of study and training of naval cadets, as author¬ 
ized by Act of Congress approved August fifth, eighteen hundred and 
eighty-two, three thousand dollars. 

Pay of Watchmen, Mechanics, and Others, Naval Acad¬ 
emy: For captain of the watch and weigher, at two dollars and fifty 
cents per diem; four watchmen, at two dollars per diem each; fore¬ 
man of gas and steam-heating works of the Acadern}", at five dollars 
per diem; for labor at gas works and steam buildings, for masons, 
carpenters, and other mechanics and laborers, and for care of build¬ 
ings, grounds, wharves, and boats, thirty-seven thousand eight hun¬ 
dred and sixty-four dollars and ninety five cents; one attendant in 
purifying house of the gas house, at one dollar and fifty cents per 
diem; in all, forty-four thousand and sixty-nine dollars and ninety-five 
cents. 

Pay of Steam Employees, Naval Academy: For pay of 
mechanics and others in department of steam engineering, seven thou¬ 
sand eight hundred and twenty-four and fifty cents. 

Repairs and Improvements, Naval Academy: Necessary repairs 
of public buildings, pavements, wharves, and walls inclosing the 
grounds of the Naval Academ} T , improvements, repairs, furniture, 
and fixtures, twenty-one thousand dollars. 

Heating and Lighting Naval Academy: Fuel, and for heating 
and lighting the Academy and school ships, seventeen thousand dol¬ 
lars. 

Contingent and Miscellaneous Expenses, Naval Academy: 
Purchase of books for the library, two thousand dollars; stationery, 
blank books, models, maps, and text-books for use of instructors, two 
thousand dollars; expenses of the Board of Visitors of the Naval Acad- 
eni}^, being mileage and five dollars per diem for each member for 
expenses during actual attendance at the Academ} T , one thousand five 
hundred dollars; purchase of chemicals, apparatus, and instruments 
in the department of physics and chemistry, and for repairs of the 
same, two thousand five hundred dollars; purchase of gas and steam 
machinery, steam pipes and fittings,rent of buildings for the use of the 
Academy, freight, cartage, water, music, musical and astronomical in¬ 
struments, uniforms for the bandsmen, telegraphing, feed and main¬ 
tenance of teams, current expenses, and repairs of all kinds, and for 
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tion, thirty-two thousand dollars; stores in the departments of steam 
engineering, eight hundred dollars; materials for repairs in steam 
machinery, one thousand dollars; in all, forty-one thousand eight hun¬ 
dred dollars. 


Marine Corps. 

Pay, Marine Corps: For pay of officers on the active list: For 
one colonel commandant, one colonel, two lieutenant-colonels, one ad¬ 
jutant and inspector, one paymaster, one quartermaster, four majors, 
two assistant quartermasters, twenty captains, thirty first lieutenants, 
and twelve second lieutenants, one hundred and seventy-nine thousand 
three hundred and twenty dollars. 

Pay of officers on the retired list: For four colonels, two lieutenant- 
colonels, one major, one quartermaster, one assistant quartermaster, 
twelve captains, two first lieutenants, and three second lieutenants, 
fifty-six thousand eight hundred and sixty-five dollars. 

Pay of noncommissioned officers, musicians, and privates: For one 
sergeant-major, one quartermaster-sergeant, one leader of the band, 
one drum-major, fifty first sergeants, one hundred and forty sergeants, 
one hundred and eighty corporals, thirty musicians, ninety-six drum¬ 
mers and lifers, and one thousand six hundred privates, and for the 
expenses of clerks of the United States Marine Corps traveling under 
orders, three hundred and eighty-four thousand seven hundred and 
and ninety-four dollars and seventy-nine cents: Provided , That the 
pay of the drum major shall be the same as that now estalilished, or 
that may be hereafter established, for first sergeants in the Marine 
Corps of the same length of service. 

Pay of retired enlisted men: For one sergeant-major, one drum- 
major, three first-class musicians, five first sergeants, sixteen sergeants, 
three corporals, one drummer, two lifers and thirty-three privates, and 
for those who may be retired during the year, twenty-four thousand six 
hundred and fifty-four dollars and sixty-three cents. 

Undrawn clothing: For payment to discharged soldiers for clothing 
undrawn, twenty-four thousand dollars: Provided , That no other fund 
appropriated by this Act shall be used for such purpose. 

Mileage: For mileage of officers traveling under orders without 
troops, nine thousand dollars. 

Commutation of quarters: For commutation of quarters for officers 
on duty without troops where there are no public quarters,'four thou¬ 
sand five hundred and fifty dollars. 

Pay of civil force: In the office of the colonel commandant: For one 
chief clerk, at one thousand five hundred and forty dollars and eighty- 
cents; one messenger, at nine hundred and seventy-one dollars and 
twenty-eight cents; 

In the office of the adjutant and inspector: One chief clerk, at one 
thousand five hundred and forty dollars and eighty cents; one clerk, at 
one thousand four hundred and ninety-six dollars and fifty-two cents. 

In the office of the paymaster: One chief clerk, at one thousand six 
hundred dollars; one clerk, at one thousand four hundred and ninety - 
six dollars and fifty-two cents; one clerk, at one thousand two hundred 
and fifty-seven dollars and twelve cents; 

In the office of the quartermaster: One chief clerk, at one thousand 
five hundred and forty dollars and eighty cents; one clerk, at one 
thousand four hundred and ninety-six dollars and fifty-two cents; one 


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clerk, at one thousand two hundred and fifty-seven dollars and twelve 
cents; 

In the office of the assistant quartermaster, Philadelphia, Pennsyl¬ 
vania: One clerk, at one thousand four hundred dollars; one messen¬ 
ger at one dollar and seventy-five cents per diem; 

In the office of the assistant quartermaster, Washington, District of 
Columbia, or San Francisco, California: One clerk, at one thousand 
four hundred dollars; in all, for pay of civil force, seventeen thousand 
six hundred and thirty six dollars and twenty-three cents, and the 
money herein specifically appropriated for pay of the Marine Corps 
shall be disbursed and accounted for in accordance with existing law 
as pay of the Marine Corps, and for that purpose shall constitute one 
fund. 

Provisions, Marine Corps: For one thousand one hundred non¬ 
commissioned officers, musicians, and privates, and for commutation of 
rations to eleven enlisted men detailed as clerks and messengers, also 
for payment of board and lodging of recruiting parties, said payment 
for board not to exceed two thousand five hundred dollars, seventy- 
four thousand six hundred and sixty-one dollars and fifty-five cents; 
and no law shall be construed to entitle enlisted marines on shore duty 
to any rations or commutation therefor other than such as now are or 
may hereafter be allowed to enlisted men in the Army. 

For amount required to be transferred to credit “Pay Marine Corps,” 
on account of rations to retired men, eighty-two dollars and thirteen 
cents each per annum, five thousand three hundred and thirty-eight 
dollars and fort}^-five cents. 

Clothing, Marine Corps: For two thousand one hundred non¬ 
commissioned officers, musicians, and privates, eighty thousand dollars. 

Fuel, Marine Corps: For heating barracks and quarters, for 
ranges and stoves for cooking, fuel for enlisted men, and for sales to 
officers, maintaining electric lights, and for hot-air closets, nineteen 
thousand five hundred dollars. 

Military Stores, Marine Corps: For pay of chief armorer, at 
three dollars per day; three mechanics, at two dollars and fifty cents 
each per day; in all, three thousand two hundred and eighty-six dollars 
and fifty cents; for purchase of military equipments, such as cartridge 
boxes, bayonet scabbards, haversacks, blanket bags, knapsacks, 
canteens, musket slings, swords, drums, trumpets, flags, waist belts, 
waist plates, cartridge belts, sashes for officer of the day, spare parts 
for repairing muskets, purchase of ammunition, and purchase and 
repair of instruments for band, purchase of music and musical acces¬ 
sories, medals for excellence in gunnery and rifle practice, good-conduct 
badges, incidental expenses in connection with the school of applica¬ 
tion, signal equipment and stores, binocular glasses, for the establish¬ 
ment and maintenance of targets and ranges, for hiring established 
ranges, and for procuring, preserving, and handling ammunition, ten 
thousand dollars; in all, thirteen thousand two hundred and eighty-six 
dollars and fifty cents. 

Transportation and Recruiting, Marine Corps: For transpor¬ 
tation of troops, and the expense of recruiting service, fifteen thousand 
dollars. 

For Repairs of Barracks: At Portsmouth, New Hampshire; 
Boston, Massachusetts; Newport, Rhode Island; Brooklyn, New York; 
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navy-yard, Washington, District of Columbia; Norfolk, Virginia; Pen¬ 
sacola, Florida; Mare Island, California; Port Royal, South Carolina; 
and Sitka, Alaska; and per diem for enlisted men employed under the 
direction of the Quartermaster’s Department on the repair of barracks 
and other public buildings, ten thousand dollars. 

Alteration and repair of marine barracks and other public buildings, 
repair of parade ground, relaying walks and gas and water pipes at 
navy-yard, Brooklyn, New York, live thousand dollars. 

For the introduction of steam heat into the marine barracks and 
officers’ quarters, navy-yard, Boston, Massachusetts, and incidental 
expenses connected therewith, three thousand dollars. 

For rent of building used for manufacture of clothing, storing sup¬ 
plies, and office of assistant quartermaster, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 
two thousand dollars. 

Forage, Marine Corps: For forage in kind for five horses of the 
Quartermaster’s Department, and the authorized number of officers’ 
horses, two thousand eight hundred dollars. 

Hire of Quarters, Marine Corps: For hire of quarters for 
officers serving with troops where there are no public quarters belong¬ 
ing to the Government, and where there are not sufficient quarters pos¬ 
sessed by the United States to accommodate them, four thousand five 
hundred dollars; for hire of quarters for seven enlisted men employed 
as clerks and messengers in commandant’s, adjutant and inspector’s, 
paymaster’s, and quartermaster’s offices, Washington, District of 
Columbia, and assistant quartermaster’s offices, Philadelphia, Pennsyl¬ 
vania, at twenty-one dollars per month each, one thousand seven hun¬ 
dred and sixty-four dollars; for hire of quarters for three enlisted men 
employed as above, at ten dollars each per month, three hundred and 
sixty dollars; in all, six thousand six hundred and twent}^-four dollars. 

Contingent, Marine Corps: For freight, ferriage, tolls, cartage, 
funeral expenses of marines, stationery, telegraphing, rent of tele¬ 
phones, purchase and repair of typewriters, apprehension of stragglers 
and deserters, per diem of enlisted men employed on constant labor for 
a period not less than ten days, repair of gas and water fixtures, office 
and barracks furniture; mess utensils for enlisted men, such as bowls, 
plates, spoons, knives, forks; packing boxes, wrapping paper, oilcloth, 
crash, rope, twine, camphor and carbolized paper, carpenters tools, 
tools for police purposes, iron safes, purchase and repair of public wag¬ 
ons, purchase and repair of harness, purchase of public horses, services of 
veterinary surgeons and medicines for public horses, purchase and 
repair of hose, repair of fire extinguishers, purchase of fire hand gre¬ 
nades, purchase and repair of carts, wheelbarrows, and lawn mowers, 
purchase and repair of cooking stoves; ranges, stoves, and furnaces 
where there are no grates; purchase of ice, towels, and soap for offices; 
postage stamps for foreign postage; purchase of books, newspapers, 
and periodicals; improving parade grounds, repair of pumps and 
wharves, laying drain, water, and gas pipes, water, introducing gas, 
and for gas, gas oil, and maintenance of electric lights; straw for bed¬ 
ding, mattresses, mattress covers, pillows; wire bunk bottoms for 
enlisted men at the various posts; furniture for Government houses and 
repair of same, and for all emergencies and extraordinary expenses 
arising at home and abroad, but impossible to anticipate or classify; 
in all, thirty thousand dollars. 


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INCREASE OF THE NAVY. 

Armor and Armament : Toward the armament and armor of 
domestic manufacture for the vessels authorized by the Act of August 
third, eighteen hundred and eighty-six; of the vessels authorized by 
the Act approved September seventh, eighteen hundred and eighty- 
eight; of the vessels authorized by the Act approved March second, 
eighteen hundred and eighty-nine; of those authorized by the Act of 
June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety; of the one authorized by 
the Act of March second, eighteen hundred and ninety-one; of those 
authorized by the Act of July nineteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety- 
two; and of the vessels authorizd by the Act of March third, eighteen 
hundred and ninety-three, four million dollars. 

Construction and Steam Machinery: On account of the hulls 
and outfits of vessels and steam machinery of vessels heretofore or 
herein authorized, five million nine hundred and fifty-five thousand and 
twenty-five dollars and from this amount there shall be paid all speed 
premiums upon new naval vessels earned previous to January first, 
eighteen hundred and ninety-four, and which remain unpaid at this 
date, the amount of such speed premium in each case being according 
to the official report in the trial of each vessel approved by the Secretary 
of the Navy. 

The Secretary of the Navy is hereby authorized to use the four hun¬ 
dred and fifty thousand dollars “ for the construction of one additional 
cruiser of the Yesuvius t} T pe,” appropriated by the Act of March second, 
eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, or so much thereof as may be neces- 
sary for the construction, armament, and equipment of three torpedo 
boats, to cost, all together, not more than the said sum of four hundred 
and fifty thousand dollars. And authority is hereby given to transform 
the United States steamship Vesuvius into a torpedo cruiser if, in the 
opinion of the Secretary of the Navy, such transformation will add to 
“the efficiency of this vessel for naval purposes.” And the Secretary 
of the Navy is hereby authorized to remit the time penalties on the 
dynamite cruiser Vesuvius, and a sum sufficient for such purpose is 
hereby appropriatd. 

Approved, July 26, 1894. 


FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS, THIRD SESSION—MARCH 2, 1895. 


An Act Making appropriations for the Naval Service for the fiscal 
year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, and for other purposes. 


Be it enacted!)y the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled , That the following’ sums be, 
and they are hereby, appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the 
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the Naval Service of the Gov¬ 
ernment for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and 
ninety-six, and for other purposes: 

Pay of the Navy. 

For the pay of officers on sea duty; officers on shore and other duty; 
officers on waiting orders; officers on the retired list; clerks to com¬ 
mandants of yards and stations; clerks to paymasters at yards and 
stations; general storekeepers; receiving ships and other vessels; extra 
pay to men reenlisting under honorable discharge; interest on deposits 
by men; pay of petty officers, seamen, landsmen, and boys, including 
men in the engineer’s force and for the Coast Survey Service and Fish 
Commission, eight thousand two hundred and fifty men and seven 
hundred and fifty boys, at the pay prescribed by law; and the Secre- 
tary of the Navy is hereby authorized to enlist as many additional 
seamen as in his discretion he ma} r deem necessary, not to exceed one 
thousand; in all, seven million six hundred and forty-nine thousand 
three hundred and twenty-nine dollars: Provided , That any retired 
officer of the Navy or Marine Corps may, on his own application, be 
detailed to service as a teacher or professor in any school or college, 
but while so serving such officer shall be allowed no additional com¬ 
pensation. 

Pay, Miscellaneous. 

For commissions and interest; transportation of funds; exchange; 
mileage to officers while traveling under orders in the United States, 
and for actual personal expenses of officers while traveling abroad 
under orders, and for traveling expenses of apothecaries, yeomen, and 
civilian employees, and for actual and necessary traveling expenses of 
naval cadets while proceeding from their homes to the Naval Academy 
for examination and appointment as cadets; for rent and furniture of 
buildings and offices not in nav}^-yards; expenses of courts-martial, 
prisoners and prisons, and courts of inquiry, boards of investigation, 
examining boards, with clerks’ and witnesses’ fees, and traveling 
expenses and costs; stationery and recording; expenses of purchasing 
paymasters’ offices of the various cities, including clerks, furniture, 
fuel, stationery, and incidental expenses; newspapers and advertising; 
foreign postage; telegraphing, foreign and domestic; telephones; copy¬ 
ing; care of library, including purchase of books, photographs, prints, 

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manuscripts, and periodicals; ferriage, tolls, and express fees; costs of 
suits; commissions, warrants, diplomas, and discharges; relief of vessels 
in distress; canal tolls and pilotage; recovery of valuables from ship¬ 
wrecks; quarantine expenses; reports; professional investigation; cost 
of special instruction, at home or abroad, in maintenance of students 
and attaches and information from abroad, and the collection and classi¬ 
fication thereof, and other necessary incidental expenses; in all, two 
hundred and forty thousand dollars. 

Contingent, Navy: For all emergencies and extraordinary expenses 
arising at home or abroad, but impossible to be anticipated or classified, 
exclusive of personal services in the Navy Department, or any of its 
subordinate bureaus or offices, at Washington, District of Columbia, 
seven thousand dollars. 

That the accounting officers of the Treasury are hereb} 7 authorized 
and directed to credit Philip S. Wales, medical director, United States 
Navy, with the sum of forty-four thousand and fifty-five dollars and 
eighty-nine cents, to relieve the said Wales from certain charges raised 
against him on the books of the Treasur} 7 upon Treasury settlement 
numbered eight thousand and sixty two, dated January tenth, eighteen 
hundred and eighty-eight: Provided , That the Secretar} 7 of the Navy 
shall be satisfied that the said Philip S. Wales received no benefit from 
the payment of the vouchers represented in the charges now standing 
against him in said Treasury settlement numbered eight thousand and 
sixty-two. 

Bureau of Navigation. 

Gunnery exercises: For prizes for excellence in gunneiy exercises 
and target practice; diagrams and reports of target practice; for the 
establishment and maintenance of targets and ranges, for hiring- 
established ranges, and for transporting to and from ranges, six thou¬ 
sand dollars. 

Ocean and lake surveys: For ocean and lake surveys; the pub¬ 
lication and care of the results thereof; the purchase of nautical books, 
charts, and sailing directions, and freight and express charges on same; 
preparing and engraving on copper plates the surveys of the Mexican 
coasts, and the publication of a series of charts of the coasts of Central 
and South America, fourteen thousand dollars. 

Bounties for outfits for naval apprentices: For bounties 
for outfits of seven hundred and fift} 7 naval apprentices, twenty-five 
thousand dollars. 

Recruiting, transportation, and contingent Bureau of 
Navigation: For expenses of recruiting for the Naval Service; rent 
of rendezvous and expenses of maintaining the same; advertising for 
men and boys, and all other expenses attending the recruiting for the 
Naval Service, and for the transportation of enlisted men and boys at 
home and aboard; for heating apparatus for receiving and training 
ships, and extra expenses thereof; for freight, telegraphing on public 
business, postage on letters sent abroad, ferriage, ice, apprehension of 
deserters and stragglers, continuous-service certificates, discharges, 
good-conduct badges, and medals for boys, schoolbooks for training 
ships, packing boxes and materials, and other contingent expenses and 
emergencies arising under cognizance of the Bureau of Navigation, 
unforeseen, and impossible to classify, forty-five thousand dollars. 


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Naval Station, Newport, Rhode Island: For maintenance of office of 
commandant, stationery, heating, furniture, freight, and other con¬ 
tingent expenses, one thousand dollars; quarters for commandant, 
eight thousand dollars; in all, nine thousand dollars. 

Naval Training Station. Coasters Harbor Island, Rhode 
Island (for apprentices): For dredging channels, repairs to main 
causeway, roads, and grounds, extending sea wall, and the employment 
of such labor as may be necessary for the proper care and preservation 
of the same; for repairs to wharf and sea wall; for repairs and improve¬ 
ments on buildings, heating, lighting, and furniture for same; books 
and stationery, freight, and other contingent expenses; purchase of 
food and maintenance of live stock, and mail wagon, and attendance on 
same, thirty thousand dollars; for hospital for station, twenty thousand 
dollars; in all, lifty r thousand dollars: Provided , That no part of the 
personnel of the training force shall be quartered on shore except in 
case of sickness. 

Naval War College and Torpedo School on Coasters Harbor 
Island: For maintenance of the Naval War College and Torpedo 
School on Coasters Harbor Island, and care of grounds for same, eight 
thousand dollars. 

Bureau of Ordnance. 

Ordnance and ordnance stores: For procuring, producing, pre¬ 
serving, and handling ordnance material; for the armament of ships; 
for fuel, material, and labor to be used in the general work of the Ord¬ 
nance Department; for furniture at magazines, at the ordnance dock, 
New York, and at the naval ordnance proving ground, one hundred 
and eight}- thousand dollars; expenses of target practice, fifteen thou¬ 
sand dollars; 

To enable the Secretary of the Navy to pay, should he consider such 
payment desirable, for the exclusive rights to and for ordnance appli¬ 
ances now in use on naval vessels and protected and covered by 
Patent Numbered Five hundred and thirty-three thousand one hundred 
and seventy-one, said patent being embraced in a contract dated Jan¬ 
uary twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety-three and signed by 
the Secretary of the Navy and the patentee and authorized in the act 
making appropriations for the Naval Service for the fiscal year ending 
June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, and for other pur¬ 
poses, twenty-five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be 
necessary, to be immediately available. 

Maintenance of new proving ground, five thousand dollars; 

For purchase of forgings and manufacture of guns for batteries for 
training ships, and a reserve supply of guns for ships of the Navy, one 
hundred thousand dollars; in all, three hundred thousand dollars. 

Repairs, Bureau of Ordnance: For necessary repairs to ordnance 
buildings, magazines, gun parks, boats, lighters, wharves, machinery, 
and other objects of the like character, thirty thousand dollars. 

Magazine, Craney Island: Removal of magazine at Craney Island, 
in the harbor of Norfolk, to a more suitable and safe locality, seventy- 
five thousand dollars, which sum shall be made immediately available. 

Torpedo station, Bureau of Ordnance, Newport, Rhode 
Island: For labor, material, freight, and express charges; general care 
of and repairs to grounds, buildings, and wharves; boats, instruction, 


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instruments, tools, furniture, experiments, and general torpedo outfits, 
sixty thousand dollars. 

Arming and equipping Naval Militia: For arms, and equipment 
connected therewith, and for the printing of necessary books of instruc¬ 
tion, for naval militia of various States, under such regulations as the 
Secretar}^ of the Navy may prescribe, twenty-five thousand dollars. 

Contingent, Bureau of Ordnance: For miscellaneous items, 
namely: Freight to foreign and home stations; advertising; cartage 
and express charges; repairs to fire engines; gas and water pipes; gas 
and water tax at magazines; tolls, ferriage, foreign postage, and tele¬ 
grams to and from the Bureau, technical books, and incidental expenses 
attending inspections of ordnance material, eight thousand dollars. 

Naval proving ground: Buildings for magazine for high explo¬ 
sives, and filling house; sewerage, extension of railroad track, water 
supply, and so forth, twenty thousand dollars. 

Civil establishment, Bureau of Ordnance: For the civil estab¬ 
lishment under the Bureau of Ordnance, namety: 

Navy-yard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire: For one writer, when 
required, five hundred dollars; 

Navy-yard, Boston, Massachusetts: For one writer, when required, 
five hundred dollars; 

Navy-yard, New York: For one clerk, at one thousand four hundred 
dollars; 

Navy-yard, Washington, District of Columbia: For one clerk, at one 
thousand six hundred dollars; one clerk, at one thousand two hundred 
dollars; two writers, at one thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty - 
five cents each; one draftsman, atone thousand eight hundred dollars; 
three draftsmen, at one thousand and eighty-one dollars each; one 
assistant draftsman, at seven hundred and seventy-two dollars; two 
foremen, at one thousand five hundred dollars each; two copyists, at 
seven hundred and twenty dollars each; one telegraph operator and 
copyist, at nine hundred dollars; in all, fifteen thousand nine hundred 
and eighty-nine dollars and fifty cents; 

Navy-yard, Norfolk, Virginia: For one clerk, at one thousand two 
hundred dollars; 

Navy-yard, Mare Island, California: For one writer, at one thousand 
and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents; 

Naval ordnance proving ground: For one writer, at one thousand 
and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents; 

Naval Torpedo Station, Newport, Rhode Island: For one chemist, at 
two thousand five hundred dollars; one clerk, at one thousand two 
hundred dollars; one draftsman, at one thousand five hundred dollars; 
in all, five thousand two hundred dollars; 

In all, civil establishment, Bureau of Ordnance, twenty-six thousand 
eight hundred and twenty-four dollars; and no other fund appropri¬ 
ated by this Act shall be used in payment for such service. 

Bureau of Equipment. 

Equipment of vessels: For purchase of coal for steamers’ and 
ships’ use, including expenses of transportation, storage, and handling 
the same; hemp, wire, iron, and other materials for the manufac¬ 
ture of cordage, anchors, cables, galleys, and chains; canvas for the 
manufacture of sails, awnings, hammocks, and other work; water for 


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steam launches; stationery for commanding and navigating officers of 
ships, equipment officers on shore and afloat, and for the use of courts- 
martial on board ship, and for the purchase of all other articles of 
equipment at home and abroad and for the payment of labor in equip¬ 
ping vessels and manufacture of equipment articles in the several navy- 
yards; foreign and local pilotage and towage of ships of war; services 
and materials in repairing, correcting, adjusting, and testing compasses 
on shore and on board ship; nautical and astronomical instruments, 
and repairs to same; libraries for ships of war; professional books and 
papers, and drawings and engravings for signal books; naval signals 
and apparatus, namely, signals, lights, lanterns, rockets, running 
lights, compass fittings, including binnacles, tripods, and other append¬ 
ages of ships’ compasses; logs and other appliances for measuring the 
ship’s way, and leads and other appliances for sounding; lanterns and 
lamps, and their appendages, for general use on board ship, for illumi¬ 
nating purposes, and oil and candles used in connection therewith; 
bunting and other materials for making and repairing flags of all kinds; 
photographic instruments and materials; musical instruments and 
music; and installing and maintaining electric lights and interior 
signal communications on board vessels of war, one million two hun¬ 
dred and seventy-eight thousand dollars. 

Civil establishment, Bureau of Equipment: Navy-yard, Ports¬ 
mouth, New Hampshire: For one clerk, at one thousand two hundred 
dollars; one clerk, at one thousand dollars; in all, two thousand two 
hundred dollars; 

Navy-yard, Boston, Massachusetts: For one superintendent of rope- 
walk, at one thousand eight hundred and seventy-five dollars; one 
clerk, at one thousand four hundred dollars; one clerk, atone thousand 
three hundred dollars; one writer, at nine hundred and fifty dollars; in 
all, five thousand five hundred and twenty-five dollars; 

Navy-yard, New York: For one clerk, at one thousand four hundred 
dollars; one clerk, at one thousand two hundred dollars; one writer, at 
one thousand dollars; one storekeeper, at nine hundred dollars; in all, 
four thousand five hundred dollars; 

Navy-yard, League Island, Pennsylvania: For one clerk, at one thou¬ 
sand two hundred dollars; 

Navy-} 7 ard, Norfolk, Virginia: For two clerks, at one thousand two 
hundred dollars each; 

Navy-yard, Mare Island, California: For one clerk, at one thousand 
two hundred dollars; one clerk, at one thousand dollars; in all, two 
thousand two hundred dollars; 

Navy-vard, Washington, District of Columbia: For one clerk, atone 
thousand six hundred dollars, who shall also perform the clerical duties 
for the Board of Labor Employment at said navy-yard; 

In all, civil establishment, Bureau of Equipment, nineteen thousand 
six hundred and twenty-five dollars; and no other fund appropriated 
by this Act shall be used in payment for such service. 

Contingent, Bureau of Equipment: For freight and transporta¬ 
tion of equipment stores, packing boxes and materials, printing, adver¬ 
tising, telegraphing, books, and models; stationery; furniture for equip¬ 
ment offices in navy-yards; postage on letters sent abroad; ferriage, 
ice, lighterage of ashes, and emergencies arising under cognizance of 
the Bureau of Equipment unforeseen and impossible to classify, twelve 
thousand dollars. 


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Bureau of Yards and Docks. 

Maintenance of yards and docks: For general maintenance of 
yards and docks, namely: For freight; transportation of materials and 
stores; books, maps, models, and drawing; purchase and repair of fire 
engines; machinery; repairs on steam fire engines and attendance on the 
same; purchase and maintenance of oxen, horses, and driving teams; 
carts, timber wheels, and all vehicles for use in the navy-yards; tools 
and repairs of the same; postage on letters and other mailable matter on 
public service sent to foreign countries, and telegrams; stationery; 
furniture for Government houses and offices in navy-yards; coal and 
other fuel, candles, oil, and gas; cleaning and clearing up }^ards and 
care of buildings; attendance on fires, lights, fire engines, and appara¬ 
tus; for incidental labor at navy-yards; water tax, tolls, and ferriage; 
rent of four officers’ quarters at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; pay of 
watchmen in navy-yards; awnings and packing boxes, and advertising 
for yards and docks and other purposes, two hundred and fifty^ thousand 
dollars. 

Contingent, Bureau of Y r ARDS and Docks: For contingent 
expenses that may arise at navy-yards and stations, fifteen thousand 
dollars. 

Repairs and preservation at navy-yards and stations: For 
repairs and preservation at navy-yards and stations, four hundred 
thousand dollars. 

Civil establishment, Bureau of Yards and Docks: Navy-yard, 
Portsmouth, New Hampshhire: For one clerk, at one thousand four 
hundred dollars; one mail messenger, at two dollars per diem, includ¬ 
ing Sundays; one messenger, at six hundred dollars; one foreman 
laborer and head teamster, at four dollars per diem, including Sundays; 
one janitor, at six hundred dollars; one pilot, at three dollars per 
diem, including Sundays; one foreman mason, when required, at four 
dollars and fifty cents per diem, one thousand four hundred and thir¬ 
teen dollars; in all, seven thousand three hundred and seven dollars; 

Navy-yard, Boston; Massachusetts: For one clerk, at one thousand 
four hundred dollars; one foreman laborer, at four dollars per diem; 
one messenger to commandant, at one dollar and seventy-six cents per 
diem; one messenger, at one dollar and seventy-six cents per diem; one 
mail messenger, at two dollars per diem, including Sundays; one writer, 
at nine hundred dollars; in all, five thousand three hundred and ninety 
three dollars and twenty-eight cents; 

Navy-yard, Brooklyn, New l r ork: For one clerk, at one thousand 
four hundred dollars; one writer, at one thousand and seventeen dol¬ 
lars and twenty-five cents; two masters of tugs, at one thousand five 
hundred dollars each; two writers, at nine hundred dollars each; one 
foreman laborer, at four dollars and fifty cents per diem; one mail mes¬ 
senger, at two dollars per diem, including Sundays; two messengers, 
at two dollars and twenty-five cents per diem each; one draftsman, at 
five dollars per diem; one quarterman, at three dollars per diem; one 
superintendent of teams of quarterman, at four dollars per diem; one 
messenger to commandant, at two dollars and twenty-five cents per 
diem, including Sunda}^s; one electrician, at one thousand two hun¬ 
dred dollars; in all, sixteen thousand five hundred and sixty-six dol¬ 
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Naval station, Sacketts Harbor, New York: For one ship keeper, at 
three hundred and sixty-six dollars per annum; 

Navy-yard, League Island, Pennsylvania: For one clerk, at one 
thousand four hundred dollars; one writer and telegraph operator, at 
one thousand dollars; one messenger, at two dollars per diem; one 
foreman laborer, at four dollars per diem; in all, four thousand two 
hundred and eighty-four dollars; 

Navy-yard, Washington, District of Columbia: For one clerk, at one 
thousand four hundred dollars; one messenger, at two dollars per 
diem; one foreman laborer, at four dollars per diem; one electrician, 
one thousand dollars; in all, four thousand two hundred and eighty- 
four dollars; 

Na,vy-y a rd, Norfolk, Virginia: For one clerk, at one thousand four 
hundred dollars; one writer, at one thousand and seventeen dollars and 
twenty-five cents; one writer, at one thousand dollars; one foreman 
laborer, at four dollars per diem; one electrician, one thousand two 
hundred dollars; one mail messenger, at two dollars per diem, includ¬ 
ing Sundays; two messengers, at two dollars per diem each; one pilot, 
at two dollars and twenty-six cents per diem; in all, eight thousand 
five hundred and seventy dollars and eighty-nine cents; 

Navy-yard, Pensacola, Florida: For one clerk, at one thousand two 
hundred dollars; one mail messenger, at two dollars per diem, includ¬ 
ing Sundays; in all, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-two dollars; 

Navy-yard, Mare Island, California: For one clerk, at one thousand 
four hundred dollars; one writer, at one thousand and seventeen dol¬ 
lars and twenty-five cents; one foreman mason, at six dollars per diem; 
one foreman laborer, at five dollars and fifty cents per diem; one pilot, 
at four dollars and eighty cents per diem; one draftsman, at five dollars 
per diem; one mail messenger, at two dollars per diem, including Sun¬ 
days; one messenger, at two dollars per diem; one messenger and 
lamplighter, at two dollars per diem; one electrician, one thousand 
two hundred dollars; in all, twelve thousand two hundred and ninety- 
three dollars and forty-five cents; 

Naval station, Key West, Florida: For one mail messenger, at six 
hundred dollars; 

In all, civil establishment, Bureau of Yards and Docks, sixty-one 
thousand five hundred and ninety-seven dollars and thirty-seven cents; 
and no other fund appropriated by this Act shall be used in payment 
for such services. 

Naval Home, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: For one superin¬ 
tendent, at six hundred dollars; one steward, at four hundred and 
eighty dollars; one matron, at three hundred and sixty dollars; one 
chief cook, at three hundred and sixty dollars; one assistant cook, at 
two hundred and forty dollars; one assistant cook, at one hundred 
and eighty dollars; one chief laundress, at one hundred and ninety- 
two dollars; five laundresses, at one hundred and sixty-eight dollars 
each; four scrubbers, at one hundred and sixty-eight dollars each; 
eight waiters, at one hundred and sixty-eight dollars each; eight 
laborers,at two hundred and forty dollars each; one stable keeper and 
driver, at three hundred and sixty dollars; one master at arms, at four 
hundred and eighty dollars; two house corporals, at three hundred 
dollars each; one barber, at three hundred and sixt}^ dollars; one car¬ 
penter, at eight hundred and fort}^-five dollars; one painter, at six hun- 


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dred dollars; one engineer to run elevator, six hundred dollars; water 
rent and gas, two thousand four hundred dollars; cemetery, burial 
expenses, and headstones, three hundred and fifty dollars; improve¬ 
ment of grounds, five hundred dollars; repairs to buildings, furnaces, 
grates, ranges, furniture, and repairs of furniture, seven thousand dol¬ 
lars; music in chapel, six hundred dollars; transportation of indigent 
and destitute beneficiaries to the Naval Home, five hundred dollars; 
for support of beneficiaries, fifty-seven thousand one hundred dollars; 
in all, for Naval Home, seventy-nine thousand three hundred and fif¬ 
teen dollars, which sum shall be paid out of the income from the naval 
pension fund. 

Public Works—Bureau of Yards and Docks, Navy-yards 

and Stations, Naval Academy, and New Naval Observa¬ 
tory. 

Navy-yard, Boston, Massachusetts: To complete the electric 
plant at the Boston Navy-Yard, including United States steamer 
Wabash, one thousand five hundred dollars. 

Navy-yard, Brooklyn, New York: For pumping plant for granite 
dock, forty thousand dollars; grading, paving, sidewalks, and sewers, 
ten thousand dollars; rebuilding construction and repair shipwright 
shed numbered forty-four, six thousand five hundred and thirty-four 
dollars; putting equipment paint shop in good condition, three thou¬ 
sand five hundred and seventy-five dollars; dredging, fifty-five thou¬ 
sand dollars; quay wall in Whitney basin (total estimated cost, one 
hundred and eleven thousand eight hundred and fifty-five dollars), 
twenty-five thousand dollars; heating apparatus for equipment rigging 
loft, one thousand two hundred and eighty-six dollars; extension of 
railroad system, ten thousand dollars, in all, one hundred and fifty-one 
thousand three hundred and ninety-five dollars. 

Navy-yard, League Island, Pennsylnania: For continuation of 
the sea wall, twenty thousand dollars; dredging, ten thousand dollars; 
artesian wells, nine thousand dollars; sidewalks, three thousand five 
hundred dollars; one deck scow, two thousand dollars; for the construc¬ 
tion of one steam tug, twenty-five thousand dollars; in all, sixty-nine 
thousand five hundred dollars. 

Navy-Yard, Washington, District of Columbia: For extension 
of quay wall, four thousand five hundred and sixty-nine dollars; exten¬ 
sion of railroad track to store numbered two, three thousand two hun¬ 
dred and fifty dollars; roundhouse for yard locomotive and wrecking 
car, four thousand five hundred dollars; extension of electric-light 
plant, five thousand dollars; hydrants to conform to city standard 
one thousand five hundred and sixty dollars; new T iron roof for foundr} T , 
thirty-three thousand dollars; in all, fifty-one thousand eight hundred 
and seventy-nine dollars. 

Navy-yard, Norfolk, Virginia: For extension of quay wall, 
twenty thousand dollars; sand lighter, two thousand dollars; derrick 
car, one thousand dollars; repairs to granite dock, fifteen thousand 
dollars; one deck scow, two thousand dollars; dredging in front of the 
navy-yard dock, six thousand and twelve dollars; the Secretary of the 
Navy is hereby authorized to exchange such of the land at the navy- 
yard, Norfolk, Virginia, being a part of a tract known as Saint Helena, 
(on the east side of the Elizabeth River) which the Government does 
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and now belonging to private parties, upon such terms as may be 
determined upon by a board of officers, accepted by the present owners 
of Cedar Grove, and approved by them, as may in his opinion serve 
the best interests of the Government; in all, forty-six thousand and 
twelve dollars. 

Naval station, Port Royal, South Carolina: For roadways, 
five thousand five hundred and seventy-two dollars; grading and drain¬ 
age, six thousand dollars; extension of hydrant system, one thousand 
three hundred and eighty-five dollars; boundary fence, one thousand 
two hundred dollars; construction and repair shop, sixty thousand 
dollars; storage cisterns, three thousand seven hundred and fifty-eight 
dollars; in all, seventy-seven thousand nine hundred and fifteen dollars. 

Navy-yard, Mare Island, California: For the construction of a 
steam tug at Mare Island Navv-yard, California, for the use of said 
3 r ard, in addition to the sum of fifty thousand dollars authorized by the 
Act of July twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, thirty 
thousand dollars; 

Extension of quay wall toward coal shed (estimated cost, eighty- 
eight thousand three hundred and six dollars), ten thousand dollars; 
enlarging entrance to stone dry dock, twenty thousand seven hundred 
and thirty-six dollars; new caisson for stone dry dock, fifty-three 
thousand dollars; dredging, ten thousand dollars; three steam capstans 
for dry dock, five thousand nine hundred and seventy-one dollars, to 
be immediately available; railroad scales, one thousand six hundred 
and forty dollars; improvement of coppersmith shop, steam engineer¬ 
ing, four thousand five hundred and twenty-seven dollars; yard roads, 
five thousand dollars; in all, one hundred and ten thousand eight hun¬ 
dred and seventy-four dollars. 

Dry dock, Puget Sound Naval Station, Washington: For con¬ 
tinuation of dry dock, dredging, office building, and officers’ quarters, 
to be made immediatety available, two hundred and sixty thousand 
dollars; in all, two hundred and sixty thousand dollars. 

Naval station, Key West, Florida: For purchase of additional 
lot for coal shed (twenty thousand dollars, or so much as may be neces¬ 
sary), twenty thousand dollars; coaling pier, forty thousand dollars; 
in all, sixty thousand dollars. 

NAVAL ACADEMY. 

For buildings and grounds, Naval Academy: For continuing 
the grading and improvement of the property condemned under Act 
making appropriations for the naval service for the fiscal year ending 
June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety, and the adjacent ground, 
and for the improvement of the water front of the Academy, to be 
immediatety available, ten thousand dollars. 

NEW NAVAL OBSERVATORY. 

For grounds and roads: For continuing grading, extending 
roads and paths, clearing and improving grounds of New Naval 
Observatory, and filling ravine contiguous to boiler house to Massa¬ 
chusetts avenue extended, twelve thousand dollars; 

New buildings: For quarters for observers, two buildings, at five 
thousand dollars each, ten thousand dollars; 

In all, for New Naval Observatoiy, twenty-two thousand dollars. 


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Bureau of Medicine and Surgery. 

Medical Department: For surgeons’ necessaries for vessels in 
commission, navy-yards, naval stations, Marine Corps, and Coast Sur¬ 
vey, and for the civil establishment at the several naval hospitals, 
navy-yards, naval laboratory, and Naval Academy, sixty thousand 
dollars. 

Naval hospital fund: For maintenance of the naval hospitals at 
the various navy-yards and stations, and for care and maintenance of 
patients in other hospitals at home and abroad, twenty thousand dollars. 

Contingent, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery: For freight, 
expressage on medical stores, tolls, ferriages, transportation of sick to 
hospital, transportation of insane patients; care, transportation, and 
burial of the dead, including the expense of disinterring, transportation, 
and burial at his late home in Cherokee, Iowa, of the remains of W. A. 
Lathrop, an apprentice, who died in the service of the United States 
steamer Concord, at Wuhu, China; advertising; telegraphing; rent of 
telephones; purchase of books and stationery; binding of medical rec¬ 
ords, unbound books, and pamphlets; postage and purchase of stamps 
for foreign service; expenses attending the medical board of examiners; 
rent of rooms for naval dispensary; hygienic and sanitary investigation 
and illustration; sanitary and hygienic instruction; purchase and 
repairs of wagons and harness; purchase of and feed for horses and 
cows; trees, plants, garden tools, and seeds; furniture and incidental 
articles for the museum of hygiene, naval dispensary, Washington; 
naval laboratory, sick quarters at Naval Academy and marine barracks, 
surgeons’ offices and dispensaries at navy-yards and naval stations; 
washing for medical department at museum of hygiene, naval dispen¬ 
sary, Washington; naval laboratory and department of instruction, 
sick quarters at Naval Academy and marine barracks, dispensaries at 
navy-yards and naval stations and ships and rendezvous; buildings 
and grounds of the United States Naval Museum of Hygiene, and for 
minor repairs on said buildings and grounds as may be required to 
properly receive and preserve the exhibits, and all other necessary 
contingent'expenses, twenty-five thousand dollars. 

Repairs, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery: For necessary 
repairs of naval laboratory and department of instruction, naval hos¬ 
pitals and appendages, including roads, wharves, outhouses, sidewalks, 
fences, gardens, farms, and cemeteries, twenty thousand dollars. 

Ambulances for natal hospitals: For supplying three naval 
hospitals with ambulances of modern construction to replace vehicles 
condemned as useless, one thousand eight hundred dollars; 

Bureau of Supplies and Accounts. 

Provisions, Navy, Bureau of Supplies and Accounts: For 
provisions and commuted rations for the seamen and marines, which 
commuted rations may be paid to caterers of messes, in cases of death 
or desertion, upon orders of the commanding officer, commuted rations 
for officers on sea duty and naval cadets, and commuted rations stopped 
on account of sick in hospital and credited to the naval hospital fund, 
subsistence of officers and men unavoidably detained or absent from 
vessels to wdiich attached under orders (during which subsistence rations 
to be stopped on board ship and no credit for commutation therefor to 
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lion and seventy-five thousand dollars; labor in general storehouses and 
paymasters’ offices in navy-yards, including a chemist at two thousand 
dollars per annum, one hundred thousand dollars; in all, one million 
one hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars. 

Contingent, Bureau of Supplies and Accounts: For freight 
and express charges, candles, fuel, books and blanks, stationery, adver¬ 
tising, furniture for general storehouses and pay offices in navy-yards, 
expenses of naval clothing factory and machinery for same, postage, 
telegrams, telephones, tolls, ferriages, yeoman’s stores, iron safes, 
newspapers, ice, and other incidental expenses, forty-five thousand 
dollars. 

Civil establishment, Bureau of Supplies and Accounts: Navy- 
yard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire: In general storehouses: Two 
bookkeepers, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; one assistant 
bookkeeper, at seven hundred and twenty dollars; one bill clerk, at one 
thousand dollars; one assistant clerk, at seven hundred and twenty 
dollars; one shipping and receiving clerk, at one thousand dollars; in 
all, five thousand eight hundred and forty dollars. 

Navy-yard, Boston, Massachusetts: In general storehouses: One 
bookkeeper, at one thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five 
cents; one shipping clerk, atone thousand dollars; one receiving clerk, 
at one thousand dollars. In yard pay office: One writer, at one thou¬ 
sand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents; in all, four thousand 
and thirty-four dollars and fifty cents; 

Navy-yard, Brooklyn, New York: One writer to boards of inspection, 
nine hundred dollars. In general storehouses: Three bookkeepers, at 
one thousand two hundred dollars each; one assistant bookkeeper, at 
one thousand dollars; one assistant bookkeeper, at seven hundred and 
twenty dollars; three receiving clerks, at four dollars per diem each; 
one assistant receiving clerk, at one thousand and ninety-nine dollars; 
three shipping clerks, at one thousand dollars each; one bill clerk, at 
one thousand dollars; one assistant bill clerk, at seven hundred and 
twenty dollars; two leading men, at two dollars and fifty cents per diem 
each; five pressmen, at two dollars and seventy-six cents per diem 
each; one superintendent of coffee mills, at three dollars per diem; one 
box maker, at three dollars per diem; one engine tender, at three dol¬ 
lars and twenty-six cents per diem; one coffee roaster, at two dollars 
and fifty cents per diem; one fireman, at two dollars per diem; one 
messenger, at two dollars and twenty-five cents per diem. In yard pay 
office: One writer, at one thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty- 
five cents; one messenger, at two dollars and twentj^-five cents per diem; 
in all, twenty-eight thousand four hundred and sixt}^-one dollars and 
nine cents. 

Navy-vard, League Island, Pennsylvania: In general storehouse: 
One bookkeeper, at one thousand two hundred dollars; one assistant 
bookkeeper, at seven hundred and twenty dollars; in all, one thousand 
nine hundred and twenty dollars; 

Navy-yard, Washington, District of Columbia: In general storehouse: 
One bookkeeper, at one thousand two hundred dollars; one clerk, at 
one thousand two hundred dollars; one receiving clerk, at one thousand 
dollars; one bill clerk, at one thousand dollars; one shipping clerk, at 
one thousand dollars. In yard pay office: One writer, atone thousand 


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and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents; in all, six thousand four 
hundred and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents; 

Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland: In general storehouse: One 
bookkeeper, at one thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five 
cents; one receiving and shipping clerk, at one thousand dollars; in 
all, two thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents; 

Naval station, Newport, Rhode Island: In general storehouse: One 
clerk, at one thousand two hundred dollars; 

Navy-yard, Mare Island, California: In general storehouses: Two 
bookkeepers, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; two assistant 
bookkeepers, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; one receiving 
clerk, at one thousand dollars; one shipping clerk, at one thousand dol¬ 
lars; one bill clerk, at one thousand dollars; one assistant clerk, at one 
thousand dollars. In yard pay office: One writer, at one thousand and 
seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents; in all, eight thousand eight 
hundred and fifty-seven dollars and twenty-five cents; 

Navy-yard, Norfolk, Virginia: In general storehouses: Two book¬ 
keepers, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; two assistant book¬ 
keepers, at one thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents 
each; one bill clerk, at one thousand dollars; one assistant bill clerk, 
at seven hundred and twenty dollars; one receiving clerk, at nine 
hundred and forty-two dollars; one assistant receiving clerk, at seven 
hundred and twenty dollars. In } T ard pay office: One writer, at one 
thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents; in all, eight 
thousand eight hundred and thirty-three dollars and seventy-five cents; 

In all, civil establishment, Bureau of Supplies and Accounts, sixty- 
seven thousand five hundred and eighty-one dollars and nine cents; 
and no other fund appropriated by this Act shall be used in payment 
for such service. 


Bureau of Construction and Repair. 

Construction and repair of vessels: For preservation and 
completion of vessels on the stocks and in ordinary; purchase of 
materials and stores of all kinds; steam steerers; pneumatic steerers; 
steam capstans, steam windlasses, and other steam auxiliaries; labor 
in navy-yards and on foreign stations; purchase of machinery and tools 
for use in shops; wear, tear, and repair of vessels afloat; general care, 
increase, and protection of the Navy in the line of construction and 
repair; incidental expenses, such as advertising, freight, foreign post¬ 
age, telegrams, telephone service, photographing, books, professional 
magazines, plans, stationery, and instruments for drafting room, nine 
hundred thousand dollars: Provided , That no part of this sum shall be 
applied to the repairs of any wooden ship when the estimated cost of 
such repairs, to be appraised by a competent board of naval officers, 
shall exceed ten per centum of the estimated cost, appraised in like 
manner, of a new ship of the same size and like material.* Provided 
further , That nothing herein contained shall deprive the Secretary of 
the Navy of the authority to cause the necessary repairs and preserva¬ 
tion of the United States ship Hartford, or to order repairs of ships 
damaged in foreign waters or on the high seas, so far as may be necessary 
to bring them home. 

Civil establishment, Bureau of Construction and Repair: 
Navy-yard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire: For one clerk to naval con- 


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structor, at one thousand four hundred dollars; two writers, at one 
thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty-live cents each; in all, 
three thousand four hundred and thirty-four dollars and fifty cents; 

Navy-yard, Boston, Massachusetts: For one clerk to naval con¬ 
structor, at one thousand four hundred dollars; 

Navy-yard, Brooklyn, New York: For one clerk to naval constructor, 
at one thousand four hundred dollars; three writers, at one thousand 
and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents each; in all, four thousand 
four hundred and fifty-one dollars and seventy-five cents; 

Navy-yard, League Island, Pennsylvania: For one clerk to naval 
constructor, at one thousand four hundred dollars; 

Navy-yard, Washington, District of Columbia: For one clerk to 
naval constructor, at one thousand four hundred dollars; 

Navy-yard, Norfolk, Virginia: For one clerk to naval constructor, 
at one thousand four hundred dollars; two writers, at one thousand 
and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents each; in all, three thousand 
four hundred and thirty-four dollars and fifty cents; 

Navy-yard, Pensacola, Florida: For one writer, at one thousand and 
seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents; 

Navy-yard, Mare Island, California: For one clerk to naval con¬ 
structor, at one thousand four hundred dollars; two writers, at one 
thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents each; in all, 
three thousand four hundred and thirty-four dollars and fifty cents; 

In all, civil establishment, Bureau of Construction and Repair, nine¬ 
teen thousand nine hundred and seventy-two dollars and fifty cents; 
and no other fund appropriated by this Act shall be used in payment 
for such service. 


Bureau of Steam Engineering. 

Steam machinery: For completion, repairing, and preservation of 
machinery and boilers of naval vessels, including cost of new boilers, 
distilling, refrigerating, and auxiliary machinery, preservation of and 
small repairs to machinery and boilers in vessels in ordinary, receiving 
and training vessels, repair and care of machinery of yard tugs and 
launches, four hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars: Provided , 
That no part of said sum shall be applied to the engines, boilers, and 
machinery of wooden ships where the estimated cost of such repair shall 
exceed ten per centum of the estimated cost of new engines and machinery 
of the same character and power; nor shall new boilers be constructed 
for wooden ships: Provided further. That nothing herein contained 
shall deprive the Secretary of the Navy of the authority to cause the 
necessary repairs and preservation of the United States ship Hartford, 
or to order repairs of the engines, boilers, and machinery of ships 
damaged in foreign waters or on the high seas, so far as may be neces¬ 
sary to bring them home. 

For purchase, handling, and preservation of all material and stores, 
purchase, fitting, repair, and preservation of machinery and tools in 
navy-yards and stations, and running yard engines, two hundred and 
forty thousand dollars. 

For incidental expenses for naval vessels, yards, and the Bureau, 
such as foreign postage, telegrams, advertising, freight, photographing, 
books, stationery, and instruments, ten thousand dollars. 


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Steam machinery (special): To continue work on new machinery 
to replace present engines, boilers, and so forth, of United States 
steamship Chicago, two hundred thousand dollars. 

Contingent, Bureau of Steam Engineering: For contingencies, 
drawing materials, and instruments for the drafting room, one thou¬ 
sand dollars. 

Civil establishment, Bureau of Steam Engineering: Navy- 
yard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire: For clerk to department, at one 
thousand two hundred dollars; messenger, at six hundred dollars; in 
all, one thousand eight hundred dollars; 

Navy-yard, Brooklyn, New York: For clerk to department, at one 
thousand four hundred dollars; writer, at one thousand dollars; mes¬ 
senger, at six hundred dollars; in all, three thousand dollars; 

Navy-yard, League Island. Pennsylvania: For clerk to department, 
at one thousand two hundred dollars; 

Navy-yard, Norfolk, Virginia: For clerk to department, atone thou¬ 
sand three hundred dollars; messenger, at six hundred dollars; in all, 
one thousand nine hundred dollars; 

Navy-yard, Pensacola, Florida: For writer, at one thousand dollars; 

Navy-yard, Mare Island, California: For clerk to department, at 
one thousand four hundred dollars; messenger, at six hundred dollars; 
writer, at one thousand dollars; in all, three thousand dollars; 

In all, civil establishment, Bureau of Steam Engineering, eleven 
thousand nine hundred dollars; and no other fund appropriated by 
this Act shall be used in payment for such service. 

Naval Academy. 

Pay of professors and others, Naval Academy: For one pro¬ 
fessor of mathematics, one of chemistry, and one of physics, at 
two thousand live hundred dollars each; two professors (assistants), 
namely, one of French and Spanish and one of English studies, history, 
and law, at two thousand two hundred dollars each; live assistant 
professors, namely, one of English studies, history, and law, three of 
French, and one of drawing, at one thousand eight hundred dollars 
each, any assistant professor at the Naval Academy who has served as 
such for live years shall have the title and pay of a professor; one 
sword master, at one thousand five hundred dollars, and two assistants, 
at one thousand dollars each; one boxing master and gymnast, at one 
thousand two hundred dollars; one assistant librarian, at one thousand 
four hundred dollars; one secretary to the Naval Academy, at one 
thousand eight hundred dollars; two clerks to the Superintendent, one 
at one thousand two hundred dollars and one at one thousand dollars, 
respectively; one clerk to the commandant of cadets, at one thousand 
two hundred dollars; one clerk to the paj^master, at one thousand two 
hundred dollars; one dentist at one thousand six hundred dollars; 
one baker, at six hundred dollars; one mechanic in department of 
physics and chemistry, at seven hundred and thirty dollars; one cook, 
at three hundred and twenty-five dollars and fifty cents; one messen- 

f er to the Superintendent, at six hundred dollars; one armorer, at six 
undred and forty-nine dollars and fifty cents; one chief gunner’s mate, 
at five hundred and twenty-nine dollai's and fifty cents; one quarter 
gunner, at four hundred and sixty-nine dollars and fifty cents; one 
cockswain, at four hundred and sixty-nine dollars and fifty cents; one 
seaman in the de artment of seamanship, at three hundred and ninety- 


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seven dollars and fifty cents; one attendant in the department of astron¬ 
omy and one in the department of physics and chemistry, at three 
hundred dollars each; six attendants at recitation rooms, library, store, 
chapel, and offices, at three hundred dollars each; one bandmaster, at 
five hundred and twenty-eight dollars; twenty-one first-class musicians, 
at three hundred and forty-eight dollars each; seven second-class 
musicians, at three hundred dollars each; services of organist at chapel 
of Naval Academy, three hundred dollars; in all, fifty-two thousand 
four hundred and seven dollars. 

That the Secretary of the Navy shall have power to convene general 
courts-martial for the trial of naval cadets, subject to the same limita¬ 
tions and conditions now existing as to other general courts-martial, 
and to approve the proceedings and execute the sentences of such 
courts, except the sentences of suspension and dismissal, which, after 
having been approved by the Superintendent, shall not be carried into 
effect until confirmed by the President: Provided , That every Repre¬ 
sentative or Delegate in Congress whose district or Territory is not now 
represented at the Naval Academ} 7 for any cause by a cadet shall be 
permitted and authorized to recommend a candidate for appointment 
as a cadet at the Naval Academy of the United States, said recom¬ 
mendation to be made on or before the fourth day of March, eighteen 
hundred and ninefy-five, subject to the qualifications now prescribed 
by law. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to increase the 
number of cadets at said Naval Academy as now provided by law. 

For special course of study and training of naval cadets, as author¬ 
ized by Act of Congress approved August fifth, eighteen hundred and 
eighty-two, three thousand dollars. 

Pay of watchmen, mechanics, and others, Naval Academy: 
For captain of the watch and weigher, at two dollars and fifty cents 
per diem; four watchmen, at two dollars per diem each; foreman of gas 
and steam-heating works of the Academy, at five dollars per diem; 
for labor at gas works and steam buildings, for masons, carpenters, 
and other mechanics and laborers, and for care of buildings, grounds, 
wharves, and boats, thirty-seven thousand eight hundred and sixty-four 
dollars and ninety-five cents; one attendant in purifying house of the gas 
house, at one dollar and fifty cents per diem; in all, forty-four thousand 
and eighty-six dollars and ninety-five cents. 

Pay of steam employees, Naval Academy: For pay of mechan¬ 
ics and others in department of steam engineering, seven thousand 
eight hundred and twenty-four dollars and fifty cents. 

Repairs and Improvements, Naval Academy: Necessary repairs 
of public buildings, pavements, wharves, and walls inclosing the 
grounds of the Naval Academy, improvements, repairs, furniture, and 
fixtures, twenty-one thousand dollars. 

Heating and lighting Naval Academy: Fuel, and for heating 
and lighting the Academy and school-ships, twenty thousand dollars. 

Contingent and miscellaneous expenses, Naval Academy: 
Purchase of books for the library, two thousand dollars; stationery, 
blank books, models, maps, and text-books for use of instructors, two 
thousand dollars; expenses of the Board of Visitors of the Naval 
Academy, being mileage and five dollars per diem for each member for 
expenses during actual attendance at the Academy, one thousand five 
hundred dollars; purchase of chemicals, apparatus, and instruments 
in the department of physics and chemistry, and for repairs of the 
same, two thousand dollars; purchase of gas and steam machinery. 


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steam pipes and fittings, rent of buildings for the use of the Academy, 
freight, cartage, water, music, musical and astronomical instruments, 
uniforms for"the bandsmen, telegraphing, feed and maintenance of 
teams, current expenses, and repairs of all kinds, and for incidental 
labor and expenses not applicable to any other appropriation, thirty- 
two thousand dollars; stores in the departments of steam engineering, 
eight hundred dollars; materials for repairs in steam machinery, one 
thousand dollars; in all, forty-one thousand three hundred dollars. 

Marine Corps. 

Pay, Marine Corps: For pay of officers on the active list: For one 
colonel commandant, one colonel, two lieutenant-colonels, one adjutant 
and inspector, one paymaster, one quartermaster, four majors, two 
assistant quartermasters, twenty captains, thirty first lieutenants, and 
twelve second lieutenants, one hundred and seventy-nine thousand 
three hundred and twenty dollars. 

Pay of officers on the retired list: For three colonels, two lieutenant- 
colonels, one quartermaster, one adjutant and inspector, one assistant 
quartermaster, twelve captains, two first lieutenants, and three second 
lieutenants, fifty-four thousand eight hundred and forty dollars. 

Pay of noncommissioned officers, musicians, and privates: For one 
sergeant-major, one quartermaster-sergeant, one leader of the band, 
one drum-major, fifty first sergeants, one hundred and forty sergeants, 
one hundred and eighty corporals, thirty musicians, ninety-six drum¬ 
mers and fifers, and one thousand six hundred privates, and for the 
expenses of clerks of the United States Marine Corps traveling under 
orders, three hundred and eighty-one thousand eight hundred and 
forty-seven dollars and sixty-seven cents. 

Pay and allowance for retired enlisted men: For one sergeant-major, 
one drum-major, three first-class musicians, nine first sergeants, seven¬ 
teen sergeants, three corporals, two drummers, two fifers, and forty-two 
privates, and for those who may be retired during the year, twenty- 
seven thousand dollars. 

Undrawn clothing: For payment to discharged soldiers for clothing 
undrawn, twenty-three thousand dollars: Provided , That no other 
fund appropriated by this Act shall be used for such purpose. 

Mileage: For mileage of officers traveling under orders without 
troops, eight thousand dollars. 

Commutation of quarters: For commutation of quarters for officers 
on duty without troops where there are no public quarters, four thou¬ 
sand dollars. 

Pay of civil force: In the office of the colonel commandant: For 
one chief clerk, at one thousand five hundred and forty dollars and 
eighty cents; one messenger, at nine hundred and seventy-one dollars 
and twenty-eight cents; 

In the office of the adjutant and inspector: One chief clerk, at one 
thousand five hundred and forty dollars and eighty cents; one clerk, 
at one thousand four hundred and ninety-six dollars and fifty-two cents; 

In the office of the paymaster: One chief clerk, at one thousand six 
hundred dollars; one clerk, at one thousand four hundred and ninety- 
six dollars and fifty-two cents; one clerk, at one thousand two hundred 
and fifty-seven dollars and twelve cents; 

In the office of the quartermaster: One chief clerk, at one thousand 
five hundred and forty dollars and eighty cents; one clerk, at one 


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thousand four hundred and ninety-six dollars and fifty-two cents; one 
clerk, at one thousand two hundred and fifty-seven dollars and twelve 
cents; 

In the office of the assistant quartermaster, Philadelphia, Pennsyl¬ 
vania: One clerk, at one thousand four hundred dollars; one messenger, 
at one dollar and seventy-five cents per diem; 

In the office of the assistant quartermaster, Washington, District of 
Columbia, or San Francisco, California: One clerk, at one thousand 
four hundred dollars; 

In all, for pay of civil force, seventeen thousand six hundred and 
thirty-seven dollars and ninety-eight cents; and the money herein spe¬ 
cifically appropriated for pay of the Marine Corps shall be disbursed 
and accounted for in accordance with existing law as pay of the Marine 
Corps, and for that purpose shall constitute one fund. 

Provisions, Marine Corps: For one thousand one hundred non¬ 
commissioned officers, musicians, and privates, and for commutation 
of rations to eleven enlisted men detailed as clerks and messengers; 
also for payment of board and lodging of recruiting parties, said pay¬ 
ment for board not to exceed two thousand five hundred dollars, ninety 
thousand dollars; and no law shall be construed to entitle enlisted 
marines on shore duty to any rations or commutation therefor other 
than such as now are or may hereafter be allowed to enlisted men in 
the Army. 

Clothing, Marine Corps: For two thousand one hundred non¬ 
commissioned officers, musicians, and privates, eighty thousand dollars. 

Fuel, Marine Corps: For heating barracks and quarters, for 
ranges and stoves for cooking, fuel for enlisted men, and for sales to 
officers, maintaining electric lights, and for hot-air closets, nineteen 
thousand five hundred dollars. 

Military stores, Marine Corps: For pay of chief armorer, at 
three dollars per day; three mechanics, at two dollars and fifty cents 
each per day; in all, three thousand two hundred and ninety-seven 
dollars; for purchase of military equipments, such as cartridge boxes, 
bayonet scabbards, haversacks, blanket bags, knapsacks, canteens, 
musket slings, swords, drums, trumpets, flags, waist belts, waist plates, 
cartridge belts, sashes for officer of the day, spare parts for repairing 
muskets, purchase of ammunition, and purchase and repair of instru¬ 
ments for band, purchase of music and musical accessories, medals for 
excellence in gunnery and rifle practice, good conduct badges, inci¬ 
dental expenses in connection with the school of application, signal 
equipment and stores, binocular glasses, for the establishment and 
maintenance of targets and ranges, for hiring established ranges, and 
for procuring, preserving, and handling ammunition, ten thousand 
dollars; in all, thirteen thousand two hundred and ninety-seven dollars. 

Transportation and recruiting, Marine Corps: For transpor¬ 
tation of troops, including ferriage, and the expense of recruiting 
service, fifteen thousand dollars. 

For repairs of barracks: At Portsmouth, New Hampshire; 
Boston, Massachusetts; Newport, Rhode Island; Brooklyn, New York; 
League Island, Pennsylvania; Annapolis, Maryland; headquarters and 
navy-yard, Districtof Columbia; Norfolk, Virginia; Pensacola, Florida; 
Mare' Island, California; Port Royal, South Carolina; and Sitka, 
Alaska; and per diem for enlisted men employed under the direction 
of the Quartermaster’s Department on the repair of barracks and 
other public buildings, ten thousand dollars. 


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For rent of building used for manufacture of clothing, storing sup¬ 
plies, and office of assistant quartermaster, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 
two thousand dollars. 

Forage, Marine Corps: For forage in kind for five horses of the 
Quartermaster’s Department, and the authorized number of officers’ 
horses, two thousand eight hundred dollars. 

Hire of quarters, Marine Corps: For hire of quarters for officers 
serving with troops where there are no public quarters belonging to the 
Government, and where there are not sufficient quarters possessed by 
the United States to accommodate them, four thousand five hundred 
dollars; for hire of quarters for seven enlisted men employed as clerks 
and messengers in commandant’s, adjutant and inspector’s, paymaster’s, 
and quartermaster’s offices, Washington, District of Columbia, and 
assistant quartermaster’s offices, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at twenty- 
one dollars per month each, one thousand seven hundred and sixty- 
four dollars; for hire of quarters for three enlisted men employed as 
above, at ten dollars each per month, three hundred and sixty dollars; 
in all, six thousand six hundred and twenty-four dollars. 

Contingent, Marine Corps: For freight, tolls, cartage, advertis¬ 
ing, washing of bed sacks, mattress covers, pillow cases, towels, and 
sheets, funeral expenses of marines, stationery and other paper, tele¬ 
graphing, rent of telephones, purchase and repair of typewriters, 
apprehension of stragglers and deserters, per diem of enlisted men 
employed on constant labor for a period not less than ten days, repair 
of gas and water fixtures, office and barracks furniture; mess utensils 
for enlisted men, such as bowls, plates, spoons, knives, forks; packing 
boxes, wrapping paper, oilcloth, crash, rope, twine, camphor and car- 
bolized paper, carpenter’s tools, tools for police purposes, iron safes, 
purchase and repair of public wagons, purchase and repair of harness, 
purchase of public horses, services of veterinary surgeons and medi¬ 
cines for public horses, purchase and repair of hose, repair of fire extin¬ 
guishers, purchase of fire hand grenades, purchase and repair of carts, 
wheelbarrows, and lawn mowers, purchase and repair of cooking stoves; 
ranges, stoves, and furnaces where there are no grates; purchase of ice, 
towels, and soap for offices; postage stamps for foreign postage; pur 
chase of books, newspapers, and periodicals; improving parade grounds, 
repair of pumps and wharves, laying drain, water, and gas pipes, water, 
introducing gas, and for gas, gas oil, and maintenance of electric lights; 
straw for bedding, mattresses, mattress covers, pillows; wire bunk bot¬ 
toms for enlisted men at the various posts; furniture for Government 
houses and repair of same, and for all emergencies and extraordinary 
expenses arising at home and abroad, but impossible to anticipate or 
classify; in all, thirty thousand dollars. 

Increase of the Navy. 

That for the purpose of further increasing the naval establishment 
of the United States the President is hereby authorized to have con¬ 
structed by contract two seagoing coast-line battle ships designed to 
carry the heaviest armor and most powerful ordnance upon a displace¬ 
ment of about ten thonsand tons, to have the highest practicable speed 
for vessels of their class, and to cost, exclusive of armament, not 
exceeding four million dollars each; and six light-draft composite gun¬ 
boats of about one thousand tons displacement, to be fixed by the Sec¬ 
retary of the Navy, and no one of which shall cost more than two 


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hundred and thirty thousand dollars, or in all for said six gunboats, one 
million three hundred and eighty thousand dollars, exclusive of arma¬ 
ment, and not more than two of said gunboats shall be built in one 
yard, or b}^ one contracting party, and in each case the contract shall 
be awarded by the Secretary of the Navy to the lowest best responsi¬ 
ble bidder; and three torpedo boats, at a cost of not exceeding one 
hundred and seventy-live thousand dollars each; and, subject to the 
provisions hereinafter made, one seagoing battle ship and one of said 
torpedo boats shall be built on or near the coast of the Pacific Ocean, 
or in the waters connecting therewith, and one torpedo boat on the 
Mississippi River, and one torpedo boat on the coast of the Gulf of 
Mexico; and in the construction of all said vessels all of the provisions 
of the Act of August third, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, entitled 
“An Act to increase the naval establishment,” as to materials for said 
vessels, their engines, boilers, and machinery, the contracts under 
which they are built, except as to premiums, which are not to be offered, 
the notice of any proposals for the same, the plans, drawings, and 
specifications therefor, and the method of executing said contracts, 
shall be observed and followed, and said vessels shall be built in com¬ 
pliance with the terms of said Act, save that in all their parts said 
vessels shall be of domestic manufacture: Provided , That if it shall 
appear to the satisfaction of the President of the United States, from 
the biddings for the contracts for either of said torpedo boats, and for 
one of the foregoing battle ships to be built on the Pacific Coast, when 
the same shall be opened and examined b}^ him, that the said torpedo 
boats or battle ships can not be constructed at a fair cost at the places 
fixed in the proposals and biddings, he may authorize the construction 
of said torpedo boats, or any of them, or the battleship the biddings 
for which provide for building upon the Pacific Coast, elsewhere in the 
United States, subject to the limitations as to cost hereinbefore pro¬ 
vided; and any of the ships, gunboats, and torpedo boats provided for 
in this Act may be constructed of steel or other metal, or of alloy, except 
where it is otherwise provided in this Act, and one of said battle ships 
shall be named Kearsarge. 

Armor and armament: Toward the armament and armor of 
domestic manufacture for the vessels authorized by the Act of August 
third, eighteen hundred and eighty-six; of the vessels authorized by 
the Act approved March second, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine; 
of those authorized by the Act of June thirtieth, eighteen hundred 
and ninet} r ; of the one authorized by the Act of March second, eight¬ 
een hundred and ninety-one; of those authorized by the Act of July 
nineteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two; and of the vessels author¬ 
ized by the Act of March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-three; 
and of the three torpedo boats, Act of July twenty-sixth, eighteen 
hundred and ninety-four, and of the vessels authorized under this Act, 
four million eight hundred and thirty-seven thousand six hundred and 
seventy dollars, of which sum two million dollars is to be made imme¬ 
diately available. 

Construction and steam machinery: On account of the hulls 
and outfits of vessels and steam machinery of vessels heretofore and 
herein authorized, eight million three hundred and forty-two thousand 
four hundred and twenty-two dollars, of which sum two million dollars 
is to be made immediately available. 

Equipment: Toward the completion of the equipment outfit of the 
new vessels heretofore authorized by Congress, one hundred and 


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twenty-five thousand dollars. To pay the contractors for the con¬ 
struction of the machinery of the United States steamship Maine for 
earned premium over and above the contract horse power, twenty-two 
thousand four hundred and twenty-nine dollars and thirty cents, this 
amount being due under contract of April third, eighteen hundred and 
eighty-nine, and authorized by Act of Congress August third, eighteen 
hundred and eighty-six. 

That the Secretary of the Navy is hereby authorized and required to 
remit to N. F. Palmer, junior, and Company, of New York Oity^, the 
time penalties exacted by the Navy Department under the contracts 
with said company for the construction of gunboat numbered three, 
known as the Concord, and gunboat numbered four, known as the Ben¬ 
nington, the United States having suffered no damage by the dela}^ in 
the construction of the said gunboats. 

The Secretary of the Navy is hereby authorized and directed to 
audit and adjust the the claim of Richmond Locomotive and Machine 
Works, of Richmond, Virginia, against the Government of the United 
States, for damages and losses sustained by the said Richmond Loco¬ 
motive and Machine Works in the execution of the contract to con¬ 
struct and deliver the machinery required for the United States battle 
ship Texas, caused by the delays of the Government of the United 
States in the construction of the hull of said battle ship Texas, and to 
report to Congress at its next session what amount may be due to said 
Richmond Locomotive and Machine Works. 

The Secretary of the Navy is hereby authorized and required to 
remit the time penalties on the Y r orktown, Baltimore, Philadelphia, and 
Newark, and forty thousand three hundred and fifty dollars is hereby 
appropriated for this purpose. 

To pay to the parties who may be found entitled to receive the same 
any balance that may be due and unpaid on account of the purchase 
money of the steamers De Soto and Bienville, purchased by the United 
States from the New York and New Orleans Steamship Company, by 
authority of an Act of Congress approved July eighteenth, eighteen 
hundred and sixty-one, forty-one thousand seven hundred and one 
dollars and ninety-five cents. 

COLUMBIAN MUSEUM, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. 

That the Secretary of the Navy be, and he hereby is, authorized to 
transfer to the trustees of the Columbian Museum of Chicago the 
reproductions of the caravals of Columbus, the Santa Maria, Nina, and 
Pinta, which were exhibited at the World’s Columbian Exposition. 

An Act entitled 4 4 An Act to amend 4 An Act to amend section forty-four 
hundred of title fift} r -two of the Revised Statutes of the United States, 
concerning the regulation of steam vessels,’ approved August seventh, 
eighteen hundred and eighty-two; and also to amend section forty-four 
hundred and fourteen, title fifty-two, of the Revised Statutes, 4 Regu¬ 
lation of steam vessels,’ ” approved March first, eighteen hundred and 
ninety-five, is hereby amended by striking therefrom the words 44 Jack¬ 
sonville, Florida; Bangor, Maine; and New Haven, Connecticut;” where 
said words occur in the ninth paragraph of the second section thereof, 
following the word 44 Illinois” and inserting the same in the second 
paragraph of section two of said Act after the word 44 Illinois.” 

Approved. March 2, 1895. 


FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS, FIRST SESSION—JUNE 10, 1896, 

An Act Making appropriations for the naval service for the fiscal year 
ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, and for other purposes. 

Be it enacted!)y the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled , That the following sums be, 
and they are hereby, appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the 
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the naval service of the Gov¬ 
ernment for theyear ending J une thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety- 
seven, and for other purposes: 

Pay of the Navy. 

For the pay of officers on sea duty; officers on shore and other duty; 
officers on waiting orders; officers on the retired list; clerks to com¬ 
mandants of yards and stations; clerks to paymasters at yards and 
stations; general storekeepers; receiving ships and other vessels; extra 
pay to men reenlisting under honorable discharge; interest on deposits 
by men; pay of petty officers, seamen, landsmen, and boys, including 
men in the engineers’ force and for the Coast Survey Service and Fish 
Commission, nine thousand two hundred and fifty men and seven hun¬ 
dred and fifty boys, at the pay prescribed by law; and the Secretary of 
the Navy is hereby authorized to enlist at any time after the passage of 
this Act as many additional men as in his discretion he may deem nec- 
essaiy, not to exceed one thousand, eight million one hundred thousand 
eight hundred and seventy-three dollars: Provided , That the Secretary 
of the Navy be, and he is hereby, authorized to permit officers of the 
Navy and the Marine Corps to make allotments from their pay, under 
such regulations as he may prescribe, for the support of their families 
or relatives, for their own savings, or for other proper purposes, during 
such time as they may be absent at sea, on distant duty, or under other 
circumstances warranting such action: Provided further , That all 
officers who have been or may be appointed to any corps of the Navy 
or to the Marine Corps after service in a different corps of the Navy or 
of the Marine Corps shall have all the benefits of their previous service 
in the same manner as if said appointments were a reentry into the 
Navy or into the Marine Corps: Provided further. That such surgeons 
in the Navy not in line of promotion as may have been appointed to 
that position in accordance with a special act of Congress for meritori¬ 
ous services during yellow fever epidemics shall have all the benefits 
of their previous service in the same manner as if said appointments 
were a reentry into the Navy: And provided further. That hereafter 
no payment shall be made from appropriations made by Congress to 
any officer in the Navy or Marine Corps on the active or retired list 
while such officer is employed, after June thirtieth, eighteen hundred 
and ninety-seven, by any person or company furnishing naval supplies 
or war material to the Government; and such employment is hereby 
made unlawful after said date. 

Pay, Miscellaneous. 

For commissions and interest; transportation of funds; exchange; 
mileage to officers while traveling under orders in the United States, 

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and for actual personal expenses of officers while traveling abroad 
under orders, and for traveling expenses of apothecaries, yeomen, and 
civilian employees, and for actual and necessary traveling expenses of 
naval cadets while proceeding from their homes to the Naval Academy 
for examination and appointment as cadets; for rent and furniture of 
buildings and offices not in navy-yards; expenses of courts-martial, 
prisoners and prisons, and courts of inquiry, boards of inspection, 
examining boards, with clerks’ and witnesses’ fees, and traveling 
expenses and costs; stationery and recording; expenses of purchasing- 
paymasters’ offices of the various cities, including clerks, furniture, 
fuel, stationery, and incidental expenses; newspapers and advertising; 
foreign postage; telegraphing, foreign and domestic; telephones; copy¬ 
ing; care of library, including purchase of books, photographs, prints, 
manuscripts, and periodicals; ferriage, tolls, and express fees; costs of 
suits; commissions, warrants, diplomas, and discharges; relief of ves¬ 
sels in distress; canal tolls and pilotage; recovery of valuables from 
shipwrecks; quarantine expenses; reports; professional investigation; 
cost of special instruction, at home or abroad, in maintenance of stu¬ 
dents and attaches and information from abroad, and the collection and 
classification thereof, and other necessary incidental expenses, two 
hundred and sixt} r thousand dollars. 

Contingent, Navy: For all emergencies and extraordinary expenses 
arising at home or abroad, but impossible to be anticipated or classi¬ 
fied, exclusive of personal services in the Navy Department, or any of 
its subordinate bureaus or offices, at Washington, District of Columbia, 
seven thousand dollars. 

Bureau of Navigation. 

Gunnery exercises: For prizes for excellence in gunnery exercises 
and target practice; diagrams and reports of target practice; for the 
establishment and maintenance of targets and ranges, for hiring estab¬ 
lished ranges, and for transporting to and from ranges, six thousand 
dollars. 

Ocean and lake surveys: For ocean and lake surveys; the pub¬ 
lication and care of the results thereof; the purchase of nautical books, 
charts, and sailing directions, and freight and express charges on same; 
preparing and engraving on copper plates the surveys of the Mexican 
coasts, and the publication of a series of charts of the coasts of Central 
and South America, fourteen thousand dollars. 

Bounties for outfits for naval apprentices: For bounties 
for outfits of seven hundred and fifty naval apprentices, at forty-five 
dollars each, thirty-three thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars. 

Recruiting, transportation, and contingent, Bureau of Navi¬ 
gation: For expenses of recruiting for the naval service; rent of ren¬ 
dezvous and expenses of maintaining the same; advertising for men 
and boys, and all other expenses attending the recruiting for the naval 
service, and for the transportation of enlisted men and boys at home 
and abroad; for heating apparatus for receiving and training ships, 
and extra expenses thereof; for freight, telegraphing on public busi¬ 
ness, postage on letters sent abroad, ferriage, ice, apprehension of 
deserters and stragglers, continuous-service certificates, discharges, 
good-conduct badges, and medals for boys, schoolbooks for training 
ships, packing boxes and materials, and other contingent expenses and 
emergencies arising under cognizance of the Bureau of Navigation, 
unforeseen, and impossible to classify, forty-five thousand dollars. 


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Naval station, Newport, Rhode Island: For maintenance of 
office of commandant; fuel, stationery, books, furniture, freight, and 
other contingent expenses, one thousand dollars. 

Naval Training Station, Coasters Harbor Island, Rhode 
Island (for apprentices): For dredging channels, repairs to main 
causeway, roads, and grounds, extending sea wall, and the employment 
of such labor as may be necessary for the proper care and preservation 
of the same; for repairs to wharf and sea wall; for repairs and improve¬ 
ments on buildings, heating, lighting, and furniture for same; books 
and stationery, freight and other contingent expenses; purchase of 
food and maintenance of live stock, and mail wagon, and attendance 
on same; and purchase of fresh water, thirty thousand dollars; install¬ 
ing water supply from city waterworks, two thousand five hundred 
dollars; in all, thirty-two thousand five hundred dollars, to be imme¬ 
diately available. 

Naval War College and Torpedo School on Coasters 
Harbor Island, Rhode Island: For maintenance of the Naval War 
College and Torpedo School on Coasters Harbor Island, and care of 
grounds for same, including one draftsman, at one thousand two hun¬ 
dred dollars, nine thousand two hundred dollars; 

For the proper preservation, cementing, and reenforcing cellar walls;, 
repairing window casings, floors, and door casings; a water tank in 
attic for use in case of fire, and a rain-water cistern and pumps, two 
thousand dollars; in all, eleven thousand two hundred dollars. 

Bureau of Ordnance. 

Ordnance and ordnance stores: For procuring, producing, pre¬ 
serving, and handling ordnance material; for the armament of ships; 
for fuel, material, and labor to be used in the general work of the Ord¬ 
nance Department; for furniture at magazines, at the ordnance dock, 
New York, and at the naval ordnance proving ground, one hundred and 
eighty thousand dollars; expenses of target practice, fifteen thousand 
dollars; maintenance of new proving ground, five thousand dollars; 

Reserve supply of guns for ships of the Navy, two hundred and fifty 
thousand dollars; 

Reserve supply of projectiles for ships of the Nav} r , two hundred 
thousand dollars; 

Additional supply of torpedoes, one hundred and forty-two thousand 
dollars; 

For testing methods of throwing high explosives from guns on board 
ship with the ordinary velocities, fifty thousand dollars; 

In all, eight hundred and forty-two thousand dollars. 

Reserve guns for auxiliary cruisers: Toward the armament 
of modern guns for auxiliary cruisers mentioned in the Act approved 
March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, and in section four of 
the Act approved May tenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, four 
hundred thousand dollars: Provided , That the Secretary of the Navy 
may, in his discretion, purchase by contract all or any part of such guns. 

Gun plant, navy-yard, Washington, District of Columbia: 
For cupolas and blowers, traveling crane and runways, swing cranes, 
blower engines, and iron elevators, and for installing and connecting 
the same in the brass and iron foundry, fift} r thousand dollars. 

Naval magazine, Fort Mifflin, Pennsylvania: For construc¬ 
tion of new brick or stone buildings in place of the present wooden 
ones, fifty thousand dollars. 


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Naval Magazine, Dover, New Jersey: For introduction of water 
supply for the new naval magazine at Dover, New Jersey, fifteen thou¬ 
sand dollars, which sum shall be immediately available. 

Torpedo Station, Newport, Rhode Island: For labor, material, 
freight, and express* charges; general care of and repairs to grounds, 
buildings, and wharves; boats; instruction; instruments; tools; furni¬ 
ture; experiments, and general torpedo outfits, sixty thousand dollars; 
extending sea wall, fifteen thousand dollars; in all, seventy-five 
thousand dollars. 

Repairs, Bureau of Ordnance: For necessary repairs to ordnance 
buildings, magazines, gun parks, boats, lighters, wharves, machinery, 
and other objects of the like character, thirty thousand dollars. 

Arming and equipping Naval Militia: For arms, accouterments, 
signal outfits, boats and their equipments, the printing of the necessary 
books of instruction for the Naval Militia of the various States, under 
such regulations as the Secretary of the Navy may prescribe, fifty 
thousand dollars. And the Secretary of the Navy shall detail a clerk 
of class one to perform clerical services in the Navy Department neces¬ 
sary to carry on the work incident to this appropriation. 

Contingent, Bureau of Ordnance: For miscellaneous items, 
namely: Freight to foreign and home stations, advertising, cartage, 
and express charges, repairs to fire engines, gas and water pipes, gas 
and water tax at magazines, tolls, ferriage, foreign postage, and tele¬ 
grams to and from the Bureau, technical books, and incidental expenses 
attending inspections of ordnance material, eight thousand dollars. 

Civil establishment, Bureau of Ordnance: For the civil estab¬ 
lishment under the Bureau of Ordnance, namely: 

Navy-yard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire: For one writer, when 
required, five hundred dollars; 

Navy-yard, Boston, Massachusetts: For one writer, when required, 
five hundred dollars; 

Navy-yard, New York: For one clerk, at one thousand four hundred 
dollars; 

Navy-yard, Washington, District of Columbia: For one chemist, at 
two thousand five hundred dollars; one clerk, at one thousand six hun¬ 
dred dollars; one clerk, at one thousand two hundred dollars; two 
writers, at one thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents 
each; one draftsman, at one thousand eight hundred dollars; three 
draftsmen, at one thousand and eighty-one dollars each; one assistant 
draftsman, at seven hundred and seventy-two dollars; two foremen, at 
one thousand five hundred dollars each; two copyists, at seven hundred 
and twenty dollars each; one telegraph operator and copyist, at nine 
hundred dollars; in all, eighteen thousand four hundred and eighty- 
nine dollars and fifty cents; 

Navy-yard, Norfolk, Virginia: For one clerk, at one thousand two 
hundred dollars; 

Navy-yard, Mare Island, California: For one writer, at one thousand 
and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents; 

Naval ordnance proving ground: For one writer, at one thousand 
and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents; 

Naval Torpedo Station, Newport, Rhode Island: For one chemist, at 
two thousand five hundred dollars; one clerk, at one thousand two 
hundred dollars; one draftsman, at one thousand five hundred dollars; 
in all, five thousand two hundred dollars; 


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In all, civil establishment, Bureau of Ordnance, twenty-nine thou¬ 
sand three hundred and twenty-four dollars; and no other fund appro¬ 
priated by this Act shall be used in payment for such service. 

Bureau of Equipment. 

Equipment of vessels: For purchase of coal for steamers’ and 
ships’ use, including expenses of transportation, storage, and handling 
the same; hemp, wire, iron, and other materials for the manufacture of 
cordage, anchors, cables, galleys, and chains; canvas for the manufac¬ 
ture of sails, awnings, hammocks, and other work; water for steaming 
purposes; stationery for commanding and navigating officers of ships, 
equipment officers on shore and afloat, and for the use of courts-martial 
on board ship, and for the purchase of all other articles of equipment 
at home and abroad, and for the payment of labor in equipping vessels 
and manufacture of equipment articles in the several navy-yards; 
foreign and local pilotage and towage of ships of war; services and 
materials in repairing, correcting, adjusting, and testing compasses on 
shore and on board ship; nautical and astronomical instruments, and 
repairs to same; libraries for ships of war; professional books and 
papers, and drawings and engravings for signal books; naval signals 
and apparatus, namely, signals, lights, lanterns, rockets, running lights, 
compass fittings, including binnacles, tripods, and other appendages 
of ships’ compasses; logs and other appliances for measuring the ship’s 
way, and leads and other appliances for sounding; lanterns and lamps, 
and their appendages, for general use on board ship, for illuminating 
purposes, and oil and candles used in connection therewith; bunting 
and other materials for making and repairing flags of all kinds; pho¬ 
tographic instruments and materials; musical instruments and music; 
and installing and maintaining electric lights and interior signal com¬ 
munications on board vessels of war, one million three hundred and 
twelve thousand one hundred and forty-seven dollars. 

Civil establishment, Bureau of Equipment: Navy-yard, Ports¬ 
mouth, New Hampshire: For one clerk, at one thousand two hundred 
dollars; one clerk, at one thousand dollars; in all, two thousand two 
hundred dollars; 

Navy-yard, Boston, Massachusetts: For one superintendent of rope- 
walk, at one thousand eight hundred and seventy-five dollars; one clerk, 
at one thousand four hundred dollars; one clerk, at one thousand three 
hundred dollars; one writer, at nine hundred and fifty dollars; in all, 
five thousand five hundred and twenty-five dollars; 

Navy-yard, New York: For one clerk, at one thousand four hundred 
dollars; one clerk, at one thousand two hundred dollars; one writer, at 
one thousand dollars; one storekeeper, at nine hundred dollars; in all, 
four thousand five hundred dollars; 

Navy' yard, League Island, Pennsylvania: For one clerk, at one thou¬ 
sand two hundred dollars; 

Navy-yard, Norfolk, Virginia: For two clerks, at one thousand two 
hundred dollars each; two thousand four hundred dollars; 

Navy-yard, Mare Island, California: For one clerk, at one thousand 
two hundred dollars; one clerk, at one thousand dollars; in all, two 
thousand two hundred dollars; 

Navy-yard, Washington, District of Columbia: For one clerk, atone 
thousand six hundred dollars, who shall also perform the clerical duties 
for the board of labor employment at said navy-yard; 

In all, civil establishment, Bureau of Equipment, nineteen thousand 


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six hundred and twenty-five dollars; and no other fund appropriated by 
this Act shall be used in payment for such service. 

Contingent, Bureau of Equipment: For freight and transpor¬ 
tation of equipment stores, packing boxes and materials, printing, adver¬ 
tising, telegraphing, books, and models; stationery for the Bureau; 
furniture for equipment offices in navy-yard; postage on letters sent 
abroad; ferriage, ice, lighterage of ashes, and emergencies arising under 
cognizance of the Bureau of Equipment unforeseen and impossible to 
classif} 7 , twelve thousand dollars. 

Bureau of Yards and Docks. 

Maintenance of yards and docks: For general maintenance of 
yards and docks, namelj 7 : For freight, transportation of materials and 
stores; books, maps, models, and drawing; purchase and repair of fire 
engines; machiner} 7 ; repairs on steam fire engines and attendance on the 
same; purchase and maintenance of oxen, horses, and driving teams; 
carts, timber wheels, and all vehicles for use in the navy-yards; tools 
and repairs of the same; postage on letters and other mailable matter 
on public service sent to foreign countries, and telegrams; stationery; 
furniture for Government houses and offices in navy-yards; coal and 
other fuel, candles, oil, and gas; cleaning and clearing up yards and 
care of buildings; attendance on fires, lights, fire engines, and appa¬ 
ratus; incidental labor at navy-yards; water tax, tolls, and ferriage; 
rent of four officers’ quarters at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; pay of 
watchmen in navy-yards; awnings and packing boxes, and advertising 
for yards and docks and other purposes, two hundred and sixty-five 
thousand dollars. 

Contingent, Bureau of Yards and Docks: For contingent 
expenses that may arise at navy-yards and stations, fifteen thousand 
dollars. 

Repairs and preservation at navy-yards and stations: For 
repairs and preservation at navy-yards and stations, four hundred 
thousand dollars. 

Civil establishment, Bureau of Yards and Docks: Navy- 
yard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire: For one clerk, at one thousand 
four hundred dollars; one mail messenger, at two dollars per diem, 
including Sundays; one messenger, at six hundred dollars; one fore¬ 
man laborer and head teamster, at four dollars per diem, including 
Sundays; one janitor, at six hundred dollars; one pilot, at three dollars 
per diem, including Sundays; in all, five thousand eight hundred and 
eighty-five dollars; 

Navy-yard, Boston, Massachusetts: For one clerk, at one thousand 
four hundred dollars; one foreman laborer, at four dollars per diem; 
one messenger to commandant, at one dollar and seventy-six cents 
per diem; one messenger, at one dollar and seventy-six cents per diem; 
one mail messenger, at two dollars per diem, including Sundays; one 
writer, at nine hundred dollars; one master of tugs, at one thousand 
two hundred dollars; in all, six thousand five hundred and eighty-three 
dollars and seventy-six cents: 

Navy-vard, Brooklyn, New York: For one clerk, at one thousand 
four hundred dollars; one writer, at one thousand and seventeen dol¬ 
lars and twenty-five cents; two masters of tugs, at one thousand five 
hundred dollars each; two writers, at nine hundred dollars each; one 
foreman laborer, at four dollars and fifty cents per diem; one mail mes¬ 
senger, at two dollars per diem, including Sundays; two messengers,. 


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at two dollars and twenty-five cents per diem each; one draftsman, at 
five dollars per diem; one quarterman, at three dollars per diem; one 
superintendent of teams or quarterman, at four dollars per diem; one 
messenger to commandant, at two dollars and twenty five cents per 
diem, including Sunda} T s; one electrician, at one thousand two hundred 
dollars; in all, sixteen thousand five hundred and forty-one dollars and 
fifty cents; 

Naval station, Sacketts Harbor, New York: For one ship keeper, at 
three hundred and sixty-five dollars per annum; 

Navy-yard, League Island, Pennsylvania: For one clerk, at one thou¬ 
sand four hundred dollars; one writer and telegraph operator, at one 
thousand dollars; one messenger, at two dollars per diem; one foreman 
laborer, at four dollars per diem; in all, four thousand two hundred 
and seventy-eight dollars; 

Navy-vard, Washington, District of Columbia: For one clerk, at one 
thousand four hundred dollars; one messenger, at two dollars per diem; 
one foreman laborer, at four dollars per diem; one electrician, one 
thousand two hundred dollars; in all, four thousand four hundred and 
seventy-eight dollars; 

Navy-yard, Norfolk, Virginia: For one clerk, at one thousand four 
hundred dollars; one writer, at one thousand and seventeen dollars and 
twenty-five cents; one writer, at one thousand dollars; one foreman 
laborer, at four dollars per diem; one electrician, one thousand two 
hundred dollars; one mail messenger, at two dollars per diem, includ¬ 
ing Sundavs; two messengers, at two dollars per diem each; one pilot, 
at two dollars and twenty-six cents per diem; in all, eight thousand 
five hundred and fifty-eight dollars and sixty-three cents; 

Navy-yard, Pensacola, Florida: For one clerk, at one thousand two 
hundred dollars; one mail messenger, at two dollars per diem, including 
Sundays; in all, one thousand nine hundred and thirty dollars; 

Navy-yard, Mare Island, California: For one clerk, at one thousand 
four hundred dollars; one writer, at one thousand and seventeen dol¬ 
lars and twenty-five cents; one foreman mason, at six dollars per diem; 
one foreman laborer, at five dollars and fifty cents per diem; one pilot, 
at four dollars and eighty cents per diem; one draftsman, at five dol¬ 
lars per diem; one mail messenger, at two dollars per diem, including 
Sundays; one messenger, at two dollars per diem; one messenger and 
lamplighter, at two dollars per diem; one electrician, one thousand two 
hundred dollars; in all, twelve thousand two hundred and sixty-six 
dollars and fifteen cents; 

Naval station, Key West, Florida: For one mail messenger, at six 
hundred dollars. 

In all, civil establishment, Bureau of Yards and Docks, sixt} 7 -one thou¬ 
sand four hundred and eighty-six dollars and four cents; and no other 
fund appropriated by this Act shall be used in payment for such services. 

Naval Home, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: For one superin¬ 
tendent, at six hundred dollars; one steward, at four hundred and 
eighty dollars; one matron, at three hundred and sixty dollars; one 
chief cook, at three hundred and sixty dollars; one assistant cook, at 
two hundred and forty dollars; one assistant cook, at one hundred and 
eighty dollars; one chief laundress, at one hundred and nine-two 
dollars; five laundresses, at one hundred and sixty-eight dollars each; 
four scrubbers, at one hundred and sixty-eight dollars each; one head 
waiter, at one hundred and ninety-two dollars; eight waiters, at one 

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hundred and sixtv-eight dollars each; eight laborers, at two hundred 
and forty dollars each; one stable keeper and driver, at three hundred 
and sixty dollars; one master at arms, at four hundred and eighty dol¬ 
lars; two house corporals, at three hundred dollars each; one barber, 
at three hundred and sixty dollars; one carpenter, at eight hundred 
and forty-five dollars; one painter, at six hundred dollars; one engi¬ 
neer to run elevator, six hundred dollars; water rent and lighting, 
two thousand four hundred dollars; cemetery, burial expenses, and 
headstones, three hundred and fifty dollars; improvement of grounds, 
seven hundred dollars; repairs to buildings, furnaces, grates, ranges, 
furniture, and repairs of furniture, seven thousand dollars; music in 
chapel, six hundred dollars; transportation of indigent and destitute 
beneficiaries to the Naval Home, five hundred dollars; for support of 
beneficiaries, fifty-six thousand nine hundred and fifty dollars; in all, 
for Naval Home, seventy-nine thousand seven hundred and twenty-five 
dollars, which sum shall be paid out of the income from the naval 
pension fund. 

Public Works—Bureau of Yards and Docks, navy-yards and 
stations, Naval Academy, and New Naval Observatory. 

Navy-yard, Boston, Massachusetts: For cart shed (alteration 
of building numbered fifty-six), four thousand five hundred dollars. 

Two boilers for electric-light plant, four thousand five hundred dol¬ 
lars; in all, nine thousand dollars. 

Navy-yard, Brooklyn, New York: For wing and quay walls of 
dry dock numbered three, to be immediately available, sixty thousand 
dollars; grading, paving, sidewalks, and sewers, ten thousand dollars; 
quay wall for coal dock, forty thousand dollars; quay wall, Whitney 
Basin, twenty-five thousand dollars; in all, one hundred and thirty- 
five thousand dollars. 

Navy-yard, League Island, Pennsylvania: For dredging and fill¬ 
ing in, thirty thousand dollars; water-closets for yard, five thousand five 
hundred and eighty dollars; lightning rods and sidewalks, two thousand 
dollars; in all, thirty-seven thousand five hundred and eighty dollars. 

Navy-yard, Washington, District of Columbia: For roof trusses 
and roof for entire quadrangle building, fifty-nine thousand four 
hundred and eleven dollars and seventy-seven cents; alterations of 
north end of west side quadrangle building, to be made immediately 
available, fifteen thousand six hundred and fifty-seven dollars and 
forty-four cents; building sentry boxes at east gate and south end, one 
hundred dollars; building for paint shop and inflammable material, 
two thousand five hundred dollars; in all, seventy-seven thousand six 
hundred and sixty-nine dollars and twenty-one cents. 

Navy-yard, Norfolk, Virginia: For extension of quay wall (con¬ 
tinuation of), fifteen thousand dollars; boiler for electric plant (includ¬ 
ing shed and connections), nine thousand dollars; quay wall north end 
of timber basin, twenty thousand dollars; in all, forty-four thousand 
dollars. 

Naval station, Port Royal, South Carolina: For chemical fire 
engine, six hundred and fifty dollars; lightning conductors, five hundred 
and thirty-two dollars; artesian well, fifteen thousand dollars; dredg¬ 
ing channel opposite station, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars; 
steel tower and tank, four thousand dollars; storehouse, ten thousand 
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dollars; in all, one hundred and eighty-five thousand one hundred and 
eighty-two dollars. 

Naval station. Key West, Florida: For sea wall, three thou¬ 
sand four hundred dollars; dredging, three thousand dollars; in all, six 
thousand four hundred dollars. 

Navy-yard, Mare Island, California: For extension of quay 
wall, thirty thousand dollars; guard chains about stone dry dock, one 
thousand four hundred and seventy dollars and fifty-seven cents; grad¬ 
ing and paving, ten thousand dollars; removing board sidewalks and 
extending roads, fifteen thousand six hundred and eighty-five dollars; 
ship fitters’ shed, thirty thousand dollars; storage shed for construc¬ 
tion and repair, ten thousand one hundred and thirty-nine dollars; in 
all, ninety-seven thousand two hundred and ninety-four dollars and 
fifty-seven cents. 

Dry dock, Puget Sound Naval Station, Washington: For con¬ 
struction and repair shops at dry dock, sixty thousand dollars; store¬ 
house, twenty thousand dollars; two steel tanks, eleven thousand nine 
hundred and eighty dollars; water main, and purchase of land adjoin¬ 
ing station containing a spring for water supply, four thousand dollars; 
clearing the grounds about the station, five thousand two hundred and 
fifty dollars; in all, one hundred and one thousand two hundred and 
thirty dollars. 

naval academy. 

For buildings and grounds, Naval Academy: For two double 
houses for quarters for four ofiicers and instructors, thirty thousand 
dollars, to be immediately available; two water-closets for cadet quar¬ 
ters, at two thousand five hundred dollars each, five thousand dollars, 
to be immediately available; in all, thirty-five thousand dollars. 

To pave Hanover street from Maryland avenue to Wagner street, 
Wagner street from Hanover street to King George street, and King 
George street from College avenue to College or Graveyard Creek, in 
the city of Annapolis, Maryland, eight thousand dollars, in addition to 
the sum of thirteen thousand dollars made by the naval appropriation 
act approved July twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, 
which is hereby continued available for the same purpose. 

That the Board of Visitors of the Naval Academy, when visiting said 
Academy in eighteen hundred and ninety six, shall fully examine into 
and report to the Secretary of the Navy and to Congress, the availa¬ 
bility and desirability of acquiring as an annex to the grounds of said 
Academy, so much of the property adjoining thereto in the city of 
Annapolis, as is situate between the north side of Hanover street, the 
east side of Governor street, the north side of King George street, and 
the west side of Holland street, and the probable cost thereof by 
purchase or by condemnation for public use. 

NEW NAVAL OBSERVATORY. 

For grounds and roads: For continuing grading, extending roads 
and paths, clearing and improving grounds of new Naval Observatory, 
ten thousand dollars. 

New buildings: For increase of appropriation (Act of March second, 
eighteen hundred and ninety-five) “for quarters for observers, two 
buildings, at five thousand dollars each, ten thousand dollars,” two 
thousand five hundred dollars. 

Repairs to main building, one thousand eight hundred dollars, to be 
immediately available; in all, fourteen thousand three hundred dollars. 


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Bureau of Medicine and Surgery. 

Medical Department: For surgeons’ necessaries for vessels in 
commission, navy-yards, naval stations, Marine Corps, and Coast Sur¬ 
vey, and for the civil establishment at the several naval hospitals, navy- 
yards, naval laboratory and department of instruction, museum of 
hygiene, and Naval Academy, sixty-live thousand dollars. 

Naval hospital fund: For maintenance of the naval hospitals at 
the various navy-yards and stations, and for care and maintenance of 
patients in other hospitals at home and abroad, twenty thousand dollars. 

That brick material be allowed for construction of ward at naval 
hospital, Brooktyn, New York, authorized by Act approved July 
twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four. 

For construction of a similar additional w T ard to increase needed 
capacity of hospital, twenty-five thousand dollars, which sum shall be 
paid from that portion of the naval hospital fund accruing from the 
sale of naval hospital grounds to the city of Brooklyn, and placed to 
the credit of the naval hospital fund in pursuance of the provisions of 
the Act approved July second, eighteen hundred and ninety. 

Contingent, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery: For freight, 
expressage on medical stores, tolls, ferriages, transportation of sick to 
hospital, transportation of insane patients; care, transportation, and 
burial of the dead; advertising; telegraphing; rent of telephones; 
purchase of books and stationery; binding of medical records, unbound 
books and pamphlets; postage and purchase of stamps for foreign 
service; expenses attending the medical board of examiners; rent of 
rooms for naval dispensary; hygienic and sanitary investigation and 
illustration; sanitary and hygienic instruction; purchase and repairs 
of wagons and harness; purchase of and feed for horses and cows; trees, 
plants, garden tools, and seeds; furniture and incidental articles for 
the museum of hygiene, naval dispensary, Washington; naval labora¬ 
tory, sick quarters at Naval Academy and marine barracks, surgeons’ 
offices and dispensaries at navy-yards and naval stations; washing for 
medical department at museum of hygiene, naval dispensary, Wash¬ 
ington; naval laboratory and department of instruction, sick quarters 
at Naval Academy and marine barracks, dispensaries at navy-yards 
and naval stations and ships and rendezvous, and for minor repairs on 
buildings and grounds of the United States Naval Museum of Hygiene, 
and all other necessary contingent expenses, thirty thousand dollars. 

Bepairs, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery: For necessary 
repairs of naval laboratory and department of instruction, naval hos¬ 
pitals and appendages, including roads, wharves, outhouses, sidewalks, 
fences, gardens, farms, and cemeteries, twenty thousand dollars. 

Ambulances for naval hospitals: For supplying two naval hos¬ 
pitals with ambulances of modern construction to replace vehicles con 
demned as useless, one thousand two hundred dollars. 

Naval cemetery, navy-yard, Mare Island, California: Labor 
and material for widening of approaches, and repairing and painting 
all gates and fences; for making graveled roads and paths; building 
a wall at the foot of the upper terrace, properly grading the whole 
area, and planting appropriate shrubbery, one thousand dollars. 

Bureau of Supplies and Accounts. 

Provisions, Navy: For provisions and commuted rations for the 
seamen and marines, which commuted rations may be paid to caterers 
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mg officer, commuted rations for officers on sea duty and naval cadets, 
and commuted rations stopped on account of sick in hospital and cred¬ 
ited to the naval hospital fund, subsistence of officers and men unavoid¬ 
ably detained or absent from vessels to which attached under orders 
(during which subsistence rations to be stopped on board ship and no 
credit for commutation therefor to be given), and fresh w r ater for drink¬ 
ing and cooking purposes, one million two hundred and seventy-five 
thousand dollars; labor in general storehouses and paymasters’ offices 
in navy-yards, including expenses of handling stores purchased under 
the naval supply fund, a chemist at two thousand dollars per annum, 
one hundred and thirty^ thousand dollars; in all, one million four hun¬ 
dred and five thousand dollars. 

Contingent, Bureau of Supplies and Accounts: For freight 
and express charges, candles, fuel, books and blanks, stationeiy, adver¬ 
tising, furniture for general storehouses and pay offices in navy-yards, 
expenses of naval clothing factory and machinery for same, postage, 
telegrams, telephones, tolls, ferriages, yeoman’s stores, iron safes, news¬ 
papers, ice, transportation of stores purchased under the naval supply 
fund, and other incidental expenses, fifty thousand dollars. 

And the Secretary of the Navy is hereby authorized and directed to 
cause advertisement to be made for tobacco for the us.e of the Navy, as 
the needs of the service may require, in the manner prescribed by law 
for other supplies. Bidders shall submit with their proposals a sample 
of the tobacco which they propose to furnish, and the contract shall, in 
the discretion of the Department, be awarded to the bidder whose sam¬ 
ple is found by a board of officers to be best adapted for use in the Navy. 

And the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and directed 
to cause the general account of advance to be charged with the sum of 
three hundred thousand dollars in addition to the sum of two hundred 
thousand dollars provided in the Act approved March third, eighteen 
hundred and ninety-three, making in all, five hundred thousand dollars, 
which amount shall be carried to the credit of the permanent naval 
supply fund, to be used under the direction of the Secretary of the 
Navy in the purchase of ordinary commercial supplies for the naval 
service, and to be reimbursed from the proper naval appropriations, 
whenever the supplies purchased under said funds are issued for use. 

Civil establishment, Bureau of Supplies and Accounts: 
Navy-yard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire: In general storehouses: 
Two bookkeepers, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; one assist¬ 
ant bookkeeper, at seven hundred and twent}^ dollars; one bill clerk, at 
one thousand dollars; one assistant clerk, at seven hundred and twenty 
dollars; one shipping and receiving clerk, at one thousand dollars; in 
all. five thousand eight hundred and forty dollars; 

Navy-vard, Boston, Massachusetts: In general storehouses: One 
bookkeeper, at one thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five 
cents; one shipping clerk, at one thousand dollars; one receiving clerk, 
at one thousand dollars. In yard pay office: One writer, at one thou¬ 
sand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents; in all, four thousand 
and thirty-four dollars and fifty cents; 

Navy-yard, Brooklyn, New York: One writer to boards of inspection, 
nine hundred dollars. In general storehouses: Three bookkeepers, at 
one thousand two hundred dollars each; one assistant bookkeeper, at 
one thousand dollars; one assistant bookkeeper, at seven hundred and 
twenty dollars; three receiving clerks, at four dollars per diem each; 
one assistant receiving clerk, at one thousand and ninety-nine dollars; 


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three shipping clerks, at one thousand dollars each; one bill clerk, at 
one thousand dollars; one assistant bill clerk, at seven hundred and 
twenty dollars; two leading men, at two dollars and fifty cents per diem 
each; live pressmen, at two dollars and seventy-six cents per diem 
each; one superintendent of coffee mills, at three dollars per diem; one 
box maker, at three dollars per diem; one engine tender, at three dol¬ 
lars and twenty-six cents per diem; one coffee roaster, at two dollars and 
fifty cents per diem; one firemen, at two dollars per diem; one messen- 

g er, at two dollars and twenty-five cents per diem. In yard pay office: 

ffie writer, at one thousand and seventeen dollars and twent} T -five cents; 
one messenger, at two dollars and twenty-five cents per diem; in all, 
twent} T -eight thousand four hundred and twelve dollars and three cents; 

Navy-yard, League Island, Pennsylvania: In general storehouse: 
One bookkeeper, at one thousand two hundred dollars; one assistant 
bookkeeper, at seven hundred and twent} r dollars; in all, one thousand 
nine hundred and twenty dollars; 

Navy-yard, Washington, District of Columbia: In general storehouse: 
One bookkeeper, at one thousand two hundred dollars; one clerk, at 
one thousand two hundred dollars; one receiving clerk, at one thousand 
dollars; one bill clerk, at one thousand dollars; one shipping clerk, at 
one thousand dollars. In yard pay office: One writer, at one thousand 
and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents; in all, six thousand four 
hundred and seventeen dollars and twent}^-five cents; 

Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland: In general storehouse: One 
bookkeeper, at one thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five 
cents; one receiving and shipping clerk, at one thousand dollars; in 
all, two thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents; 

Naval station, Newport, Rhode Island: In general storehouse: One 
clerk, at one thousand two hundred dollars; 

Navy-yard, Mare Island, California: In general storehouses: Two 
bookkeepers, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; two assist¬ 
ant bookkeepers, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; one receiv¬ 
ing clerk, at one thousand dollars; one shipping clerk, at one thousand 
dollars; one bill clerk, at one thousand dollars; one assistant clerk, at 
one thousand dollars. In yard pay office: One writer, atone thousand 
and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents; in all, eight thousand 
eight hundred and fifty-seven dollars and twenty-five cents; 

Navy-yard, Norfolk, Virginia: In general storehouses: Two book¬ 
keepers, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; two assistant 
bookkeepers, at one thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five 
cents each; one bill clerk, at one thousand dollars; one assistant bill 
clerk, at seven hundred and twenty dollars; one receiving clerk, at 
nine hundred and forty-two dollars; one assistant receiving clerk, 
at seven hundred and twenty dollars. In yard pay office: One writer, at 
one thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents; in all, eight 
thousand eight hundred and thirty-three dollars and seventy-five cents; 

In all, civil establishment, Bureau of Supplies and Accounts, sixty- 
seven thousand five hundred and thirty-two dollars and three cents, 
and no other fund appropriated by this Act shall be used in payment 
for such service. 

Bureau of Construction and Repair. 

Construction and repair of vessels: For preservation and 
completion of vessels on the stocks and in ordinary; purchase of mate¬ 
rials and stores of all kinds; steam steerers, pneumatic steerers, steam 


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capstans, steam windlasses, and all other auxiliaries; labor in navy- 
yards and on foreign stations; purchase of machinery and tools for use 
in shops; wear, tear, and repair of vessels afloat; general care, increase, 
and protection of the Navy in the line of construction and repair; inci¬ 
dental expenses, such as advertising, freight, foreign postage, telegrams, 
telephone service, photographing, books, professional magazines, plans, 
stationery, and instruments for drafting room, one million two hundred 
and fifty thousand dollars: Provided , That no part of this sum shall 
be applied to the repair of any wooden ship when the estimated cost of 
such repairs, to be appraised by a competent board of naval officers, 
shall exceed ten per centum of the estimated cost, appraised in like 
manner, of a new ship of the same size and like material: Provided 
further , That nothing herein contained shall deprive the Secretary of 
the Navy of the authority to cause the necessary repairs and preserva¬ 
tion of the United States ship Hartford or to order repairs of ships 
damaged in foreign waters or on the high seas, so far as may be neces¬ 
sary to bring them home. 

For repairs and other work urgently required on the Miantonomah, 
Bennington, Baltimore, Petrel, Mohican, Ranger, Atlanta, Vesuvius; 
tugs Fortune and Standish; to strip the Pensacola and Swatara, ordered 
to be sold; for boats and steam cutters, docking and painting ships, 
supplies needed for navy-yards, stores and supplies for ships fitting out 
and in commission, and miscellaneous work authorized on vessels but 
deferred for lack of funds, three hundred and fifty thousand dollars addi¬ 
tional, to be immediately available: Provided , That no part of this sum 
shall be applied to the repair of any wooden ship when the estimated 
cost of such repairs, to be appraised by a competent board of naval 
officers, shall exceed ten per centum of the estimated cost, appraised 
in like manner, of a new ship of the same size and like material. 

Repairs to United States steamship Hartford: Repairs to the United 
Stated steamship Hartford, one hundred thousand dollars. 

Steam tug, navy-yard, League Island, Pennsylvania: Completion of 
steam tug numbered five, for navy^ard, League Island, Pennsylvania, 
eight thousand dollars, to be immediately available. 

Repairs to the United' States steamship Chicago, two hundred and 
fifty thousand dollars. 

For making plans, examining and preparing the ground and other 
preliminary work toward the construction of a model tank, with all 
buildings and appliances, to be built upon the grounds of the navy yard 
at Washington, District of Columbia, under the Bureau of Construction 
and Repair of the Navy Department, which shall conduct therein the 
work of investigating and determining the most suitable and desirable 
shapes and forms to be adopted for United States naval vessels, seven 
thousand five hundred dollars: Provided , That upon the authorization 
of the Secretary of the Navy experiments may be made at this estab¬ 
lishment for private shipbuilders, who shall defray the cost of material 
and of labor of per diem employees for such experiments: And provided 
further , That the results of such private experiments shall be regarded 
as confidential and shall not be divulged without the consent of the 
shipbuilder for whom the} r may be made. 

Civil Establishment, Bureau of Construction and Repair: 
Navy-yard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire: For one clerk to naval con¬ 
structor, at one thousand four hundred dollars; two writers, at one 
thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents each; in all, three 
thousand four hundred and thirty-four dollars and fifty cents; 


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Navy-yard, Boston, Massachusetts: For one clerk to naval con¬ 
structor, at one thousand four hundred dollars; 

Navy-yard, Brooklyn, New York: For one clerk to naval constructor, 
at one thousand four hundred dollars; three writers, at one thousand 
and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents each; in all, four thousand 
four hundred and fifty-one dollars and seventy-five cents; 

Nav} r -yard, League Island, Pennsylvania: For one clerk to naval con¬ 
structor, at one thousand four hundred dollars; 

Navy-yard, Washington, District of Columbia: For one clerk to naval 
constructor, at one thousand four hundred dollars; 

Navy-yard, Norfolk, Virginia: For one clerk to naval constructor, at 
one thousand four hundred dollars; two writers, at one thousand and 
seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents each; in all, three thousand 
four hundred and thirty-four dollars and fifty cents; 

Navy-yard, Pensacola, Florida: For one writer, at one thousand and 
seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents; 

Navy-yard, Mare Island, California: For one clerk to naval con¬ 
structor, at one thousand four hundred dollars; two writers, at one 
thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents each; in all, three 
thousand four hundred and thirty-four dollars and fifty cents; 

In all, civil establishment, Bureau of Construction and Repair, nine¬ 
teen thousand nine hundred and seventy-two dollars and fifty cents; 
and no other fund appropriated by this Act shall be used in payment for 
such service. 

Bureau of Steam Engineering. 

Steam machinery: For completion, repairing, and preservation of 
machinery and boilers of naval vessels, including cost of new boilers; 
distilling, refrigerating, and auxiliary machinery; preservation of and 
small repairs to machinery and boilers in vessels in ordinary, receiving, 
and training vessels, repair and care of machinery of yard tugs and 
launches, four hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars: Provided , 
That no part of said sum shall be applied to the engines, boilers, and 
machinery of wooden ships where the estimated cost of such repair 
shall exceed ten per centum of the estimated cost of new engines and 
machinery of the same character and power, nor shall new boilers be 
constructed for wooden ships: Provided further, That nothing herein 
contained shall deprive the Secretary of the Navy of the authority to 
cause the necessary repairs and preservation of the United States ship 
Hartford, or to order repairs of the engines, boilers, and machinery of 
ships damaged in foreign waters or on the high seas, so far as may be 
necessary to bring them home; 

For purchase, handling, and preservation of all material and stores, 
purchase, fitting, repair, and preservation of machinery and tools in 
navy-yards and stations, and running }^ard engines, two hundred and 
ninety-three thousand five hundred dollars, of which sum thirty thou¬ 
sand dollars is made immediately available for new iron boiler tubes for 
the New York, Columbia, and Minneapolis; 

For incidental expenses for naval vessels, } r ards, and the Bureau, such 
as foreign postage, telegrams, advertising, freight, photographing, 
books, stationery, and instruments, ten thousand dollars; 

In all, steam machinery, seven hundred and twenty-eight thousand 
five hundred dollars. 

Steam machinery (special): To continue work on new machinery 
to replace present engines, boilers, and so forth, of United States steam¬ 
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To replace present boilers of United States steamship Atlanta with 
new boilers, and for repairs to engines and machinery, one hundred 
thousand dollars, to be made immediately available; 

To replace present boilers of United States steamship Dolphin with 
new boilers, sixty thousand dollars, to be made immediately available; 

To commence new machinery to replace present engines, boilers, and 
so forth, of United States steamship Hartford, seventy-five thousand 
dollars; 

To complete new machinery for steam tug for League Island Navy- 
Yard, eight thousand dollars; 

The Secretary of the Navy is hereby authorized to transfer to the 
Enterprise one of the two boilers of the Galena, now at the navy-yard 
at Portsmouth, New Hampshire: Provided , That all expenses incurred 
in the installation of such boiler in the Enterprise shall be borne by 
the State of Massachusetts; 

In all, steam machinery (special),-three hundred and ninety-three 
thousand dollars. 

Contingent, Bureau of Steam Engineering: For contingencies, 
drawing materials, and instruments for the drafting room, one thou¬ 
sand dollars. 

Civil establishment, Bureau of Steam Engineering: Navy- 
vard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire: For clerk to department, at one 
thousand two hundred dollars; messenger, at six hundred dollars; in 
all, one thousand eight hundred dollars; 

Navy-yard, Brooklyn, New York: For clerk to department, at one 
thousand four hundred dollars; writer, at one thousand dollars; mes¬ 
senger, at six hundred dollars; in all, three thousand dollars; 

Navy-yard, League Island, Pennsylvania: For clerk to department, 
at one thousand two hundred dollars; 

Navy-yard, Norfolk, Virginia: For clerk to department, at one thou¬ 
sand three hundred dollars; messenger, at six hundred dollars; in all, 
one thousand nine hundred dollars; 

Navy-yard, Pensacola, Florida: For writer, at one thousand dollars; 

Navy-yard, Mare Island, California: For clerk to department, at one 
thousand four hundred dollars; messenger, at six hundred dollars; 
writer, at one thousand dollars; in all, three thousand dollars; 

In all, civil establishment, Bureau of Steam Engineering, eleven 
thousand nine hundred dollars; and no other fund appropriated by 
this Act shall be used in payment for such service. 

The Secretaiy of the Navy is hereby authorized and directed to 
examine claims against the Government which may be presented to 
him by contractors for the building of the hulls or machinery of naval 
vessels under contracts completea since January first, eighteen hun¬ 
dred and ninety-one, where it is alleged that such contractors have 
been subjected to loss and damage through delays in the work under 
said contracts which were not the fault of said contractors, but were 
due to the action of the Government, and to report to the next ses¬ 
sion of Congress the result of said investigation, and whether said 
claims are, in his opinion, subjects for the jurisdiction of the Court of 
Claims or for the action of Congress upon the same. 


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Naval Academy. 

Pay of professors and others, Naval Academy: For one profes¬ 
sor of mathematics, one of chemistry, and one of physics, at two thou¬ 
sand five hundred dollars each; one of English studies, history, and 
law (after thirty years’ service), two thousand five hundred dollars; five 
professors, namely, one of French and Spanish, one of English studies, 
history, and law, two of French, and one of drawing, at two thousand 
two hundred dollars each; one assistant professor of French, at one 
thousand eight hundred dollars; one sword master, at one thousand 
five hundred dollars, and two assistants, at one thousand dollars each; 
one instructor in gymnastics, at one thousand two hundred dollars; one 
assistant librarian, at one thousand four hundred dollars; one secretary 
to the Naval Academy, at one thousand eight hundred dollars; two 
clerks to the Superintendent, at one thousand two‘hundred dollars each; 
one clerk to the commandant of cadets, at one thousand two hundred 
dollars; one clerk to the paymaster, at one thousand two hundred 
dollars; one dentist, at one thousand six hundred dollars; one baker, 
at six hundred dollars; one mechanic in department of physics and 
chemistry, at seven hundred and thirt} 7- dollars; one cook, at three 
hundred and twenty-five dollars and fifty cents; one messenger to the 
Superintendent, at six hundred dollars; one armorer, at six hundred 
and forty-nine dollars and fifty cents; one chief gunner’s mate, at five 
hundred and twenty-nine dollars and fifty cents; one quarter gunner, 
at four hundred and sixty-nine dollars and fifty cents; one cockswain, 
at four hundred and sixty-nine dollars and fifty cents; one seaman in 
the department of seamanship, at three hundred and ninety-seven dol¬ 
lars and fifty cents; one attendant in the department of astronomy and 
one in the department of physics and chemistry, at three hundred dol¬ 
lars each; six attendants at recitation rooms, library, store, chapel, and 
offices, at three hundred dollars each; one bandmaster, at five hundred 
and twenty-eight dollars; twenty-one first-class musicians, at three hun¬ 
dred and forty-eight dollars each; seven second-class musicians, at three 
hundred dollars each; services of organist at chapel, three hundred 
dollars; in all, fifty-four thousand five hundred and seven dollars. 

For special course of study and training of naval cadets, as author¬ 
ized by Act of Congress approved August fifth, eighteen hundred and 
eighty-two, three thousand dollars. 

Pay of watchmen, mechanics, and others, Naval Academy: 
For the captain of the watch and weigher, at two dollars and fifty cents 
per diem; four watchmen, at two dollars per diem each; foreman of 
gas and steam-heating works of the Academy, at five dollars per diem; 
for labor at gas works and steam buildings, for masons, carpenters, 
and other mechanics and laborers, and for care of buildings, grounds, 
wharves, and boats, thirty-seven thousand eight hundred and sixty- 
four dollars and ninety-five cents; one attendant in purifying house of 
the gas house, at one dollar and fifty cents per diem; in all, forty-four 
thousand and sixty-nine dollars and ninety-five cents. 

Pay of steam employees, Naval Academy: For pay of mechanics 
and others in department of steam engineering, seven thousand eight 
hundred and twenty-four dollars and fifty cents. 

Repairs and Improvements, Naval Academy: Necessary repairs 
of public buildings, pavements, wharves, and walls inclosing the 
grounds of the Naval Academy, improvements, repairs, furniture and 


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fixtures, twenty-one thousand dollars; continuing- the grading and 
improvement of the property condemned under Act making appro¬ 
priations for the naval service for the fiscal year ending June thir¬ 
tieth, eighteen hundred and ninety, and the adjacent ground, and for 
the improvement of the water front of the Academy, to be imme¬ 
diately available, fifteen thousand dollars; necessary dredging along* 
the river front of Naval Acadeni}", to be immediately available, five 
thousand dollars; constructing main sewer and connections, fifteen 
thousand dollars; in all, fifty-six thousand dollars. 

Heating- and lighting Naval Academy: Fuel, and for heating 
and lighting the Academy and school-ships, twenty thousand dollars. 

Contingent, Naval Academy: Purchase of books for the library, 
two thousand dollars; stationery, blank books, models, maps, and text¬ 
books for use of instructors, two thousand dollars; expenses of the 
Board of Visitors of the Naval Academy, being mileage and five dol¬ 
lars per diem for each member for expenses during actual attendance 
at the Academy, one thousand five hundred dollars; purchase of 
chemicals, apparatus, and instruments in the department of physics 
and chemistry, and for repairs of the same, two thousand dollars; pur¬ 
chase of gas and steam, machinery, steam pipes and fittings, rent of 
buildings for the use of the Academy, freight, cartage, water, music, 
musical and astronomical instruments, uniforms for the bandsmen, 
telegraphing, feed and maintenance of teams, current expenses, and 
repairs of all kinds, and for incidental labor and expenses not applica¬ 
ble to any other appropriation, thirty-two thousand dollars; stores in 
the departments of steam engineering, eight hundred dollars; mate¬ 
rials for repairs in steam machinery, one thousand dollars; one portrait 
of the fourteenth Superintendent of the Naval Academy, one hundred 
dollars; one steam fire engine to replace one condemned by survey, 
four thousand dollars; for contingencies for the Superintendent of 
the Academy, one thousand dollars; in all, forty-six thousand four 
hundred dollars. 


Marine Corps. 

Pay, Marine Corps: For pay of officers on the active list: For one 
colonel commandant, one colonel, two lieutenant-colonels, one adjutant 
and inspector, one paj^master, one quartermaster, four majors, two 
assistant quartermasters, twenty captains, thirty first lieutenants, and 
thirteen second lieutenants, one hundred and eighty thousand eight 
hundred and sixty dollars. 

Pay of officers on the retired list: For two colonels, two lieutenant- 
colonels, one adjutant and inspector, thirteen captains, two first lieu¬ 
tenants, and three second lieutenants, forty-seven thousand three 
hundred and ninety-two dollars and fifty cents. 

Pay of noncommissioned officers, musicians, and privates: For one 
sergeant-major, one quartermaster-sergeant, one leader of the band, 
one drum-major, fifty first sergeants, one hundred and forty sergeants, 
one hundred and eighty corporals, thirty musicians, ninety-six drum¬ 
mers and fifers, and one thousand six hundred privates, and for the 
expenses of clerks of the United States Marine Corps traveling under 
orders, three hundred and eighty-one thousand eight hundred and 
fort} T -seven dollars and sixty-seven cents. 

Pay of ten sergeants, forty- corporals, twelve drummers, twelve fifers, 
and four hundred and twenty-six privates, to be enlisted in accordance 


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with the provisions of section fifteen hundred and ninety-six, Revised 
Statutes, seventy-four thousand five hundred and sixt} T dollars, to be 
immediately available. 

Pay and allowance for retired enlisted men: For one sergeant-major, 
two drum majors, four first-class musicians, ten first sergeants, eighteen 
sergeants, three corporals, one drummer, two fifers, and forty-two pri¬ 
vates, and for those who may be retired during the year, twenty-seven 
thousand dollars. 

Undrawn clothing: For pa}^ment to discharged soldiers for clothing 
undrawn, twenty-three thousand dollars: Provided , That no other fund 
appropriated by this Act shall be used for such purpose. 

Mileage: For mileage of officers traveling under orders without 
troops, eight thousand dollars. And hereafter officers of the Marine 
Corps traveling under orders without troops shall be allowed the same 
mileage as is now allowed officers of the Navy traveling without troops. 

Commutation of quarters: For commutation of quarters :or officers 
on duty without troops where there are no public quarters, four 
thousand dollars. 

Pay of civil force: In the office of the colonel commandant: For 
one chief clerk, at one thousand five hundred and forty dollars and 
eighty cents; one messenger, at nine hundred and seventy-one dollars 
and twenty-eight cents; 

In the office of the adjutant and inspector: One chief clerk, at one 
thousand five hundred and forty dollars and eighty' cents; one clerk, 
at one thousand four hundred and ninety-six dollars and fifty-two 
cents; 

In the office of the paymaster: One chief clerk, at one thousand six 
hundred dollars; one clerk, at one thousand four hundred and ninety- 
six dollars and fifty-two cents; one clerk, at one thousand two hundred 
and fifty-seven dollars and twelve cents; 

In the office of the quartermaster: One chief clerk, at one thousand 
five hundred and forty dollars and eighty cents; one clerk, at one 
thousand four hundred and ninety-six dollars and fifty-two cents; one 
clerk, at one thousand two hundred and fifty-seven dollars and twelve 
cents; 

In the office of the assistant quartermaster, Philadelphia, Pennsyl¬ 
vania: One clerk, at one thousand four hundred dollars; one messenger, 
at one dollar and seventy-five cents per diem; 

In the office of the assistant quartermaster, Washington, District of 
Columbia, or San Francisco, California: One clerk, at one thousand 
four hundred dollars; 

In all, for pay of civil force, seventeen thousand six hundred and 
thirty-six dollars and twenty-three cents; and the mone}" herein spe¬ 
cifically appropriated for pa} r of the Marine Corps shall be disbursed 
and accounted for in accordance with existing law as pay of the Marine 
Corps, and for that purpose shall constitute one fund. 

Provisions, Marine Corps: For one thousand one hundred non¬ 
commissioned officers, musicians, and privates, and for commutation of 
rations to eleven enlisted men detailed as clerks and messengers; also 
for payment of board and lodging of recruiting parties, said payment 
for board not to exceed two thousand five hundred dollars, ninety 
thousand dollars; and no law shall be construed to entitle enlisted 
marines on shore duty to any rations or commutation therefor other 
than such as now are or may hereafter be allowed to enlisted men 
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For five hundred noncommissioned officers, musicians, and privates, 
to be enlisted in accordance with the provisions of section fifteen 
hundred and ninety-six, Revised Statutes, thirty thousand six hun¬ 
dred and forty-two dollars and seventy-five cents, to be immediately 
available. 

Clothing, Marine Corps: For two thousand one hundred non¬ 
commissioned officers, musicians, and privates, eighty thousand dollars. 

For five hundred noncommissioned officers, musicians, and privates, 
to be enlisted in accordance with the provisions of section fifteen hun¬ 
dred and ninety-six, Revised Statutes, seventeen thousand two hundred 
and fifty-five dollars, to be immediately available. 

Fuel, Marine Corps: For heating barracks and quarters, for ranges 
and stoves for cooking, fuel for enlisted men, for sales to officers, 
maintaining electric lights, and for hot-air closets, nineteen thousand 
five hundred dollars. 

Military stores, Marine Corps: For pay of chief armorer, at 
three dollars per da} T ; three mechanics, at two dollars and fifty cents 
each per day; in all, three thousand two hundred and ninety-seven 
dollars; for purchase of military equipments, such as cartridge boxes, 
bayonet scabbards, haversacks, blanket bags, knapsacks, canteens, 
musket slings, swords, drums, trumpets, flags, waist belts, waist plates, 
cartridge belts, sashes for officer of the day, spare parts for repairing 
muskets, purchase of ammunition, and purchase and repair of instru¬ 
ments for band, purchase of music and musical accessories, medals for 
excellence in gunnery and rifle practice, good conduct badges, incidental 
expenses in connection with the school of application, signal equipment 
and stores, binocular glasses, for the establishment and maintenance of 
targets and ranges, for hiring established ranges, and for procuring, 
preserving, and handling ammunition, ten thousand dollars; in all, 
thirteen thousand two hundred and ninety-seven dollars. 

Transportation and recruiting, Marine Corps: For transpor¬ 
tation of troops, including ferriage, and the expense of recruiting 
service, fifteen thousand dollars: Provided , That the provisions of the 
clause contained in the Act of Congress approved March third, eighteen 
hundred and seventy-nine, authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury 
to make such entries upon the books of the Department as will carry 
to the credit of certain railroad companies named in said Act amounts 
earned or to be earned by them during each fiscal year on account of 
transportation of the Army and transportation of the mails be, and the 
same are hereby, extended and made applicable to the transportation 
of the Navy and the Marine Corps. 

For repairs of barracks: At Portsmouth, New Hampshire; Bos¬ 
ton, Massachusetts; Newport, Rhode Island; Brooklyn, New York; 
League Island, Pennsylvania; Annapolis, Maryland; headquarters and 
navy-yard, District of Columbia; Norfolk, Virginia; Pensacola, Florida; 
Mare Island, California; Port Royal, South Carolina; and Sitka, 
Alaska; and per diem for enlisted men employed under the direction 
of the Quartemaster’s Department on the repair of barracks and other 
public buildings, ten thousand dollars. 

For alterations and repair of marine barrack and other public build¬ 
ings, relaying walks and gas and water pipes at navy-yard, Mare Island, 
California, four thousand dollars. 

For the erection of officers’ quarters at Sitka, Alaska, two thousand 
five hundred dollars; for the erection of officers’ quarters at Newport, 


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Rhode Island, five thousand dollars; in all, seven thousand five hun¬ 
dred dollars. 

For rent of building used for manufacture of clothing, storing sup¬ 
plies, and office of assistant quartermaster, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 
two thousand dollars. 

Forage, Marine Corps: For forage in kind for five horses of the 
Quartermaster’s Department, and the authorized number of officers’ 
horses, two thousand eight hundred dollars. 

Hire of quarters, Marine Corps: For hire of quarters for 
officers serving with troops where there are no public quarters belong¬ 
ing to the Government, and where there are not sufficient quarters pos¬ 
sessed by the United States to accommodate them, four thousand five 
hundred dollars; for hire of quarters for seven enlisted men employed 
as clerks and messengers in commandant’s, adjutant and inspector’s, 
paymaster’s, and quartermaster’s offices, Washington, District of Co¬ 
lumbia, and for the leader of the Marine Band, and assistant quarter¬ 
master’s offices, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at twenty-one dollars per 
month each, one thousand seven hundred and sixty-four dollars; for 
hire of quarters for three enlisted men employed as above, at ten 
dollars each per month, three hundred and sixt} T dollars; in all, six 
thousand six hundred and twenty-four dollars. 

Contingent, Marine Corps: For freight, tolls, cartage, advertis¬ 
ing, washing of bed sacks, mattress covers, pillowcases, towels, and 
sheets, funeral expenses of marines, stationery and other paper, tele¬ 
graphing, rent of telephones, purchase and repair of typewriters, 
apprehension of stragglers and deserters, per diem of enlisted men 
employed on constant labor for a period not less than ten days, repair 
of gas and water fixtures, office and barracks furniture; mess utensils 
for enlisted men, such as bowls, plates, spoons, knives, forks; packing 
boxes, wrapping paper, oilcloth, crash, rope, twine, camphor and car- 
bolized paper, carpenters’ tools, tools for police purposes, iron safes, 
purchase and repair of public wagons, purchase and repair of harness, 
purchase of public horses, services of veterinary surgeons and medi¬ 
cines for public horses, purchase and repair of hose, repair of fire 
extinguishers, purchase of fire hand grenades, purchase and repair of 
carts, wheelbarrows, and lawn mowers; purchase and repair of cook¬ 
ing stoves, ranges, stoves, and furnaces where there are no grates; 
purchase of ice, towels, and soap for offices; postage stamps for foreign 
postage; purchase of books, newspapers, and periodicals; improving 
parade grounds, repair of pumps and wharves, laying drain, water, 
and gas pipes, water, introducing gas, and for gas, gas oil, and main¬ 
tenance of electric lights; straw for bedding, mattresses, mattress 
covers, pillows; wire bunk bottoms for enlisted men at the various 
posts; furniture for Government houses and repair of same, and for all 
emergencies and extraordinary expenses arising at home and abroad, 
but impossible to anticipate or classify, thirty thousand dollars. 

For iron bedsteads, mattresses, mattress covers, pillows, clothing 
boxes, and other articles, for five hundred noncommissioned officers, 
musicians, and privates, to be enlisted in accordance with the provisions 
of section fifteen hundred and ninety-six, Revised Statutes, three thou¬ 
sand dollars, to be immediately available. 


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Increase of the Navy. 

That for the purpose of further increasing the naval establishment 
of the United States the President is hereby authorized to have con¬ 
structed by contract three seagoing coast-line battle ships designed to 
carry the heaviest armor and most powerful ordnance upon a displace¬ 
ment of about eleven thousand tons, to have the highest practicable 
speed for vessels of their class, and to cost, exclusive of armament, not 
exceeding three million seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars each; 
and three torpedo boats, to have a maximum speed of not less than 
thirty knots, to cost in all not exceeding eight hundred thousand dol¬ 
lars; and not to exceed ten torpedo boats to cost in all not exceeding 
five hundred thousand dollars, and to have the highest practicable 
speed for vessels of their class; and not more than two of said battle 
ships and not more than three of said torpedo boats shall be built in 
one yard or by one contracting party, and in each case the contract shall 
be awarded by the Secretary of the Navy to the lowest best responsi¬ 
ble bidder; and in the construction of all said vessels all of the pro¬ 
visions of the Act of August third, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, 
entitled “An Act to increase the naval establishment,” as to materials 
for said vessels, their engines, boilers, and machinery, the contracts 
under which they are built, except as to premiums, which are not to be 
offered, the notice of any proposals for the same, the plans, drawings, 
and specifications therefor, and the method of executing said contracts, 
shall be observed and followed, and said vessels shall be built in com¬ 
pliance with the terms of said Act, save that in all their parts said 
vessels shall be of domestic manufacture; and, subject to the provi¬ 
sions hereinafter made, one and not more than one seagoing battle ship 
and three of said torpedo boats shall be built on or near the coast of 
the Pacific Ocean or in the waters connecting therewith, provided that 
said battle ship or torpedo boats can be constructed at an additional 
cost not exceeding fom* per centum of the lowest accepted bid for the 
other battle ships or torpedo boats provided for in this Act, and one 
torpedo boat on the Mississippi River, one torpedo boat on the coast of 
the Gulf of Mexico, and one torpedo boat on the Missouri River: Pro¬ 
vided, That if it shall appear to the satisfaction of the President of 
the United States, from the biddings for such contracts when the same 
are opened and examined by him, that said vessels can not be con¬ 
structed at a fair cost on or near the coast of the Pacific Ocean, on the 
Mississippi or Missouri River or the Gulf of Mexico, he shall authorize 
the construction of said vessels, or either of them, elsewhere in the 
United States, subject to the limitations as to cost hereinbefore pro¬ 
vided: Provided further. That the contracts for the construction of the 
vessels herein provided for shall be made within one hundred and 
twenty days from the passage of this Act: And provided further, That 
the Secretary of the Navy is hereby directed to examine into the actual 
cost of armor plate and the price for the same which should be equi¬ 
tably paid and shall report the result of his investigation to Congress 
at its next session at a date not later than January first, eighteen hun¬ 
dred and ninety-seven, and no contract for armor plate for the vessels 
authorized by this Act shall be made till after such report is made to 
Congress for its action. 

The Secretary of the Navy is hereby authorized to contract for the 
building of two submarine torpedo boats of the Holland type, at a cost 


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not exceeding one hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars each; 
said boats to be constructed and delivered to the Navy Department 
within four months from the date of contract: Provided , That the Hol¬ 
land boat now being built for the Department shall be accepted by the 
Department as fulfilling all the requirements of the contract, and as 
being satisfactory to the Secretary of the Navy; but no action shall be 
taken therein until said Holland boat now being built for the Depart¬ 
ment shall have been fully tested to the satisfaction of the Secretary of 
the Navy, and thereupon accepted. 

Construction and machinery: On account of the hulls and out¬ 
fits of vessels and steam machinery of vessels heretofore authorized, 
and of the vessels authorized under this Act, six million eight hundred 
and seventy thousand six hundred dollars. 

Armor and armament: Toward the armament and armor of domes¬ 
tic manufacture for the vessels authorized by the Act of August third, 
eighteen hundred and eighty-six; of those authorized by the Act of 
June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety; of those authorized by 
the Act of July nineteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two; and of 
the vessels authorized by the Act of March third, eighteen hundred 
and ninety-three; of the three torpedo boats, Act of July twenty-sixth, 
eighteen hundred and ninety-four; of the vessels authorized under the 
Act of March second, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, and of the 
vessels authorized under this Act, four million three hundred and 
seventy-one thousand four hundred and fifty-four dollars. 

Equipment: Toward the completion of the equipment outfit of the 
new vessels heretofore authorized by Congress, two hundred and thirty- 
seven thousand dollars. 

Sec. 2. That the Secretary of the Navy is hereby directed to examine, 
through a board composed of line and staff officers, into the merits of 
any system presented for the propulsion of vessels by direct action 
against the water without the use of screws, in comparision with the 
steam engine and the propeller, and into the relative efficiency of the 
two methods as to displacement, waste of fuel, liability to accidents, 
and speed endurance, and also into the applicability and special advan¬ 
tages of the direct system in connection with torpedo boats and coast- 
defense vessels. 

Approved, June 10, 1896. 


FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS, FIRST SESSION—MARCH 3, 1897. 

[Public— No. 128 .] 

An Act Making appropriations for the naval service for the fiscal 
year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, and for other purposes. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and Ho use of Representatives of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled , That the following sums be, 
and they are hereby, appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the 
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the naval service of the Gov¬ 
ernment for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and 
ninety-eight, and for other purposes: 

PAY OF THE NAVY. 

For the pay of officers on sea duty; officers on shore and other duty; 
officers on waiting orders; officers on the retired list; clerks to com¬ 
mandants of yards and stations; clerks to paymasters at yards and 
stations; general storekeepers; receiving ships and other vessels; extra 
pay to men reenlisting under honorable discharge; interest on deposits 
by men; pay of eleven thousand petty officers, seamen, landsmen, and 
boys, including men in the engineers’ force and for the Coast Survey 
Service and Fish Commission, and of seven hundred and fifty boys 
under training at training stations and on board training ships, at the 
pay prescribed by law, eight million two hundred and thirty-five thou¬ 
sand three hundred and eighty-five dollars. 

PAY, MISCELLANEOUS. 

For commissions and interest; transportation of funds; exchange; 
mileage to officers while traveling under orders in the United States, 
and for actual personal expenses of officers while traveling abroad under 
orders, and for traveling expenses of apothecaries, yeomen, and civilian 
employees, and for actual and necessary traveling expenses of naval 
cadets while proceeding from their homes to the Naval Academy for 
examination and appointment as cadets; for rent and furniture of build¬ 
ings and offices not in navy-yards; expenses of courts-martial, prisoners 
and prisons, and courts of inquiry, boards of inspection, examining 
boards, with clerks’ and witnesses’ fees, and traveling expenses and 
costs; stationery and recording; expenses of purchasing-paymasters’ 
offices of the various cities, including clerks, furniture, fuel, stationery, 
and incidental expenses; newspapers and advertising; foreign postage; 
telegraphing, foreign and domestic; telephones; copying; care of 
library, including purchase of books, photographs, prints, manuscripts, 
and periodicals; ferriage, tolls, and express fees; costs of suits; com¬ 
missions, warrants, diplomas, and discharges; relief of vessels in dis¬ 
tress; canal tolls and pilotage; recovery of valuables from shipwrecks; 

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quarantine expenses; reports; professional investigation; cost of special 
instruction, at home or abroad, in maintenance of students and attaches 
and information from abroad, and the collection and classification 
thereof, and other necessary and incidental expenses, three hundred 
thousand dollars. 

Contingent, Navy: For all emergencies and extraordinary expenses 
arising at home or abroad, but impossible to be anticipated or classi¬ 
fied, exclusive of personal services in the Navy Department, or any of 
its subordinate bureaus or offices, at Washington, District of Colum¬ 
bia, seven thousand dollars. 

BUREAU OF NAVIGATION. 

Gunnery exercises: For prizes for excellence in gunnery exercises 
and target practice; diagrams and reports of target practice; for the 
establishment and maintenance of targets and ranges, for hiring estab¬ 
lished ranges, and for transporting to and from ranges, six thousand 
dollars. 

Ocean and lake surveys: For ocean and lake surveys; the pub¬ 
lication and care of the results thereof; the purchase of nautical books, 
charts, and sailing directions, and freight and express charges on same; 
preparing and engraving on copper plates the surveys of the Mexican 
coasts, and the publication of a series of charts of the coasts of Central 
and South America, fourteen thousand dollars. 

Bounties for outfits for naval apprentices: For bounties for 
outfits of seven hundred and fifty naval apprentices, at forty-five dol¬ 
lars each, thirty-three thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars. 

Recruiting, transportation, and contingent: For expenses of 
recruiting for the naval service; rent of rendezvous and expenses of 
maintaining the same; advertising for men and boys, and all other 
expenses attending the recruiting for the naval service, and for the 
transportation of enlisted men and boys at home and abroad; for heat- 
ing apparatus for receiving and training ships, and extra expenses 
thereof; for freight, telegraphing on public business, postage on letters 
sent abroad, ferriage, ice, apprehension of deserters and stragglers, 
continuous-service certificates, discharges, good-conduct badges, and 
medals for boys, schoolbooks for training ships, packing boxes and 
materials, and other contingent expenses and emergencies arising under 
cognizance of the Bureau of Navigation, unforeseen, and impossible to 
classify, forty-five thousand dollars. 

Naval Station, Newport, Rhode Island: For maintenance of 
office of commandant; fuel, stationery, books, furniture, freight, and 
other contingent expenses, one thousand dollars. 

Naval Training Station, Coasters Harbor Island, Rhode 
Island (for apprentices): For dredging channels, repairs to main 
causeway, roads, and grounds, extending seawall, and the employment 
of such labor as may be necessary for the proper care and preservation 
of the same; for repairs to wharf and sea wall; for repairs and improve¬ 
ments to buildings, heating, lighting, and furniture for same; books and 
stationery, freight and other contingent expenses; purchase of food and 
maintenance of live stock, and mail wagon, and attendance on same; 
and purchase of fresh water, thirty thousand dollars. 

Naval War College and Torpedo School, Coasters Harbor 
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and Torpedo School on Coasters Harbor Island, and care of grounds 
for same, including one draftsman, at one thousand two hundred dollars 
per year, nine thousand two hundred dollars; 

To complete installation of standpipes for lire hose and connections; 
complete window-casing repairs; rain-water cisterns, pumps, and tanks; 
leveling grounds about college, sodding, two thousand dollars; 

In all, Naval War College and Torpedo School, eleven thousand two 
hundred dollars. 


BUREAU OF ORDNANCE. 

Ordnance and ordnance stores: For procuring, producing, pre¬ 
serving, and handling ordnance material; for the armament of ships; 
for fuel, material, and labor to be used in the general work of the 
Ordnance Department; for furniture at magazines, at the ordnance 
dock, New York, and at the naval ordnance proving ground, one hun¬ 
dred and eighty thousand dollars; expenses of target practice, fifteen 
thousand dollars; maintenance of new proving ground, five thousand 
dollars; in all, two hundred thousand dollars. 

The Secretary of the Navy is hereby authorized and required to pay 
to the patentee the twenty-five thousand dollars appropriated in the 
“Act making appropriations for the naval service for the fiscal } r ear 
ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, and for other 
purposes,” approved March second, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, 
said Act providing “for the exclusive rights to and for ordnance appli¬ 
ances now in use on nacal vessels and protected and covered by patent 
numbered five hundred and thirty-three thousand one hundred and 
seventy-one, said patent being embraced in a contract dated January 
twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, and signed by the 
Secretary of the Navy and the patentee.” 

Modern battery for the Hartford, one hundred and fifty thousand 
dollars. 

Reserve supply of ammunition, five hundred thousand dollars. 

Reserve guns for auxiliary cruisers: Toward the armament of 
modern guns for auxiliary cruisers mentioned in the Act approved 
March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, and in section four of 
the Act approved May tenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, two 
hundred and fifty thousand dollars: Provided , That the Secretary of 
the Navy may, in his discretion, purchase by contract all or any part 
of such guns. 

Torpedo station, Newport, Rhode Island: For labor, material, 
freight, and express charges; general care of and repairs to grounds, 
buildings, and wharves; boats, instruction, instruments, tools, furni¬ 
ture, experiments, and general torpedo outfits, sixty thousand dollars; 
continuing extension of sea wall, five thousand dollars; enlarging 
boiler house, and two new boilers, six thousand five hundred dollars; 
in all, seventy-one thousand five hundred dollars. 

Arming and equipping Naval Militia: For arms, accouterments, 
signal outfits, boats and their equipments, the printing of the necessary 
books of instruction for the Naval Militia of the various States, under 
such regulations as the Secretary of the Navy may prescribe, fifty 
thousand dollars. 

Repairs, Bureau of Ordnance: For necessary repairs to ord¬ 
nance buildings, magazines, gun parks, boats, lighters, wharves, 


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machinery, and other objects of the like character, thirty thousand 
dollars. 

Contingent, Bureau of Ordnance: For miscellaneous items, 
namely: Freight to foreign and home stations, advertising, cartage, 
and express charges, repairs to tire engines, gas and water pipes, gas 
and water tax at magazines, tolls, ferriage, foreign postage, and tele¬ 
grams to and from the Bureau, technical books, and incidental expenses 
attending inspections of ordnance material, eight thousand dollars. 

Civil establishment, Bureau of Ordnance: For the civil estab¬ 
lishment under the Bureau of Ordnance, namely: 

Navy-yard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire: For one writer, when 
required, five hundred dollars; 

Navy-yard, Boston, Massachusetts: For one writer, when required, 
five hundred dollars; 

Navy-yard, New York: For one clerk at one thousand four hundred 
dollars; 

Navy-yard, Washington, District of Columbia: For one chemist, at 
two thousand five hundred dollars; one clerk, at one thousand six hun¬ 
dred dollars; one clerk, at one thousand two hundred dollars; two 
writers, at one thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents 
each; one draftsman, at one thousand eight hundred dollars; three 
draftsmen, at one thousand and eighty-one dollars each; one assistant 
draftsman, at seven hundred and seventy-two dollars; two foremen, at 
one thousand five hundred dollars each; two copyists, at seven hundred 
and twenty dollars each; one telegraph operator and copyist, at nine 
hundred dollars; in all, eighteen thousand four hundred and eighty- 
nine dollars and fifty cents; 

Navy-yard, Norfolk, Virginia: For one clerk, at one thousand two 
hundred dollars; 

Navy-yard, Mare Island, California: For one writer, at one thousand 
and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents; 

Naval ordnance proving ground: For one writer, at one thousand 
and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents; 

Naval Torpedo Station, Newport, Rhode Island: For one chemist, at 
two thousand five hundred dollars; one clerk, at one thousand two 
hundred dollars; one draftsman, at one thousand five hundred dollars; 
in all, five thousand two hundred dollars; 

In all, civil establishment, Bureau of Ordnance, twenty-nine thousand 
three hundred and twenty-four dollars; and no other fund appropriated 
by this Act shall be used in payment for such service. 

BUREAU OF EQUIPMENT. 

Equipment of vessels: For purchase of coal for steamers’ and 
ships’ use, including expenses of transportation, storage, and handling 
the same; hemp, wire, iron, and other materials for the manufacture 
of cordage, anchors, cables, galleys, and chains; canvas for the manufac¬ 
ture of sails, awnings, hammocks, and other work; water for steaming 
purposes; stationery for commanding and navigating officers of ships, 
equipment officers on shore and afloat, and for the use of courts-martial 
on board ship, and for the purchase of all other articles of equipment at 
home and abroad, and for the payment of labor in equipping vessels and 
manufacture of equipment articles in the several navy-yards; foreign 
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in repairing, correcting, adjusting, and testing compasses on shore and 
on board ship; nautical and astronomical instruments, and repairs to 
same; libraries for ships of war; professional books and papers, and 
drawings and engravings for signal books; naval signals and apparatus, 
namely, signals, lights, lanterns, rockets, running lights, compass 
fittings, including binnacles, tripods, and other appendages of ship’s 
compasses; logs and other appliances for measuring the ship’s way, and 
leads and other appliances for sounding; lanterns and lamps, and their 
appendages, for general use on board ship, for illuminating purposes, 
and oil and candles used in connection therewith; bunting and other 
materials for making and repairing flags of all kinds; photographic 
instruments and materials; musical instruments and music; and install¬ 
ing and maintaining electric lights and interior signal communications 
on board vessels of war, one million four hundred and fifty-eight thou¬ 
sand one hundred and seventeen dollars. 

Civil establishment, Bureau of Equipment: Navy-yard, Ports¬ 
mouth, New Hampshire: For one clerk, atone thousand dollars; 

Navy-yard, Boston, Massachusetts: For one superintendent of rope- 
walk, at one thousand eight hundred and sevent} T -five dollars; one 
clerk, at one thousand four hundred dollars; one clerk, at one thousand 
three hundred dollars; one writer, at nine hundred and fifty dollars; 
in all, five thousand five hundred and twenty-five dollars; 

Navy-yard, New York: For one clerk, at one thousand four hundred 
dollars; one clerk, at one thousand two hundred dollars; in all, two 
thousand six hundred dollars; 

Navy-yard, League Island, Pennsylvania: For one clerk, at one 
thousand two hundred dollars; 

Navy-yard, Norfolk, Virginia: For two clerks, at one thousand two 
hundred dollars each; two thousand four hundred dollars; 

Nav} 7 -yard, Mare Island, California: For one clerk, at one thousand 
two hundred dollars; 

Navy-yard, Washington, District of Columbia: For one clerk, at 
one thousand six hundred dollars, who shall also perform the clerical 
duties for the board of labor employment at said navy-yard; 

In all, civil establishment, Bureau of Equipment, fifteen thousand 
five hundred and twenty-five dollars; and no other fund appropriated 
b} T this Act shall be used in payment for such service. 

Contingent, Bureau of Equipment: For freight and transporta¬ 
tion of equipment stores, packing boxes and materials, printing, adver¬ 
tising, telegraphing, books, and models; stationery for the Bureau; 
furniture for equipment offices in navy-yards; postage on letters sent 
abroad; ferriage, ice, lighterage of ashes, and emergencies arising 
under cognizance of the Bureau of Equipment unforeseen and impos¬ 
sible to classify, fifteen thousand dollars. 

Flags of Maritime Nations: The Secretary of the Navy is author¬ 
ized to contract at once with a lithographic or color printing estab¬ 
lishment having ample facilities for the suitable and satisfactory 
execution thereof for the printing of a new edition, to consist of five 
thousand copies, of the book of u Flags of Maritime Nations,” of which 
number one thousand copies shall be for use of the Navy Department 
and three hundred copies for the use of the Revenue-Cutter Service; 
and the remaining copies shall be delivered to the superintendent of 
public documents for distribution to the Senate and House of Repre¬ 
sentatives, one thousand two hundred copies to the Senate and two 
thousand five hundred copies to the House of Representatives. 


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BUREAU OF YARDS AND DOCKS. 

Maintenance of yards and docks: For general maintenance of 
yards and docks, namely: For freight, transportation of materials and 
stores; books, maps, models, and drawing; purchase and repair of fire 
engines; machinery; repairs on steam fire engines and attendance on 
the same; purchase and maintenance of oxen, horses, and driving teams; 
carts, timber wheels, and all vehicles for use in the navy-vards; tools 
and repairs of the same; postage on letters and other mailable matter 
on public service sent to foreign countries, and telegrams; stationery; 
furniture for Government houses and offices in navy-yards; coal and 
other fuel, candles, oil, and gas; cleaning and clearing up yards and care 
of buildings; attendance on fires, lights, fire engines, and apparatus; 
incidental labor at navy-yards; water tax, tolls, and ferriage; rent of 
four officers’ quarters at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; pay of watchmen 
in navy-yards; awnings and packing boxes, and advertising for yards 
and docks and other purposes; and for rent of wharf and storehouse 
at Erie, Pennsylvania, for use and accommodation of United States 
steamer Michigan, two hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars. 

Contingent, Bureau of Yards and Docks: For contingent 
expenses that may arise at navy-yards and stations, fifteen thousand 
dollars. 

Civil establishment, Bureau of Yards and Docks: Navy-yard, 
Portsmouth, New Hampshire: For one clerk, at one thousand four 
hundred dollars; one mail messenger, at two dollars per diem, includ¬ 
ing Sundays; one messenger, at six hundred dollars; one foreman 
laborer and head teamster, at four dollars per diem, ineluding Sun¬ 
days; one janitor, at six hundred dollars; one pilot, at three dollars 
per diem, including Sundays; in all, five thousand eight hundred and 
eighty-five dollars. 

Navy-yard, Boston, Massachusetts: For one clerk, at one thousand 
four hundred dollars; one foreman laborer, at four dollars per diem; 
one messenger to commandant, at one dollar and seventy-six cents per 
diem; one messenger, at one dollar and seventy-six cents per diem; 
one mail messenger, at two dollars per diem, including Sundays; one 
writer, at nine hundred dollars; one master of tugs, at one thousand 
two hundred dollars; in all, six thousand five hundred and eighty-three 
dollars and seventy-six cents; 

Navy-yard, Brooklyn, New York: For one clerk, at one thousand four 
hundred dollars; one writer, at one thousand and seventeen dollars and 
twenty-five cents; two masters of tugs, at one thousand five hundred 
dollars each; two writers, at nine hundred dollars each; one foreman 
laborer, at four dollars and fifty cents per diem; one mail messenger, 
at two dollars per diem, including Sundays; two messengers, at two 
dollars and twenty-five cents per diem each; one draftsman, at five 
dollars per diem; one quarterman, at three dollars per diem; one super¬ 
intendent of teams or quarterman, at four dollars per diem; one mes¬ 
senger to commandant, at two dollars and twenty-five cents per diem, 
including Sundays; one electrician, at one thousand two hundred dol¬ 
lars; in all, sixteen thousand five hundred and forty-one dollars and 
fifty cents; 

Naval station, Sacketts Harbor, New York: For one ship keeper, at 
three hundred and sixt}^-five dollars per annum; 

Navy-yard, League Island, Pennsylvania: For one clerk, at one thou- 


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sand four hundred dollars; one writer and telegraph operator, at one 
thousand dollars; one messenger, at two dollars per diem; one foreman 
laborer, at four dollars per diem; in all, four thousand two hundred 
and seventy eight dollars; 

Navy yard, Washington, District of Columbia: For one clerk, at one 
thousand four hundred dollars; one messenger, at two dollars per diem; 
one foreman laborer, at four dollars per diem; one electrician, one thou¬ 
sand two hundred dollars; in all, four thousand four hundred and 
seventy-eight dollars; 

Navy-yard, Norfolk, Virginia: For one clerk, at one thousand four 
hundred dollars; one writer, at one thousand and seventeen dollars and 
twenty-five cents; one writer, at one thousand dollars; one foreman 
laborer, at four dollars per diem; one electrician, one thousand two 
hundred dollars; one mail messenger, at two dollars per diem, including 
Sundays; two messengers, at two dollars per diem each; one pilot, at 
two dollars and twent}^-six cents per diem;* in all, eight thousand five 
hundred and fifty-eight dollars and sixty-three cents; 

Navy-yard, Pensacola, Florida: For one clerk, at one thousand two 
hundred dollars; one mail messenger, at two dollars per diem, includ¬ 
ing Sundays; in all, one thousand nine hundred and thirty dollars; 

Navy-yard, Mare Island, California: For one clerk, at one thousand 
four hundred dollars; one writer, at one thousand and seventeen dol¬ 
lars and twenty-five cents; one foreman mason, at six dollars per diem; 
one foreman laborer, at five dollars and fifty cents per diem; one pilot, 
at four dollars and eighty cents per diem; one draftsman, at five dollars 
per diem; one mail messenger, at two dollars per diem, including Sun¬ 
days; one messenger, at two dollars per diem; one messenger and 
lamplighter, at two dollars per diem; one electrician, one thousand two 
hundred dollars; in all, twelve thousand two hundred and sixty-six 
dollars and fifteen cents; 

Naval station, Key West, Florida: For one mail messenger, at six 
hundred dollars; 

Naval station, Puget Sound, Washington: One clerk, at one thousand 
two hundred dollars; one rodman inspector, at three dollars and fifty 
cents per diem; one messenger and janitor, at one dollar and seventy- 
six cents per diem, including Sundays; in all, two thousand nine hun¬ 
dred and thirty-seven dollars and ninety cents; 

Naval station, Port Royal, South Carolina: One clerk, at one thou¬ 
sand two hundred dollars; one rodman and inspector, at three dollars 
per diem; one messenger and janitor, at one dollar and fifty cents per 
diem, including Sundays; in all, two thousand six hundred and eighty 
six dollars and fifty cents; 

In all, civil establishment, Bureau of Yards and Docks, sixty-sever 
thousand one hundred and ten dollars and forty-four cents; and no 
other fund appropriated by this Act shall be used in payment for such 
services. 

Naval Home, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: For one superin¬ 
tendent, at six hundred dollars; one steward, at four hundred and eighty 
dollars; one matron, at three hundred and sixty dollars; one chief cook, 
at three hundred and sixty dollars; one assistant cook, at two hundred 
and forty dollars; one assistant cook, at one hundred and eighty dol¬ 
lars; one chief laundress, at one hundred and ninety-two dollars; five 
laundresses, at one hundred and sixty-eight dollars each; four scrub¬ 
bers, at one hundred and sixty-eight dollars each; one head waiter, at 


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one hundred and ninety-two dollars; eight waitresses, at one hundred 
and sixty-eight dollars each; one kitchen servant, at two hundred dol 
lars; eight laborers, at two hundred and foily dollars each; one stable 
keeper and driver, at three hundred and sixty dollars; one master at 
arms, at four hundred and eighty dollars; two house corporals, at three 
hundred dollars each; one barber, at three hundred ana sixty dollars; 
one carpenter, at eight hundred and forty-five dollars; one painter, at 
six hundred dollars; one engineer to run elevator, six hundred dollars; 
water rent and lighting, two thousand four hundred dollars; cemetery, 
burial expenses, and headstones, three hundred and fifty dollars; 
improvement of grounds, seven hundred dollars; repairs to buildings, 
furnaces, grates, ranges, furniture, and repairs of furniture, seven 
thousand dollars; music in chapel, six hundred dollars; transportation 
of indigent and destitute beneficiaries to the Naval Home, five hundred 
dollars; for support of beneficiaries, fifty-five thousand seven hundred 
and fifty dollars; in all, for Naval Home, seventy-eight thousand seven 
hundred and twenty-five dollars, which sum shall be paid out of the 
income from the naval pension fund. 

PUBLIC WORKS—BUREAU OF YARDS AND DOCKS—NAVY YARDS AND 
STATIONS, NAVAL ACADEMY, AND NEW NAVAL OBSERVATORY. 

Navy-yard, Boston, Massachusetts: For swinging gates for dry 
dock, ten thousand dollars; additional culverts in caisson for filling 
dry dock, four thousand five hundred dollars; in all, fourteen thousand 
five hundred dollars. 

Navy-yard, Brooklyn, New York: For quay wall, Whitney 
Basin, eighteen thousand dollars; dredging Wallabout Channel, thirty 
thousand dollars; quay wall, Wallabout Channel, ten thousand dollars; 
coal shed for dry dock, five thousand dollars; grading and sewering 
between dry dock and Clinton avenue, ten thousand dollars; grading 
and paving streets, five thousand dollars; latrines, eighteen thousand 
dollars; addition to electric plant, twelve thousand dollars; flushing- 
culverts in causeway (to be immediately available), twenty-five thou¬ 
sand dollars: Provided , That the Secretary of the Navy, after further 
investigation, shall be satisfied that the proposed plan for improving 
the sanitary conditions will be practicable and expedient; in all, one 
hundred and thirty-three thousand dollars. 

Navy-yard, League Island, Pennsylvania: For new coping for 
dry dock, sixty-four thousand dollars; causeway across back channel 
(west wall), twenty thousand five hundred and forty-seven dollars; 
dredging fresh-water basin and filling in, one hundred thousand dol¬ 
lars; new boiler house for steam engineering, three thousand seven 
hundred and ninety five dollars; wharf crane, three thousand dollars; 
weighing scales, one thousand eight hundred and eighty dollars; in all, 
one hundred and ninety-three thousand two hundred and twenty-two 
dollars. 

Navy-yard, Washington, District of Columbia: For dredging 
in front of sea wall, three thousand eight hundred and sixty-one dollars; 
new scale house, one thousand two hundred and seventy-one dollars 
and eighty-two cents; in all, five thousand one hundred and thirty-two 
dollars and eighty-two cents. 

Navy-yard, Norfolk, Virginia: For continuing extension of quay 
wall north of timber basin, ten thousand dollars; completing quay wall 
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grading, and sewers, live thousand dollars; piping and engine for lire 
service, fifteen thousand dollars; renewing deteriorated parts of wooden 
dry dock numbered two, twenty thousand dollars; dredging, thirty-five 
thousand dollars; rebuilding blacksmith shop, thirty-five thousand 
dollars; in all, one hundred and thirty thousand dollars. 

Naval station, Port Royal, South Carolina: For grading and 
drainage, seven thousand five hundred and seventy-nine dollars and 
twenty-five cents; railway track scales, five hundred dollars; storage 
cistern, three thousand seven hundred and fifty-seven dollars and 
eighty-eight cents; machinery to be placed in machine shop just com¬ 
pleted, fifty thousand dollars; in all, sixty-one thousand eight hundred 
and thirty-seven dollars and thirteen cents. 

Naval station. Key West, Florida: For sea wall from machine 
shop lot to extension of Eaton street, two thousand dollars; dredging 
along front of wharf and inside the L, three thousand dollars; new 
machine shop, thirty thousand dollars; in all, thirty-five thousand 
dollars. 

Navy-yard, Mare Island, California: For extension of quay 
wall, thirty thousand dollars; grading and paving about the stone 
diy dock, ten thousand dollars; dredging, twenty thousand dollars; 
dredging a channel in Mare Island Strait to enable all classes of naval 
vessels to reach the navv-yard, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars; 
completing coppersmith’s shop, steam engineering, three thousand 
dollars; storage shed north of building numbered fifty-five, three 
thousand seven hundred and eighty-five dollars; in all, two hundred 
and sixteen thousand seven hundred and eighty-five dollars. 

Puget Sound Naval Station, Washington: For continuing clear¬ 
ing, stumping, and grading station, ten thousand dollars; wharf, sixty 
thousand dollars; filling in marsh, five thousand dollars; extension of 
brick discharge culvert, five thousand one hundred and forty-three 
dollars and sixty-two cents; in all, eighty thousand one hundred and 
forty-three dollars and sixty-two cents. 

Repairs and preservation at navy-yards and stations: For 
repairs and preservation at navy-yards and stations, four hundred 
thousand dollars. 

Naval Academy: For buildings and grounds, Naval Academy: 
For extension to sick quarters for cadets rendered necessary in order 
that there may be an operating room, two thousand five hundred 
dollars. 

New' Naval Observatory: For grounds and roads: For continuing 
grading, extending roads and paths, clearing and improving grounds 
of new Naval Observatory, five thousand dollars. 

BUREAU OF MEDICINE AND SURGERY. 

Medical Department: For surgeons’ necessaries for vessels in 
commission, navy-yards, naval stations, Marine Corps, and Coast Sur¬ 
vey, and for the civil establishment at the several naval hospitals, navy- 
yards, naval laboratory and department of instruction, museum of 
hygiene, and Naval Academy, sixtv-five thousand dollars. 

Naval hospital fund: For maintenance of the naval hospitals at 
the various navy-yards and stations, and for care and maintenance of 
patients in other hospitals at home and abroad, twenty thousand dollars. 

Naval hospital, Chelsea, Massachusetts: To enable the Sec¬ 
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the United States naval hospital, on Broadway, in the city of Chelsea, 
Massachusetts, and to substitute in place thereof an iron fence, six 
thousand dollars, and one thousand dollars of this amount, or so much 
thereof as may be necessary, shall be used to repair the sea wall on 
the water front of said naval hospital. 

Naval hospital, naval station, Port Royal, South Carolina: 
For hospital at the naval station at Port Royal, South Carolina, four 
thousand dollars. 

Contingent, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery: For freight, 
expressage on medical stores, tolls, ferriages, transportation of sick 
to hospital, transportation of insane patients; care, transportation, 
and burial of the dead; advertising; telegraphing; rent of telephones; 
purchase of books and stationer} 7 ; binding of medical records, unbound 
books and pamphlets; postage and purchase of stamps for foreign serv¬ 
ice; expenses attending the medical board of examiners; rent of rooms 
for naval dispensary; hygienic and sanitary investigation and illustra¬ 
tion; sanitary and hygienic instruction; purchase and repairs of wagons 
and harness; purchase of and feed for horses and cows; trees, plants, 
garden tools, and seeds; furniture and incidental articles for the mu¬ 
seum of hygiene, naval dispensary, Washington; naval laboratory, sick 
quarters at Naval Academy and marine barracks, surgeons’ offices and 
dispensaries at navy-yards and naval stations; washing for medical 
department at museum of hygiene, naval dispensary, Washington; 
naval laboratory and department of instruction, sick quarters at Naval 
Academy and marine barracks, dispensaries at navy-yards and naval 
stations and ships and rendezvous, and for minor repairs on buildings 
and grounds of the United States Naval Museum of Hygiene, and all 
other necessary contingent expenses, thirty thousand dollars. 

Repairs, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery: For necessary 
repairs of naval laboratory and department of instruction, naval hos¬ 
pitals and appendages, including roads, wharves, outhouses, sidewalks, 
fences, gardens, farms, and cemeteries, twenty thousand dollars. 

Ambulances for naval hospitals: For supplying two naval 
hospitals with ambulances of modern construction to replace vehicles 
condemned as useless, one thousand two hundred dollars. 

Naval cemetery at naval hospital, Brooklyn, New York: For 
labor and material for widening of approaches, and repairing and paint¬ 
ing all gates and fences; for making graveled roads and paths; building 
walls where necessary, properly grading the whole area, and planting 
appropriate shrubbery, one thousand dollars. 

BUREAU OF SUPPLIES AND ACCOUNTS. 

Provisions, Navy: For provisions and commuted rations for the 
seamen and marines, which commuted rations may be paid to caterers 
of messes, in cases of death or desertion, upon orders of the command¬ 
ing officer, commuted rations for officers on sea duty and naval cadets, 
and commuted rations stopped on account of sick in hospital and 
credited to the naval hospital fund, subsistence of officers and men 
unavoidably detained or absent from vessels to which attached under 
orders (during which subsistence rations to be stopped on board ship 
and no credit for commutation therefor to be given); fresh water for 
drinking and cooking purposes; labor in general storehouses and pay¬ 
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purchased under the naval supply fund, and a chemist at two thousand 
dollars per annum, one million four hundred and five thousand dollars. 

Civil establishment, Bureau of Supplies and Accounts: 
Navy-yard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire: In general storehouses: Two 
bookkeepers, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; one assistant 
bookkeeper, at seven hundred and twenty dollars: one bill clerk, at one 
thousand dollars; one assistant clerk, at seven hundred and twenty dol¬ 
lars; one shipping and receiving clerk, at one thousand dollars; in all, 
five thousand eight hundred and forty dollars; 

Navy-yard, Boston, Massachusetts: In general storehouses: One book¬ 
keeper, at one thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents; 
one shipping clerk, at one thousand dollars; one receiving clerk, at 
one thousand dollars. In yard pay office: One writer, at one thousand 
and seventeen dollars and twent} r -five cents; in all, four thousand and 
thirty-four dollars and fifty cents; 

Navy-yard, Brooklyn, New York: One writer to boards of inspection, 
nine hundred dollars. In general storehouses: Three bookkeepers, at 
one thousand two hundred dollars each; one assistant bookkeeper, at 
one thousand dollars; one assistant bookkeeper, at seven hundred and 
twenty dollars; three receiving clerks, at four dollars per diem each; 
one assistant receiving clerk, at one thousand and ninety-nine dollars; 
three shipping clerks, at one thousand dollars each; one bill clerk, at 
one thousand dollars; one assistant bill clerk, at seven hundred and 
twenty dollars; two leading men, at two dollars and fifty cents per 
diem each; five pressmen, at two dollars and seventy-six cents per diem 
each; one superintendent of coffee mills, at three dollars per diem; 
one box maker, at three dollars per diem; one engine tender, at three 
dollars and twenty-six cents per diem; one coffee roaster, at two dol¬ 
lars and fifty cents per diem; one fireman, at two dollars per diem; one 
messenger, at two dollars and twenty-five cents per diem; one writer, 
one thousand dollars; one storeman, nine hundred dollars. In yard pay 
office: One writer, at one thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty- 
five cents; one messenger, at two dollars and twenty-five cents per 
diem. In all, thirty thousand three hundred and twelve dollars and 
three cents; 

Navy-yard, League Island, Pennsylvania: In general storehouse: 
One bookkeeper, at one thousand two hundred dollars; one assistant 
bookkeeper, at seven hundred and twenty dollars; in all, one thousand 
nine hundred and twenty dollars; 

Navy-yard, Washington, District of Columbia: In general store¬ 
house: One bookkeeper, at one thousand two hundred dollars; one 
clerk, at one thousand two hundred dollars; one receiving clerk, at one 
thousand dollars; one bill clerk, atone thousand dollars; one shipping 
clerk, at one thousand dollars. In yard pay office: One writer, at one 
thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents; in all, six thou¬ 
sand four hundred and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents; 

Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland: In general storehouse: One 
bookkeeper, at one thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five 
cents; one receiving and shipping clerk, at one thousand dollars; in 
all, two thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents; 

Naval station, Newport, Rhode Island: In general storehouse: One 
clerk, at one thousand two hundred dollars; 

Navy-yard, Mare Island, California: In general storehouses: Two 
bookkeepers, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; two assistant 


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bookkeepers, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; one receiving* 
clerk, at one thousand dollars; one shipping clerk, at one thousand 
dollars; one bill clerk, at one thousand dollars; one clerk, at one thou¬ 
sand dollars; one assistant clerk, at one thousand dollars. In yard pay 
office: One writer, at one thousand and seventeen dollars and twent}^- 
five cents; in all, nine thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven dollars 
and twenty-five cents; 

Navy-yard, Norfolk, Virginia: In general storehouses: Two book¬ 
keepers, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; two assistant book¬ 
keepers, at one thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents 
each; one bill clerk, at one thousand dollars; one assistant bill clerk, 
at seven hundred and twenty dollars; one receiving clerk, at nine hun¬ 
dred and forty-two dollars; one assistant receiving clerk, at seven 
hundred and twenty dollars. In yard pay office: One writer, at one 
thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents; in all, eight 
thousand eight hundred and thirty-three dollars and seventy-five cents; 

In all, civil establishment, Bureau of Supplies and Accounts, seventy 
thousand four hundred and thirty-two dollars and three cents, and no 
other fund appropriated by this Act shall be used in payment for such 
service. 

Naval supply fund: And the Secretaiy of the Treasury is hereby 
authorized and directed to cause the general account of advances to be 
charged with the sum of one million dollars, in addition to the sum of two 
hundred thousand dollars, provided in the Act approved March third, 
eighteen hundred and ninety-three, and the three hundred thousand 
dollars, provided in- the Act approved June tenth, eighteen hundred 
and ninety-six, making in all one million five hundred thousand dollars, 
which amount shall be carried to the credit of the permanent naval 
supply fund, to be used under the direction of the Secretary of the 
Navy in the purchase of supplies for the naval service, and to be reim¬ 
bursed from the proper naval appropriations, whenever the supplies 
purchased under said fund are issued for use. 

Contingent, Bureau of Supplies and Accounts: For freight 
and express charges, candles, fuel, books and blanks, stationery, adver¬ 
tising, furniture for general storehouses and pay offices in navy-yards, 
expenses of naval clothing factory and machinery for same, postage, 
telegrams, telephones, tolls, ferriages, yeoman’s stores, iron safes, news¬ 
papers, ice, transportation of stores purchased under the naval-supply 
fund, and other incidental expenses, fifty thousand dollars. 

BUREAU OF CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR. 

Construction and repair of vessels: For preservation and com¬ 
pletion of vessels on the stocks and in ordinary; purchase of mate¬ 
rials and stores of all kinds; steam steerers, pneumatic steerers, steam 
capstans, steam windlasses, and all other auxiliaries; labor in navy- 
yards and on foreign stations; purchase of machinery and tools for use 
in shops; cariying on work of experimental model tank; wear, tear, 
and repair of vessels afloat; general care, increase, and protection of 
the Navy in the line of construction and repair; incidental expenses, 
such as advertising, freight, foreign postage, telegrams, telephone 
service, photographing, books, professional magazines, plans, station¬ 
ery, and instruments for drafting room, one million five hundred thou¬ 
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the repair of any wooden ship when the estimated cost of such repairs, 
to be appraised by a competent board of naval officers, shall exceed ten 
per centum of the estimated cost, appraised in like manner, of a new 
ship of the same size and like material: Provided further, That nothing 
herein contained shall deprive the Secretary of the Navy of the author¬ 
ity to cause the necessary repairs and preservation of the United States 
ship Hartford or to order repairs of ships damaged in foreign waters or 
on the high seas, so far as may be necessary to bring them home: Pro¬ 
vided further , That the balance of the appropriation under the Act of 
July twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, “for the repair 
of the United States ship Constitution, now lying at the Portsmouth 
Navy-Yard, in the State of New Hampshire, in order that it may be 
used as a training ship for the Naval Militia, eight thousand dollars,” 
or such part thereof as may be required, is hereby made immediately 
available for such work as may he necessary for the proper care and 
preservation of that historic vessel. 

Repairs to United States steamship Hartford: Completion of repairs 
to the United States steamship Hartford, seventy thousand dollars. 

Repairs to the United States steamship Chicago: Completion of 
repairs to the United States steamship Chicago, fifty thousand dollars. 

Steam tug for naval station, Port Royal, South Carolina: Construc¬ 
tion of one steam tug for the use of the naval station, Port Royal, South 
Carolina, fifty thousand dollars. 

Steam tug for naval station, Puget Sound, Washington: Construction 
of one steam tug for the use of the naval station, Puget Sound, Wash¬ 
ington, fifty thousand dollars. 

Steel lighter for navy-yard, New York: Construction of one steel 
lighter for use of the Bureau of Supplies and Accounts at the navy- 
yard, New York, twenty thousand dollars. 

Model tank, navy-yard, Washington, District of Columbia: Comple¬ 
tion of the model tank, to be immediately available, ninety-two thou¬ 
sand five hundred dollars. 

Civil Establishment, Bureau of Construction and Repair: 
Navy r yard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire: For one clerk to naval con¬ 
structor, at one thousand four hundred dollars; two writers, at one 
thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents each; in all, three 
thousand four hundred and thirty-four dollars and fifty cents; 

Navy-yard, Boston, Massachusetts: For one clerk to naval con¬ 
structor, at one thousand four hundred dollars; 

Navy-} 7 ard, Brooklyn, New York: For one clerk to naval constructor, 
at one thousand four'hundred dollars; three writers, at one thousand 
and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents each; in all, four thousand 
four hundred and fifty-one dollars and seventy-five cents; 

Navy-yard, League Island, Pennsylvania: For one clerk to naval 
constructor, at one thousand four hundred dollars; 

Navy-yard, Washington, District of Columbia: For one clerk to 
naval constructor, at one thousand four hundred dollars; 

Navy-yard, Norfolk, Virginia: For one clerk to naval constructor, at 
one thousand four hundred dollars; two writers, at one thousand and 
seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents each; in all, three thousand 
four hundred and thirty-four dollars and fifty cents; 

Navy-yard, Pensacola, Florida: For one writer, at one thousand and 
seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents; 

Navy-yard, Mare Island, California: For one clerk to naval con- 


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struct or, at one thousand four hundred dollars; two writers, at one 
thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty-live cents each; in all, three 
thousand four hundred and thirty-four dollars and fifty cents; 

In all, civil establishment, Bureau of Construction and Repair, nine¬ 
teen thousand nine hundred and seventy-two dollars and fifty cents; 
and no other fund appropriated by this Act shall be used in payment 
for such service. 


BUREAU OF STEAM ENGINEERING. 

Steam machinery: For completion, repairing, and preservation of 
machinery and boilers of naval vessels, including cost of new boilers; 
distilling, refrigerating, and auxiliary machinery; preservation of and 
small repairs to machinery and boilers in vessels in ordinary, receiving, 
and training vessels, repair and care of machinery of yard tugs and 
launches, four hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars: Provided , 
That no part of said sum shall be applied to the engines, boilers, and 
machinery of wooden ships where the estimated cost of such repair 
shall exceed ten per centum of the estimated cost of new engines and 
machinery of the same character and power, nor shall new boilers be 
constructed for wooden ships: Provided further, That nothing herein 
contained shall deprive the Secretary of the Navy of the authority to 
cause the necessary repairs and preservation of the United States ship 
Hartford, or to order repairs of the engines, boilers, and machinery of 
ships damaged in foreign waters or on the high seas, so far as may be 
necessary to bring them home; 

For purchase, handling, and preservation of all material and stores, 
purchase, fitting, repair, and preservation of machinery and tools in 
navy-yards and stations, and running yard engines, three hundred 
thousand dollars. 

For incidental expenses for navy vessels, yards, and the Bureau, 
such as foreign postage, telegrams, advertising, freight, photograph¬ 
ing, books, stationery, and instruments, ten thousand dollars; 

In all, steam machinery, seven hundred and thirty-five thousand 
dollars. 

Steam machinery (special): To complete new machinery and 
boilers, now building at New York Navy-Yard, for United States 
steamship Chicago, one hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars; 

To complete new machinery and boilers, now building at Mare 
Island navy^ard, for United States steamship Hartford, one hundred 
thousand dollars; 

The Secretary of the Navy is hereby authorized to transfer to the 
Enterprise the two boilers of the Galena, now at the navy-yard at 
Portsmouth, New Hampshire: Provided , That all expenses incurred 
in the installation of such boilers in the Enterprise shall be borne by 
the State of Massachusetts; 

In all, steam machinery (special), two hundred and seventy-five 
thousand dollars. 

Contingent, Bureau of Steam Engineering: For contingencies, 
drawing materials, and instruments for the drafting room, one thousand 
dollars. 

Improvement of plant, navy-yard, Mare Island, California: 
For modern machine tools for boiler shop and machine shop, fifty 
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Civil establishment, Bureau of Steam Engineering: Navy- 
yard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire: For one clerk, at one thousand 
two hundred dollars; one messenger, at six hundred dollars; in all, one 
thousand eight hundred dollars; 

Navy-yard, Brooklyn, New York: For one clerk, at one thousand 
four hundred dollars; one writer, at one thousand dollars; one mes¬ 
senger, at six hundred dollars; in all, three thousand dollars; 

Navy-yard, League Island, Pennsylvania: For one clerk, at one thou¬ 
sand two hundred dollars; 

Navy-yard, Norfolk, Virginia: For one clerk, at one thousand three 
hundred dollars; one messenger, at six hundred dollars; in all, one 
thousand nine hundred dollars; 

Navy-yard, Pensacola, Florida: For one writer, at one thousand 
dollars; 

• Navy-yard, Mare Island, California: For one clerk, at one thousand 
four hundred dollars; one messenger, at six hundred dollars; one writer, 
at one thousand dollars; in all, three thousand dollars; 

In all, civil establishment, Bureau of Steam Engineering, eleven 
thousand nine hundred dollars; and no other fund appropriated this 
Act shall be used in payment for such service. 

NAVAL ACADEMY. 

Pay of professors and others, Naval Academy: For one pro¬ 
fessor of mathematics, one of chemistry, one of physics, and one of 
English, at two thousand five hundred dollars each; five professors, 
namely, one of French and Spanish, one of English, two of French, 
and one of drawing, at two thousand two hundred dollars each; one 
assistant professor of French, at one thousand eight hundred dollars; 
one sword master, at one thousand five hundred dollars, and two 
assistants, at one thousand dollars each; one instructor in gymnastics, 
at one thousand two hundred dollars; one assistant librarian, at one 
thousand four hundred dollars; one secretary to the Naval Academy, 
at one thousand eight hundred dollars; two clerks to the Superin¬ 
tendent, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; one clerk to the 
commandant of cadets, at one thousand two hundred dollars; one clerk 
to the paymaster, at one thousand two hundred dollars; one dentist, at 
one thousand six hundred dollars; one baker, at six hundred dollars; 
one mechanic in department of physics, at seven hundred and thirty 
dollars; one cook, at three hundred and twenty-five dollars and fifty 
cents; one messenger to the Superintendent, at six hundred dollars; 
one armorer, at six hundred and forty-nine dollars and fifty T cents; one 
chief gunner’s mate, at five hundred and twenty-nine dollars and fifty 
cents; one quarter gunner, at four hundred and sixty-nine dollars and 
fifty cents; one cockswain, at four hundred and sixty-nine dollars and 
fifty cents; one seaman in the department of seamanship, at three hun¬ 
dred and ninety-seven dollars and fifty cents; one attendant in the 
department of astronomy and one in the department of physics, at 
three hundred dollars each; six attendants at recitation rooms, library, 
store, chapel, and offices, at three hundred dollars each; one band¬ 
master, at five hundred and twenty-eight dollars; twenty-one first- 
class musicians, at three hundred and forty-eight dollars each; seven 
second-class musicians, at three hundred dollars each; services of 
organist at chapel, three hundred dollars; in all, fifty-four thousand 


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five hundred and seven dollars: Provided , That the proper pay officer 
of the Navy be, and is hereby, authorized to pay the professors at the 
Naval Academy, whose compensation was affected by the Act making 
appropriations for the naval service for the fiscal year ending June 
thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, approved March second, 
eighteen hundred and ninety-five, at the rate of compensation fixed by 
that Act from July first, eighteen hundred and ninety-six. 

For special course of study and training of naval cadets, as author¬ 
ized by Act of Congress approved August fifth, eighteen hundred and 
eighty-two, three thousand dollars. 

Pay of watchmen, mechanics, and others, Naval Academy: 
For the captain of the watch and weigher, at two dollars and fifty 
cents per diem; four watchmen, at two dollars per diem each; foreman 
of gas and steam-heating works of the Acadmy, at five dollars per 
diem; for labor at gas works and steam buildings, for masons, car¬ 
penters, and other mechanics and laborers, and for care of buildings, 
grounds, wharves, and boats, thirty-seven thousand eight hundred 
and sixty-four dollars and ninety five cents; one attendant in purifying 
house of the gas house, at one dollar and fifty cents per diem; in all, 
forty-four thousand and sixty-nine dollars and ninety-five cents. 

Pay of steam employees, Naval Academy: For pay of mechanics 
and others in department of steam engineering, seven thousand eight 
hundred and twenty-four dollars and fifty cents. 

Repairs, Naval Academy: Necessary repairs of public buildings, 
pavements, wharves, and walls inclosing the grounds of the Naval 
Academy, improvements, repairs, furniture and fixtures, twenty-one 
thousand dollars; continuing the grading and improvement of the 
property condemned under Act making appropriations for the naval 
service for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and 
ninety, and the adjacent ground, and for the completion of improve¬ 
ment of the water front of the Academy, now in progress, to be imme¬ 
diately available, five thousand dollars; in all, repairs, Naval Academy, 
twenty-six thousand dollars. 

Heating and lighting, Naval Academy: Fuel, and for heating 
and lighting the Academy and school-ships, twenty thousand dollars. 

Contingent, Naval Academy: Purchase of books for the library 
(to be purchased in open market on the written order of the Superin¬ 
tendent), two thousand dollars; stationery, blank books, models, maps, 
and text-books for use of instructors, two thousand dollars; expenses 
of the Board of Visitors of the Naval Academy, including mileage, 
three thousand dollars; purchase of chemicals, apparatus, and instru¬ 
ments in the department, of physics, and for repairs of the same, two 
thousand dollars; purchase of gas and steam machinery, steam pipes 
and fittings, rent of buildings for the use of the Academy, freight, 
cartage, water, music, musical and astronomical instruments, uniforms 
for the bandsmen, telegraphing, feed and maintenance of teams, cur¬ 
rent expenses, and repairs of all kinds, and for incidental labor and 
expenses not applicable to any other appropriation, thirty-two thousand 
dollars; stores in the departments of steam engineering, eight hundred 
dollars; materials for repairs in steam machinery, one thousand dollars; 
for contingencies for the Superintendent of the Academy, to be expended 
in his discretion, one thousand dollars; in all, forty-three thousand 
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MARINE CORPS. 

Pay, Marine Corps: For pay of officers on the active list: For one 
colonel commandant, one colonel, two lieutenant-colonels, one adjutant 
and inspector, one paymaster, one quartermaster, four majors, two 
assistant quartermasters, twenty captains, thirty first lieutenants, and 
thirteen second lieutenants, one hundred and eighty thousand eight 
hundred and sixty dollars. 

Pay of officers on the retired list: For two colonels, three lieutenant- 
colonels, one adjutant and inspector, nine captains, two first lieutenants, 
and three second lieutenants, forty-two thousand eight hundred and 
thirty-two dollars and fifty cents. 

Pay of noncommissioned officers, musicians, and privates: For one 
sergeant-major, one quartermaster-sergeant, one leader of the band, one 
drum-major, fifty first sergeants, one hundred and fifty sergeants, two 
hundred and twenty corporals, thirty musicians, one hundred and twenty 
drummers and lifers, and two thousand and twenty-six privates, and for 
the expenses of clerks of the United States Marine Corps traveling 
under orders, four hundred and fifty-six thousand four hundred and 
seven dollars and sixty-seven cents. 

Pay and allowance for retired enlisted men: For one sergeant-major, 
two drum-majors, four first-class musicians, twelve first sergeants, 
twenty sergeants, four corporals, one drummer, two lifers, and forty- 
five privates, and for those who may be retired during the year, thirty- 
one thousand four hundred and three dollars and eighty cents. 

Undrawn clothing: For payment to discharged soldiers for clothing 
undrawn, twenty-three thousand dollars: Provided , That no other 
fund appropriated by this Act shall be used for such purpose. 

Mileage: For mileage of officers traveling under orders without 
troops, eight thousand dollars. 

For commutation of quarters to officers on dutj- without troops 
where there are no public quarters, four thousand dollars. 

Pay of civil force: In the office of the colonel commandant: For 
one chief clerk, at one thousand five hundred and forty dollars and 
eighty cents; one messenger, at nine hundred and seventy-one dollars 
and twenty-eight cents; 

In the office of the adjutant and inspector: One chief clerk, at one 
thousand five hundred and forty dollars and eighty cents; one clerk, at 
one thousand four hundred and ninety-six dollars and fifty-two cents; 

In the office of the paymaster: One chief clerk, at one thousand six 
hundred dollars; one clerk, at one thousand four hundred and ninety- 
six dollars and fifty-two cents; one clerk, at one thousand two hundred 
and fifty-seven dollars and twelve cents; 

In the office of the quartermaster: One chief clerk, at one thousand 
five hundred and forty dollars and eighty cents; one clerk, at one thou¬ 
sand four hundred and ninety-six dollars and fifty-two cents; one clerk, 
at one thousand two hundred and fifty-seven dollars and twelve cents; 

In the office of the assistant quartermaster, Philadelphia, Pennsyl¬ 
vania: One clerk, at one thousand four hundred dollars; one messen¬ 
ger, at one dollar and seventy-five cents per diem; 

In the office of the assistant quartermaster, Washington, District of 
Columbia, or San Francisco, California: One clerk, at one thousand 
four hundred dollars; 

In all, for pay of civil force, seventeen thousand six hundred and 
thirty-six dollars and twenty-three cents; and the money herein specif- 

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ically appropriated for pay of the Marine Corps shall be disbursed and 
accounted for in accordance with existing law as pay of the Marine 
Corps, and for that purpose shall constitute one fund. 

Provisions, Marine Corps: For one thousand five hundred non¬ 
commissioned officers, musicians, and privates, and for commutation of 
rations to twelve enlisted men detailed as clerks and messengers; also 
for payment of board and lodging of recruiting parties, said payment 
for board not to exceed two thousand five hundred dollars, one hundred 
thousand dollars; and no law shall be construed to entitle marines on 
shore duty to any rations or commutation therefor other than such as 
now are or may hereafter be allowed to enlisted men in the Army. 

Clothing, Marine Corps: For two thousand six hundred non¬ 
commissioned officers, musicians, and privates, ninety-seven thousand 
two hundred and fifty^-five dollars. 

Fuel, Marine Corps: For heating barracks and quarters, for 
ranges and stoves for cooking, fuel for enlisted men, for sales to officers, 
maintaining electric lights, and for hot-air closets, nineteen thousand 
five hundred dollars. 

Military stores, Marine Corps: For pay of chief armorer, at 
three dollars per day; three mechanics, at two dollars and fifty cents 
each per day; for purchase of military equipments, such as cartridge 
boxes, bayonet scabbards, haversacks, blanket bags, knapsacks, can¬ 
teens, musket slings, swords, drums, trumpets, flags, waist belts, waist 
plates, cartridge belts, sashes for officer of the day, spare parts for 
repairing muskets, purchase of ammunition, and purchase and repair of 
instruments for band, purchase of music and musical accessories, med¬ 
als for excellence in gunnery and rifle practice, good-conduct badges, 
incidental expenses in connection with the school of application, signal 
equipment and stores, binocular glasses, for the establishment and 
maintenance of targets and ranges, for hiring established ranges, and 
for procuring, preserving, and handling ammunition, ten thousand dol¬ 
lars; in all, thirteen thousand two hundred and ninety-seven dollars. 

Transportation and recruiting, Marine Corps: For transporta¬ 
tion of troops, including ferriage, and the expense of recruiting service, 
fifteen thousand dollars: Provided , That the provisions of the clause 
contained in the Act of Congress approved March third, eighteen hun¬ 
dred and sevent}^-nine, authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to 
make such entries upon the books of the Department as will carry to the 
credit of certain railroad companies named in said Act amounts earned 
or to be earned by them during each fiscal year on account of trans¬ 
portation of the Army and transportation of the mails be, and the same 
are hereby, extended and made applicable to the transportation of the 
Navy and the Marine Corps. 

For repairs of barracks, Marine Corps: At Portsmouth, New 
Hampshire; Boston, Massachusetts; Newport, Rhode Island; Brook 
lyn, New York; League Island, Pennsylvania; Annapolis, Maryland; 
headquarters and navy-yard, District of Columbia; Norfolk, Virginia; 
Pensacola, Florida; Mare Island, California; Port Orchard, Washing¬ 
ton; Port Royal, South Carolina; and Sitka ; Alaska; and per diem for 
enlisted men employed under the direction of the Quartermaster’s 
Department on the repair of barracks and other public buildings, ten 
thousand dollars. 

For rent of building used for manufacture of clothing, storing sup¬ 
plies, and office of assistant quartermaster, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 
two thousand dollars. 


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. For raising the marine barracks, Boston, Massachusetts, an addi¬ 
tional story, three thousand one hundred dollars. 

For the erection of officers’ quarters at the marrine barracks, nava] 
station, Port RojtiI, South Carolina, two thousand five hundred dollars. 

For alteration and repair of marine barracks and other public build¬ 
ings, relaying walks and flagging at navy-yard, Brooklyn, New York, 
ten thousand dollars. 

For the erection of a building for marine barracks, naval station, Port 
Orchard, Washington, ten thousand dollars. 

For quarters for officers at naval station, Port Orchard, Washington, 
five thousand dollars. 

For stumping, grading, and grubbing for a parade ground, naval 
station, Port Orchard, Washington, three thousand dollars. 

Forage, Marine Corps: For forage in kind for five horses of the 
Quartermaster’s Department, and the authorized number of officers’ 
horses, three thousand dollars. 

Hire of quarters, Marine Corps: For hire of quarters for offi¬ 
cers serving with troops where there are no public quarters belonging 
to the Government, and where there are not sufficient quarters pos¬ 
sessed by the United States to accommodate them, four thousand five 
hundred dollars; for hire of quarters for seven enlisted men employed 
as clerks and messengers in commandant’s, adjutant and inspector’s, 
paymaster’s, and quartermaster’s offices, Washington, District of 
Columbia, and for the leader of the Marine Band, and for assistant 
quartermaster’s office, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at twenty-one dol¬ 
lars per month each, two thousand and sixteen dollars; for hire of 
quarters for four enlisted men employed as above, at ten dollars each 
per month, four hundred and eighty dollars; in all, six thousand nine 
hundred and ninety-six dollars. 

Contingent, Marine Corps: For freight, tolls, cartage, advertising, 
washing of bed sacks, mattress covers, pillowcases, towels, and sheets, 
funeral expenses of marines, stationery and other paper, telegraphing, 
rent of telephones, purchase and repair of typewriters, apprehension of 
stragglers and deserters, per diem of enlisted men employed on con¬ 
stant labor for a period not less than ten da} 7 s, repair of gas and water 
fixtures, office and barracks furniture; mess utensils for enlisted men, 
such as bowls, plates, spoons, knives, forks; packing boxes, wrap¬ 
ping paper, oilcloth, crash, rope, twine, camphor and carbolized paper, 
carpenters’ tools, tools for police purposes, iron safes, purchase and 
repair of public wagons, purchase and repair of harness, purchase of 
public horses, services of veterinary surgeons and medicines for public 
horses, purchase and repair of hose, repair of fire extinguishers, pur¬ 
chase of fire hand grenades, purchase and repair of carts, wheelbarrows, 
and lawn mowers; purchase and repair of cooking stoves, ranges, stoves, 
and furnaces where there are no grates; purchase of ice, towels, and 
soap for offices; postage stamps for foreign postage; purchase of books, 
newspapers, ana periodicals; improving parade grounds, repair of 
pumps and wharves, laying drain, water, and gas pipes, water, intro¬ 
ducing gas, and for gas, gas oil, and introduction and maintenance of 
electric lights; straw for bedding, mattresses, mattress covers, pillows; 
wire bunk bottoms for enlisted men at the various posts; furniture for 
Government houses and repair of same, and for all emergencies and 
extraordinary expenses arising at home and abroad, but impossible to 
anticipate or classify; thirty-three thousand seven hundred dollars. 


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INCREASE OF THE NAVY. 

That for the purpose of further increasing the naval establishment 
of the United States, the President is hereby authorized to have con¬ 
structed by contract not more than three torpedo boats, to have a speed 
of not less than thirty knots, to cost in all not exceeding eight hundred 
thousand dollars. And not more than two of said torpedo boats shall 
be built in one yard or by one contracting party, and in each case the 
contract shall be awarded by the Secretary of the Navy to the lowest 
best responsible bidder. And in the construction of said torpedo boats 
all the provisions of the Act of August third, eighteen hundred and 
eighty-six, entitled “An Act to increase the naval establishment,” as to 
materials for said vessels, their engines, boilers, and machinery, the con¬ 
tracts under which they are built, except as to premiums, which are not 
to be offered, the notice of proposals for the same, the plans, drawings, 
and specifications therefor, and the method of executing said contracts, 
shall be observed and followed, and said vessels shall be built in com¬ 
pliance with the terms of said Act, and in all their parts shall be of 
domestic manufacture. 

Construction and machinery: On account of the hulls and outfits 
of vessels and steam machinery of vessels heretofore authorized, and 
authorized under this Act, six million four hundred and twenty-five 
thousand three hundred and fifty-nine dollars. 

Armor and armament: Toward the armament and armor of domes¬ 
tic manufacture for the vessels authorized by the Act of August third, 
eighteen hundred and eight} T -six; of those authorized b}^ the Act of 
J uly nineteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two; of the vessels author¬ 
ized by the Act of March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-three; of 
the three torpedo boats, Act of July twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred 
and ninety-four, and the torpedo boats authorized under this Act; of 
the vessels authorized under the Act of March second, eighteen hun¬ 
dred and ninety five, of the vessels authorized by the Act of June tenth, 
eighteen hundred and ninety-six, seven million two hundred and twenty 
thousand seven hundred and ninet} T -six dollars, to be immediately avail¬ 
able: Provided , That the total cost of the armor, according to the plans 
and specifications already prepared, for the three battle ships authorized 
by the Act of June tenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, shall not 
exceed two million four hundred and seven thousand five hundred dol¬ 
lars, exclusive of the cost of transportation, ballistic test plates, and 
tests, and no contract for armor plate shall be made at an average rate 
to exceed three hundred dollars per ton of two thousand two hundred 
and forty pounds: And provided further. That the Secretary of the Navy 
is authorized, in his discretion, to contract with either or all of the 
builders of the hulls and machinery of those vessels, or with any one 
or more bidders, for the furnishing of the entire amount of said armor 
at a cost not exceeding the aforesaid three hundred dollars per ton, if 
he shall deem it for the best interest of the Government. 

Equipment: Toward the completion of the equipment outfit of the 
new vessels heretofore authorized by Congress, one hundred and sixty- 
two thousand six hundred and twenty-eight dollars, of which sum thirty 
thousand dollars to be immediately available. 

Training vessel for Naval Academy: For one composite vessel, 
propelled by steam and sail, to be used for the training of cadets at 
the Naval Academy, including outfit, two hundred and fifty thousand 
dollars. 

Approved, March 3, 1897. 


FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION MAY 4, 1898. 

[Public— No. 76.] 

An Act Making appropriations for the naval service for the fiscal 
year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, and for other purposes. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled , That the following sums be, 
and they are hereby, appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the 
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the naval service of the Gov¬ 
ernment for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and 
ninety-nine, and for other purposes: 

PAY OF THE NAVY. 

For the pay of officers on sea duty; officers on shore and other duty; 
officers on waiting orders; officers on the retired list; clerks to com¬ 
mandants of yards and stations; clerks to paymasters at yards and 
stations; general storekeepers; receiving ships and other vessels; 
extra pay to men reenlisting under honorable discharge; interest on 
deposits by men; pay of twelve thousand seven hundred and fifty 
petty officers, seamen, landsmen, and boys, including men in the engi¬ 
neers’ force and for the Coast Survey Service and Fish Commission, and 
of one thousand boys under training at training stations and on board 
training ships, and for men detailed for duty with naval militia at the 
pa} 7 prescribed by law, nine million one hundred and twenty-five thou¬ 
sand four hundred and sixty dollars. And whenever, within the next 
twelve months, an exigency may exist which, in the judgment of the 
President, renders their services nesessary, he is hereby authorized to 
appoint from civil life and commission such officers of the line and 
staff, not above the rank or relative rank of commander, and warrant 
officers including warrant machinists, and such officers of the Marine 
Corps not above the rank of captain, to be appointed from the non-com¬ 
missioned officers of the Corps and from civil life, as may be requisite: 
Provided , That such officers shall serve only during the continuance 
of the exigency under which their services are required in the existing 
war: And provided further , That such officers so appointed shall be 
assigned to duty with rank and pay of the grades established by 
existing law; and warrant machinists shall be paid at the rate of one 
thousand two hundred dollars per annum. 

To enable the Secretary of the Navy to enlist, at any time after the 
passage of this Act, as many additional seamen, landsmen, and boys 
as he may deem necessary to man the ships of the Navy, or in use by 
the Navy, as a temporary force therefor during the existing war, and 
for pay 'of the same and of the temporary additional officers and war¬ 
rant machinists hereinbefore authorized, eight million eight hundred 
and thirty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary; 
and to enable the Secretary of the Navy to enlist, at any time after the 
passage of this Act, the following additional force for the Marine Corps 
as a temporary force during the existing war, namely, not more than 
sixty gunnery sergeants with rank of first sergeants, not more than 
eighty corporals, and not more than one thousand five hundred privates, 

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and for pay of the same, including the temporary additional officers 
hereinbefore authorized, and for provisions, clothing, fuel, military 
stores, transportation and recruiting, and for contingent expenses, on 
account of said additional force, five hundred and sixty-seven thousand 
nine hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. 

PAY, MISCELLANEOUS. 

For commissions and interest; transportation of funds; exchange; 
mileage to officers while traveling under orders in the United States, 
and for actual personal expenses of officers while traveling abroad 
under orders, and for traveling expenses of apothecaries, yeomen, and 
civilian employees, and for actual and necessary traveling expenses of 
naval cadets while proceeding from their homes to the Naval Acadenrc 
for examination and appointment as cadets; for rent and furniture of 
buildings and offices not in navy-yards; expenses of courts-martial, 
prisoners and prisons, and courts of inquiry, boards of inspection, 
examining boards, with clerks, and witnesses’ fees, and traveling 
expenses and costs; stationery and recording; expenses of purchasing- 
paymasters’ offices of the various cities, including clerks, furniture, fuel, 
stationeiy, and incidental expenses; newspapers and advertising; for¬ 
eign postage; telegraphing, foreign and domestic; telephones; copying; 
care of library, including the purchase of books, photographs, prints, 
manuscripts, and periodicals; ferriage, tolls, and express fees; costs of 
suits; commissions, warrants, diplomas, and discharges; relief of ves¬ 
sels in distress; canal tolls and pilotage; recovery of valuables from 
shipwrecks; quarantine expenses; reports; professional investigation; 
cost of special instruction, at home or abroad, in maintenance of stu¬ 
dents and attaches and information from abroad, and the collection and 
classification thereof, and other necessary and incidental expenses, 
three hundred thousand dollars. 

Contingent, Navy: For all emergencies and extraordinary expenses 
arising at home or abroad, but impossible to be anticipated or classi¬ 
fied, exclusive of personal services in the Navy Department, or any of 
its subordinate bureaus or offices, at Washington, District of Columbia, 
seven thousand dollars. 

BUREAU OF NAVIGATION. 

Transportation, recruiting, and contingent: For expenses of 
recruiting for the naval service; rent of rendezvous and expenses of 
maintaining the same; advertising for men and boys, and all other 
expenses attending the recruiting for the naval service, and for the 
transportation of enlisted men and boys at home and abroad; for heat¬ 
ing apparatus for receiving and training ships, and extra expenses 
thereof; for freight, telegraphing on public business, postage on letters 
sent abroad, ferriage, ice, apprehension of deserters and stragglers, 
continuous-service certificates, discharges, good-conduct badges, and 
medals for boys, schoolbooks for training ships, packing boxes and 
materials, and other contingent expenses and emergencies arising 
under cognizance of the Bureau of Navigation, unforeseen, and impos¬ 
sible to classify, forty-five thousand dollars. 

Gunnery exercises: For prizes for excellence in gunnerv exer¬ 
cises and target practice; diagrams and reports of target practice; for 
the establishment and maintenance of targets and ranges, for hiring 
established ranges, and for transporting to and from ranges, six thou¬ 
sand dollars. 


NAVAL APPROPRIATION LAWS. 


261 


Ocean and lake surveys: For ocean and lake surveys; the pub¬ 
lication and care of the results thereof; the purchase of nautical books, 
charts, and sailing directions, and freight and express charges on same; 
preparing and engraving on copper plates the surveys of the Mexican 
coasts, and the publication of a series of charts of the coasts of Cen¬ 
tral and South America, fourteen thousand dollars. 

Outfits for naval apprentices: For bounties for outfits of seven 
hundred and fifty naval apprentices, at forty-five dollars each, thirty- 
three thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars. 

Naval station, Newport, Rhode Island: For maintenance of 
office of commandant; fuel, stationery, books, furniture, freight, and 
other contingent expenses, one thousand dollars. 

Naval Training Station, Coasters Harbor Island, Rhode 
Island (for apprentices): For dredging channels, repairs to main 
causeway, roads, and grounds, extending sea wall, and the employment 
of such iabor as may be necessary for the proper care and preservation 
of the same; for repairs to wharf and sea wall; for repairs and improve¬ 
ments to buildings, heating, lighting, and furniture for same; books 
and stationery, freight and other contingent expenses; purchase of food 
and maintenance of live stock, and mail wagon, and attendance on 
same; and purchase of fresh water, thirty thousand dollars. 

Naval Training Station, Yerba Buena Island, California (for 
apprentices): Toward the erection of buildings for the naval training 
station and for the construction of a wharf and bulkhead for approach 
to the same on Yerba Buena Island (Goat Island), California, fifty 
thousand dollars, said improvements to cost complete not more than 
one hundred thousand dollars. 

Naval War College and Torpedo School, Coasters Harbor 
Island, Rhode Island: For maintenance of the Naval War College 
and Torpedo School on Coasters Harbor Island, and care of grounds 
for same, including one draftsman, at one thousand two hundred dol¬ 
lars per year, nine thousand two hundred dollars. 

To continue strengthening of walls already begun and to build parti¬ 
tion walls through building, ten thousand dollars: Provided , That prior 
to the expenditure of any part of this appropriation for the repairs 
stated, the Secretary of the Navy shall cause a thorough examination 
of the present condition of the War College building by competent pro¬ 
fessional experts in architecture and bui lding, who shall report to him 
their opinion of the adequacy of the original designs and of the fulfill¬ 
ment of the terms of the contract, and their recommendations as to the 
work necessary to insure the safety and usefulness of the building; and 
the necessary expense of such examination shall be paid out of this 
appropriation; 

In all, Naval War College and Torpedo School, nineteen thousand 
two hundred dollars. 

BUREAU OF ORDNANCE. 

Ordnance and ordnance stores: For procuring, producing, pre¬ 
serving, and handling ordnance material; for the armament of ships; 
for fuel, material, and labor to be used in the general work of the Ord¬ 
nance Department; for watchmen at magazines; for furniture at mag¬ 
azines, at the ordnance dock, New York, and at the naval proving 
ground; for the maintenance of the proving ground, and for target 
practice, three hundred thousand dollars. 

For repairing and improving the telephone line connecting the Navy 


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Department and Washington Navy-Yard with the naval proving ground 
at Indian Head, to be immediately available, ten thousand dollars. 

Reserve supply of ammunition, live hundred thousand dollars. 

Purchase and erection of new and improved machinery for the shops 
of the gun plant at the Washington Navy-Yard, thirty-six thousand 
dollars. 

Capping, filling, and fusing armor-piercing shell now on hand, 
forty-live thousand dollars. 

Conversion of ordinary six-inch guns to rapid fire, twenty-five 
thousand dollars. 

Modern battery for the Chicago, fifty thousand dollars. 

Smokeless powder: For the purchase and manufacture of smoke¬ 
less powder, two hundred and fifty thousand dollars. 

Reserve guns for auxiliary cruisers: Toward the armament of 
modern guns for auxiliary cruisers mentioned in the Act approved 
March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, and in section four of 
the Act approved May tenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, two 
hundred and fifty thousand dollars: Provided , That the Secretary of 
the Navy ma} T , in his discretion, purchase by contract all or any part 
of such guns. 

Smokeless-pow t der factory: For the erection of buildings on Gov¬ 
ernment ground for the manufacture of smokeless powder, with the 
necessary machinery and equipment, ninety-three thousand seven hun¬ 
dred and twenty-seven dollars. 

Torpedo station, Newport, RhoUe Island: For labor, material, 
freight, and express charges; general care of and repairs to grounds, 
buildings,and wharves; boats, instruction, instruments, tools, furniture, 
experiments, and general torpedo outfits, sixty-five thousand dollars; 

Enlarging storehouse, improvements and repairs to seaman gunners’ 
quarters, and providing more adequate accommodations for the increas¬ 
ing number of torpedo boats sent to the station for outfits and torpedo 
work, ten thousand five hundred dollars; in all, torpedo station, ninety- 
seven thousand five hundred dollars. 

Fitting Fort Lafayette as magazine: For the necessary im¬ 
provements and fittings at Fort Lafajette, New Y T ork Harbor, to render 
same suitable for the storage, handling, and distribution of ammuni¬ 
tion for the naval service, fifteen thousand dollars; and the Secretary 
of the Navy is hereby authorized and directed to appoint a board of 
officers to ascertain whether a suitable site for a naval magazine can 
be obtained at or near the port of New YY>rk, and to make report 
thereon to the next session of Congress. 

Naval Magazine, Fort Mifflin, Pennsylvania: For additional 
magazine, fixed ammunition house, two gun-cotton houses, fire plant, 
tramway, two filling houses, remodeling old building for watchmens’ 
quarters, cistern, converting old gunners’house into storehouse, light¬ 
ning conductors, with the necessary fittings to same, at the naval mag¬ 
azine, Fort Mifflin, Pennsylvania, forty-five thousand dollars. 

Reserve torpedoes and appliances: Reserve torpedoes and tor¬ 
pedo appliances, two hundred and fifty thousand dollars. 

Experiments with armor-piercing, projectiles: For conducting 
experiments in firing armor-piercing projectiles charged with high 
explosives under service conditions from naval guns at high velocities, 
and for the purpose of determing whether the destructive effect of 
shells so charged is greater than that of similar shells charged with 
gunpowder, and whether they can be placed on board naval vessels on 


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the same footing as shells loaded with gunpower, twenty-five thousand 
dollars. 

Repairs, Bureau of Ordnance: For necessary repairs to ordnance 
buildings, magazines, gun parks, boats, lighters, wharves, machinery, 
and other objects of the like character, thirty thousand dollars. 

Arming and equipping Naval Militia: For arms, accouterments, 
signal outfits, boats and their equipments, and the printing of the neces¬ 
sary books of instruction for the Naval Militia of the various States, 
under such regulations as the Secretary of the Navy may prescribe, 
sixty thousand dollars. And the Secretary of the Navy is hereby 
authorized and empowered to use any part of the share of moneys here¬ 
tofore or herein appropriated for arming or equipping the Naval Militia 
forces of the State of Michigan in repairing the damage to the Yantic 
caused by a collision during her transportation from the Boston Navy- 
Yard to Michigan, as he, the Secretary, may deem proper and advisable. 

Contingent, Bureau of Ordnance: For miscellaneous items, 
namely: Freight to foreign and home stations, advertising, cartage, and 
express charges, repairs to fire engines, gas and water pipes, gas and 
water tax at magazines, tolls, ferriage, foreign postage, and telegrams 
to and from the Bureau, technical books, and incidental expenses 
attending inspections of ordnance material, eight thousand dollars. 

Civil establishment, Bureau of Ordnance: For the civil estab¬ 
lishment under the Bureau of Ordnance, namely: 

Navy-yard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire: For one writer, when 
required, five hundred dollars; 

Navy-yard, Boston, Massachusetts: For one writer, when required, 
five hundred dollars; 

Navy-yard, New York: For one clerk, at one thousand four hundred 
dollars; 

Navy-yard, Washington, District of Columbia: For one chemist, at 
two thousand five hundred dollars;, one clerk, at one thousand six 
hundred dollars; one clerk, at one thousand two hundred dollars; two 
writers, at one thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents 
each; one draftsman, at one thousand eight hundred dollars; three 
draftsmen, at one thousand and eighty-one dollars each; one assistant 
draftsman, at seven hundred and seventy-two dollars; two foremen, at 
one thousand five hundred dollars each; two copyists, at seven hundred 
and twenty dollars each; one telegraph operator and copyist, at nine 
hundred dollars; in all, eighteen thousand four hundred and eighty- 
nine dollars and fifty cents; 

Navy-yard, Norfolk, Virginia; For one clerk, at one thousand two 
hundred dollars; 

Navy-yard, Mare Island, California; For one writer, at one thousand 
and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents; 

Naval ordnance proving ground: For one writer, at one thousand 
and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents; 

Naval Torpedo Station, Newport, Rhode Island: For one chemist, at 
two thousand five hundred dollars; one clerk, at one thousand two 
hundred dollars; one draftsman, at one thousand five hundred dollars; 
in all, five thousand two hundred dollars; 

In all, civil establishment, Bureau of Ordnance, twent^y-nine thou¬ 
sand three hundred and twent}^-four dollars; and no other fund appro¬ 
priated by this Act shall be used in payment for such service. 

That a line officer of the Navy may be’detailed temporarily as assist¬ 
ant to the Chief of the Bureau of Ordnance in the Navy Department, 


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and that such officer during’ such detail shall receive the highest pa}" of 
his grade, and in the case of the death, resignation, absence, or sick¬ 
ness of the chief of the bureau shall, unless otherwise directed by the 
President, as provided by sections one and seventy-nine of the Revised 
Statutes, perform the duties of such chief until his successor is ap¬ 
pointed or such absence or sickness shall cease, provided that, in case of 
the death, sickness, or absence on duty of the chief of the bureau and 
the assistant thereto, the chief clerk shall act as chief of the bureau. 

The Secretary of the Navy is hereby directed to report to Congress 
a suitable design for a statue of David D. Porter, to be erected in the 
city of Washington, and the reasonable cost thereof. 

BUREAU OF EQUIPMENT. 

Equipment of vessels: For purchase of coal for steamers’ and 
ships’ use, including expenses of transportation, storage, and handling 
the same; hemp, wire, iron, and other materials for the manufacture of 
cordage, anchors, cables, galleys, and chains; canvas for the manufac¬ 
ture of sails, awnings, hammocks, and other work; water for steaming 
purposes; stationery for commanding and navigating officers of ships, 
equipment officers on shore and afloat, and for the use of courts-martial 
on board ship, and for the purchase of all other articles of equipment 
at home and abroad, and for the payment of labor in equipping vessels 
and manufacture of equipment articles in the several navy-yards; foreign 
and local pilotage and towage of ships of war; services and materials 
in repairing, correcting, adjusting, and testing compasses on shore and 
on board ship; nautical and astronomical instruments, and repairs to 
same; libraries for ships of war; professional books and papers, and 
drawings and engravings for signal books; naval signals and apparatus, 
namely, signals, lights, lanterns, rockets, running lights, compass fit¬ 
tings, including binnacles, tripods, and other appendages of ships’ com¬ 
passes; logs and other appliances for measuring the ship’s way, and 
leads and other appliances for sounding; lanterns and lamps, and their 
appendages, for general use on board ship, for illuminating purposes, 
and oil and candles used in connection therewith; bunting and other 
materials for making and repairing flags of all kinds; photographic 
instruments and materials; musical instruments and music; and install 
ing and maintaining electric lights and interior signal communications 
on board vessels of war, one million four hundred and eighty-three 
thousand six hundred and fifty-three dollars and forty cents; and the 
Hydrographic Office shall hereafter be attached to and be a part of 
the Bureau of Equipment. 

For one steam water-boat for use at the Norfolk Navy-Yard, six 
thousand dollars. 

Civil establishment, Bureau of Equipment: Navy-yard, Ports¬ 
mouth, New Hampshire: For one clerk, at one thousand dollars; 

Navy yard, Boston, Massachusetts: For one superintendent of rope- 
walk, at one thousand eight hundred and seventy-five dollars; one 
clerk, at one thousand four hundred dollars; one clerk, at one thousand 
three hundred dollars; one writer, at nine hundred and fifty dollars; 
in all, five thousand five hundred and twenty-five dollars; 

Navy-yard, New York: For one clerk, at one thousand four hundred 
dollars; one clerk, at one thousand two hundred dollars; in all, two 
thousand six hundred dollars; 

Navy-yard, League Island, Pennsylvania: For one clerk, at one 
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Navy-yard, Norfolk, Virginia: For two clerks, at one thousand two 
hundred dollars each; two thousand four hundred dollars; 

Navy-yard, Mare Island, California: For one clerk, at one thousand 
two hundred dollars; 

Navy-yard, Washington, District of Columbia: For one clerk, at one 
thousand six hundred dollars, who shall also perform the clerical duties 
for the board of labor employment at said navy-yard; 

In all, civil establishment, Bureau of Equipment, fifteen thousand 
five hundred and twenty-five dollars; and no other fund appropriated 
by this Act shall be used in payment for such service. 

Contingent, Bureau of Equipment: For freight and transporta¬ 
tion of equipment stores, packing boxes and materials, printing, adver¬ 
tising, telegraphing, books, and models; stationery for the Bureau; 
furniture for equipment offices in navy-yards; postage on letters sent 
abroad; ferriage, ice, lighterage of ashes, and emergencies arising 
under cognizance of the Bureau of Equipment unforeseen and impossi¬ 
ble to classify, fifteen thousand dollars. 

Depots for Coal: To enable the Secretary of the Navy to execute 
the provisions of section fifteen hundred and fifty-two of the Revised 
Statutes authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to establish, at such 
places as he ma} r deem necessary, suitable depots of coal, and other 
fuel, for the supply of steamships of war, two hundred and fifty thou¬ 
sand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. 

BUREAU OF YARDS AND DOCKS. 

Maintenance of yards and docks: For general maintenance of 
yards and docks, namely: For freight, transportation of materials and 
stores; books, maps, models, and drawing; purchase and repair of fire 
engines; machinery; repairs on steam fire engines and attendance on 
the same; purchase and maintenance of oxen, horses, and driving teams; 
carts, timber-wheels, and all vehicles for use in the navy-yards; tools 
and repairs of the same; postage on letters and other mailable matter 
on public service sent to foreign countries, and telegrams; stationery; 
furniture for Government houses and offices in navy-yards; coal and 
other fuel, candles, oil, and gas; cleaning and clearing up yards and 
care of buildings; attendance on fires, lights, fire engines, and appa¬ 
ratus; incidental labor at navy-yards; water-tax, tolls, and ferriage; 
rent of four officers' quarters at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; pay of 
watchmen in navy-yards; awnings and packing boxes, and advertising 
for yards and docks and other purposes; and for rent of wharf and 
storehouse at Erie, Pennsylvania, for use and accommodation of United 
States steamer Michigan, three hundred thousand dollars. 

Contingent, Bureau of Yards and Docks: For contingent 
expenses that may arise at navy-yards and stations, twenty thousand 
dollars; 

Civil establishment, Bureau of Yards and Docks: Navy- 
yard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire: For one clerk, at one thousand four 
hundred dollars; one mail messenger, at two dollars per diem, including 
Sundays; one messenger, at six hundred dollars; one foreman laborer and 
head teamster, at four dollars per diem, including Sundays; one janitor, 
at six hundred dollars; one pilot, at three dollars per diem, including 
Sundays; in all, five thousand eight hundred and eighty-five dollars; 

Navy-yard, Boston, Massachusetts: For one clerk, at one thousand 
four hundred dollars; one foreman laborer, at four dollars per diem; 
one messenger to commandant, at one dollar and seventy-six cents per 


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diem; one messenger, at one dollar and seventy-six cents per diem; 
one mail messenger, at two dollars per diem, including Sundays; one 
writer, at nine hundred dollars; one master of tugs, at one thousand 
two hundred dollars; in all, six thousand five hundred and eighty-three 
dollars and seventy-six cents; 

Navy-yard, Brooklyn, New York: For one clerk, at one thousand four 
hundred dollars; one writer, at one thousand and seventeen dollars and 
twenty-five cents; one yard pilot, two thousand dollars; two masters of 
tugs, at one thousand five hundred dollars each; two writers, at nine 
hundred dollars each; one foreman laborer, at four dollars and fifty 
cents per diem; one mail messenger, at two dollars per diem, including 
Sundays; two messengers, at two dollars and twenty-five cents per diem 
each; one draftsman, at five dollars per diem; one quarterman, at three 
dollars per diem; one superintendent of teams or quarterman, at four 
dollars per diem; one messenger to commandant, at two dollars and 
twenty-five cents per diem, including Sundays; one electrician, at one 
thousand two hundred dollars; in all, eighteen thousand five hundred 
and forty-one dollars and fifty cents; 

Naval station, Sacketts Harbor, New York: For one ship keeper, at 
three hundred and sixty-five dollars per annum; 

Nav} T -yard, League Island, Pennsylvania: For one clerk, at one 
thousand four hundred dollars; one writer and telegraph operator, at 
one thousand dollars; one messenger, at two dollars per diem; one 
foreman laborer, at four dollars per diem; one master of tugs, at one 
thousand two hundred dollars; in all, five thousand four hundred and 
seventy-eight dollars; 

Navy-yard, Washington, District of Columbia: For one clerk, at 
one thousand four hundred dollars; one messenger, at two dollars per 
diem; one foreman laborer, at four dollars per diem; one electrician, 
one thousand two hundred dollars; in all, four thousand four hundred 
and seventy-eight dollars; 

Navy-yard, Norfolk, Virginia: For one clerk, at one thousand four 
hundred dollars; one writer, at one thousand and seventeen dollars and 
twenty-five cents; one writer, at one thousand dollars; one foreman 
laborer, at four dollars per diem; one electrician, one thousand two 
hundred dollars; one mail messenger, at two dollars per diem, includ¬ 
ing Sundays; two messengers, at two dollars per diem each; one pilot, 
at two dollars and twenty-six cents per diem; in all, eight thousand 
five hundred and fift 3 ^-eight dollars and sixty-three cents; 

Navy-yard, Pensacola, Florida: For one clerk, at one thousand two 
hundred dollars; one mail messenger, at two dollars per diem, includ¬ 
ing Sundays; in all, one thousand nine hundred and thirty dollars; 

Navy-yard, Mare Island, California: For one clerk, at one thousand 
four hundred dollars; one writer, at one thousand and seventeen dol¬ 
lars and twenty-five cents; one foreman mason, at six dollars per diem; 
one foreman laborer, at five dollars and fifty cents per diem; one pilot, 
at four dollars and eighty cents per diem; one draftsman, at live dollars 
per diem; one mail messenger, at two dollars per diem, including Sun¬ 
days; one messenger, at two dollars per diem; one messenger and 
lamplighter, at two dollars per diem; one electrician, one thousand two 
hundred dollars; in all, twelve thousand two hundred and sixty-six 
dollars and fifteen cents; 

Naval station, Key West, Florida: For one mail messenger, at six 
hundred dollars; 

Naval station, Puget Sound, Washington: One clerk, at one thousand 


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two hundred dollars; one rodman inspector, at three dollars and fifty 
cents per diem; one messenger and janitor, at one dollar and seventy- 
six cents per diem, including Sundays; one master of tugs, one thousand 
two hundred dollars; in all, four thousand one hundred and thirty- 
seven dollars and ninety cents; 

Naval station, Port Royal, South Carolina: One clerk, at one thousand 
two hundred dollars; one rodman and inspector, at three dollars per 
diem; one messenger and janitor, at one dollar and fifty cents per diem, 
including Sundays; one master of tugs, one thousand two hundred 
dollars; in all, three thousand eight hundred and eighty-six dollars and 
fifty cents; 

In all, civil establishment, Bureau of Yards and Docks, seventy-two 
thousand seven hnndred and ten dollars and forty-four cents; and no 
other fund appropriated by this Act shall be used in payment for such 
services. 

Naval Home, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: For one superin¬ 
tendent, at six hundred dollars; one steward, at four hundred and 
eighty dollars; one matron, at three hundred and sixty dollars; one 
chief cook, at three hundred and sixty dollars; one assistant cook, at 
two hundred and forty dollars; one assistant cook, at one hundred and 
eighty dollars; one chief laundress, at one hundred and ninety-two 
dollars; five laundresses, at one hundred and sixty-eight dollars each; 
four scrubbers, at one hundred and sixty-eight dollars each; one head 
waiter, at one hundred and ninety-two dollars; eight waitresses, at 
one hundred and sixty-eight dollars each; one kitchen servant, at two 
hundred dollars; eight laborers, at two hundred and forty dollars each; 
one stable keeper and driver, at three hundred and sixty dollars; one 
master at arms, at four hundred and eighty dollars; two house corpo¬ 
rals, at three hundred dollars each; one barber, at three hundred and 
sixty dollars; one carpenter, at eight hundred and forty-five dollars; 
one painter, at six hundred dollars; one engineer to run elevator, six 
hundred dollars; water rent and lighting, two thousand four hundred 
dollars; cemetery, burial expenses,.and headstones, three hundred and 
fifty dollars; improvement of grounds, seven hundred dollars; repairs 
to buildings, furnaces, grates, ranges, furniture, and repairs of furni¬ 
ture, eight thousand dollars; music in chapel, six hundred dollars; 
transportation of indigent and destitute beneficiaries to the Naval 
Home, five hundred dollars; for support of beneficiaries, fifty-three 
thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars; in all, for Naval Home, 
seventy-seven thousand seven hundred and twenty-five dollars, which 
sum shall be paid out of the income from the naval pension fund. And 
whenever any officer, seaman, or marine entitled to a pension is admit¬ 
ted to the Naval Home at Philadelphia, or to a naval hospital, his 
pension, while he remains there, shall be deducted from his accounts 
and paid to the Secretary of the Navy for the benefit of the fund from 
which such home or hospital, respectively, is maintained; and section 
forty-eight hundred and thirteen of the Revised Statutes of the United 
States is hereby amended accordingly. 

PUBLIC WORKS—BUREAU OF YARDS AND DOCKS—NAVY-YARDS AND STA¬ 
TIONS, NAVAL ACADEMY, AND NEW NAVAL OBSERVATORY. 

Navy-yard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire: Reappropriation of 
balance (six thousand three hundred and fifty dollars) of appropriation 
for coal pocket, Act June nineteeenth, eighteen hundred and ninety- 
two, for coal sheds, Seaveys Island, for storage of coal. 


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Navy-yard, Boston, Massachusetts: For iron roof for Building 
Numbered Forty-two, fifteen thousand four hundred dollars. 

Navy-yard, Brooklyn, New York: For dredging Whitney Basin and 
Wallabout, to continue, fifty thousand dollars; quay wall between Dry 
Dock Numbered One and Main street, sixty thousand dollars; quay wall, 
coal dock, to complete, thirty thousand dollars; grading and sewering 
between dry dock and Clinton avenue, to continue, ten thousand dollars; 
grading and paving causeway and roads around docks, twenty thousand 
dollars; storehouse for steel (for construction and repair), seventeen thou¬ 
sand five hundred dollars; oil and varnish storehouse (supplies and 
accounts), forty-six thousand three hundred dollars; paving streets, five 
thousand dollars; addition to electric-light system, fifteen thousand dol¬ 
lars; replacing storehouse (building numbered thirty-one), condemned 
as dangerous and removed, forty-nine thousand eight hundred and 
thirty-seven dollars; conversion of building numbered eight into two- 
story fireproof storehouse for ordnance material, to be immediately 
available, twenty-four thousand five hundred dollars; in all, three hun¬ 
dred and twenty-eight thousand one hundred and thirty-seven dollars. 

Navy-yard, League Island, Pennsylvania: Dredging and fill¬ 
ing in, twenty thousand dollars; mooring cribs for vessels in reserve 
basin, fifty-six thousand dollars; extension of reserve basin, one hun¬ 
dred and twenty thousand dollars; continuation of west wall of cause- 
way, twenty thousand dollars; for roads and walks to reserve basin 
and about the } r ard, five thousand dollars; workshop and boiler house 
for ordnance, sixty thousand dollars; steam generator for heating 
purposes and electric plant, five thousand five hundred dollars; in all, 
two hundred ani eighty-six thousand five hundred dollars. 

Navy-yard, Washington, District of Columbia: For improve¬ 
ment of electric plant, sixteen thousand dollars; storehouse for guns 
(ordnance), thirty-five thousand dollars; new roof for south gun shop 
(ordnance), twenty-five thousand three hundred and forty-seven dollars; 
in all, seventy-six thousand three hundred and forty-seven dollars. 

Navy-yard, Norfolk, Virginia: Toward enlargement of electric 
plant and concentration of steam, twenty thousand dollars; extension 
of quay wall, thirty thousand dollars; ship fitter’s shop, at new dry 
dock (construction and repair), forty thousand dollars; extending rail¬ 
road tracks for traveling crane, thirteen thousand dollars; steel stand¬ 
pipe (two hundred and seventy thousand gallons), thirteen thousand 
dollars; grading and paving, to continue, ten thousand dollars; in all, 
one hundred and twenty-six thousand dollars. 

The Secretary of the Navy is hereby authorized and directed to cause 
to be commenced, within three months after the passage of this Act, 
and the Attorney-General is hereby directed to carry on, proceedings 
for the condemnation of the following tract of land for the use of the 
United States for the Norfolk Navy-Yard, for the purpose of construct¬ 
ing a wet dock, and for other purposes, namely, the tract of land known 
as the Cedar Grove property, containing fifty acres, with a water front 
of one thousand six hundred feet on the Elizabeth River, immediately 
opposite to the Gosport Navy-Yard, in the State of Virginia, under the 
Act of Congress approved August first, eighteen hundred and eighty- 
eight, entitled “An Act to authorize the condemnation of lands for sites 
of public buildings, and for other purposes,” and other laws of the 
United States, so as to completely vest in the United States the title 
of said land. And all such proceedings shall be reported to Congress 
at its next session by the Secretary of the Navy. 


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Naval station, Port Royal, South Carolina: Quay wall, fifteen 
thousand dollars;- repair shop (for steam engineering), fifty thousand 
dollars; dredging a channel from the outside to the naval station, one 
hundred thousand dollars; constructing a wharf adjoining the timber 
dry dock, seventy-five thousand dollars; one locomotive crane and track 
for dry dock, seventy thousand dollars; electric light and power plant, 
twenty thousand dollars; increasing facilities for storage and handling of 
coal, twenty thousand dollars; for the payment of the amounts awarded 
to the owners of the several tracts of land at the naval station, Port Royal, 
South Carolina, recently condemned for the use of the United States, 
in addition to the amount heretofore appropriated for the purchase of 
land at that station, twenty thousand three hundred and twenty-five dol¬ 
lars and fifty cents; in all, three hundred and seventy thousand three hun¬ 
dred and twenty-five dollars and fifty cents, to be immediately available. 

Navy-yard, Mare Island, California: For storage shed for lum¬ 
ber (construction and repair), twenty-eight thousand dollars; coal cyl¬ 
inders, forty-three thousand dollars; extending quay wall, thirty 
thousand dollars; shelter roofs for boats, fourteen thousand three hun¬ 
dred dollars; plumbers’, tinners’, and paint shop (construction and 
repair), twenty-two thousand five hundred dollars; bath house at United 
States receiving ship Independence, one thousand six hundred and 
twenty-one dollars; washouse and drying room United States receiving 
ship Independence, three thousand dollars; wharf at United States 
receiving ship Independence, two thousand eight hundred dollars; 
extension of oil house, eight thousand six hundred dollars; sidewalks 
and roads, seven thousand dollars; extension of electric system, fifteen 
thousand dollars; tools for yards and docks shops, six thousand seven 
hundred and fifty dollars; in all, one hundred and eighty-two thousand 
five hundred and seventy-one dollars. 

To enable the Secretary of the Navy to repair and reconstruct, where 
necessary, the buildings recently damaged by r earthquake at the Mare 
Island Navy-Yard, California, three hundred and fifty thousand dollars, 
to be immediately available. 

For tearing down and removing present naval hospital building and 
appendages recently destroyed by earthquake at navy-yard, Mare 
Island, California, and erecting a new naval hospital and appendages at * 
that place, to be immediately available, one hundred thousand dollars. 

Puget Sound Naval Station, Washington: For electric-light 
plant, nine thousand eight hundred dollars; extension of water system, 
four thousand and seven dollars; steam capstans for dry dock, six 
thousand three hundred and twenty-five dollars; steam engineering 
shop and boiler house, fifty-six thousand dollars; continuing clearing, 
grading, and stumping, six thousand dollars; oil house, one thousand 
seven hundred dollars; dredging, twenty thousand dollars; establish¬ 
ing telegraphic communication, four thousand dollars; quay wall, 
twenty-five thousand dollars; in all, one hundred and thirty-two thou¬ 
sand eight hundred and thirty-two dollars. 

Housing torpedo vessels: Hauling out and housing torpedo ves¬ 
sels at such navy-yard or station as may be selected, one hundred and 
fifty thousand dollars. 

Coaling wharf at Japonski Island, Alaska: Coaling wharf, five 
thousand dollars. 

Repairs and preservation at navy-yards and stations: bor 
repairs and preservation at navy-yards and stations, four hundred 
thousand dollars. 


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Toward the construction of four timber dry docks, two hundred 
thousand dollars each; in all, eight hundred thousand dollars; said dry 
docks to be not less than seven hundred feet in length, and of other 
dimensions sufficient to meet the present and probable future require¬ 
ments of the largest vessels of the Navy and auxiliary fleet. One of 
these docks to be located at the navy-yard, Portsmouth, New Hamp¬ 
shire, to cost, when completed, not exceeding eight hundred and twenty- 
flve thousand dollars; one at the navy-yard, Boston, Massachusetts, to 
cost, when completed, not exceeding eight hundred and twenty-five 
thousand dollars; one at the navy-yard, League Island, Pennsylvania, 
to cost, when completed, not exceeding eight hundred and twenty-five 
thousand dollars; and one at the navy-yard, Mare Island, California, to 
cost, when completed, not exceeding eight hundred and twenty-five 
thousand dollars; and the Secretary of the Navy is hereby authorized, 
in his discretion, to build one of said docks of granite or concrete faced 
with granite, and in such case the limit of the cost of said dock is 
increased two hundred thousand dollars. 

Toward the construction of one steel floating dock of domestic manu¬ 
facture which shall be a combined floating and graving dock, two hun¬ 
dred thousand dollars, said dock to be located at the naval reservation 
at Algiers, Louisiana, to be capable of lifting a vessel of fifteen thou¬ 
sand tons displacement, and twenty-seven feet draft of water, to cost, 
including moorings and wharf, eight hundred and fifty thousand dollars. 

The Secretary of the Navy may employ, and pay out of the appro¬ 
priations for dry docks herein authorized, such additional expert aids, 
draftsmen, writers, and copyists as may be necessary for the prepara¬ 
tion of plans and specifications, to an amount not to exceed ten thou¬ 
sand dollars. 

And the Secretary of the Navy be, and is hereby, authorized, under 
the limitations hereinbefore provided, to make contracts for the entire 
construction of said dry docks, and steel floating dock, and in each case 
the contract shall be awarded to the lowest best responsible bidder. 

The Secretary of the Navy is hereby authorized and directed to 
appoint a board of naval officers to determine the desirability of locat¬ 
ing and constructing a dry dock of sufficient capacity to take the 
largest naval ship in the harbor of Galveston or in the harbor of Sabine 
Pass, or the waters tributary thereto, Texas, and a dry dock of the 
same capacity in the waters of Chesapeake Bay above the mouth of 
the Potomac River; and to report such finding to the next session of 
the present Congress; and the sum of one thousand dollars, or so much 
thereof as may be necessaiy, is hereby appropriated to defray the 
expenses of said board. 

Naval Observatory: For grounds and roads: For continuing' 
grading, extending roads and paths, clearing and improving grounds, 
five thousand dollars; building a conduit for underground service for 
wires, pipes, and so forth, five thousand dollars; in all, ten thousand 
dollars. 

Building a double floor (under the movable floor), twenty-six inch 
equatorial dome, double doors at entrance to basement, and alterations 
to machinery, one thousand two hundred dollars. 

BUREAU OF MEDICINE AND SURGERY. 

Medical Department: For surgeons’ necessaries for vessels in 
commission, navy-yards, naval stations, Marine Corps, and Coast Sur¬ 
vey, and for the civil establishment at the several naval hospitals, 


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navy-yards, naval laboratory and department of instruction, museum 
of hygiene, and Naval Academy, seventy-five thousand dollars. 

Naval Hospital Fund: For maintenance of the naval hospitals at the 
various navy-yards and stations, and for care and maintenance of pa¬ 
tients in other hospitals at home and abroad, twenty thousand dollars. 

Hospital for contagious diseases: For hospital for contagious 
diseases at Newport, Rhode Island, six thousand five hundred dollars. 

Contingent, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery: For freight, 
expressage on medical stores, tolls, ferriages, transportation of sick to 
hospital, transportation of insane patients; care, transportation, and 
burial of the dead; advertising; telegraphing; rent of telephones; pur¬ 
chase of books and stationery; binding of medical records, unbound 
books, and pamphlets; postage and purchase of stamps for foreign 
service; expenses attending' the medical board of examiners; rent of 
rooms for naval dispensary; hygienic and sanitary investigation and 
illustration; sanitary and hygienic instruction; purchase and repairs 
of wagons and harness; purchase of and feed for horses and cows; 
trees, plants, garden tools, and seeds; furniture and incidental articles 
for the museum of hygiene, naval dispensary, Washington; naval lab- 
oratory, sick quarters at Naval Academy and marine barracks, sur¬ 
geon’s offices and dispensaries at navy-yards and naval stations; wash¬ 
ing for medical department at museum of hygiene, naval dispensary, 
Washington; naval laboratory and department of instruction, sick 
quarters at Naval Academy and marine barracks, dispensaries at navy- 
yards and naval stations and ships and rendezvous, and for minor repairs 
on buildings and grounds of the United States Naval Museum of 
Hygiene, and all other necessary contingent expenses, thirty thousand 
dollars. 

Repairs, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery: For necessary 
repairs of naval laboratory and department of instruction, naval hos¬ 
pitals and appendages, including roads, wharves, outhouses, sidewalks, 
fences, gardens, farms, and cemeteries, twenty thousand dollars. 

Ambulances for naval hospitals: For supplying one naval hos¬ 
pital with ambulance of modern construction to replace vehicle con¬ 
demned as useless, six hundred dollars. 

Naval cemetery, naval hospital, Norfolk, Virginia: Labor 
and material for widening of approaches, and repairing and painting 
of all gates and fences; for making graveled roads and paths; build¬ 
ing walls where necessary, properly grading the whole area, and plant¬ 
ing appropriate shrubbery, one thousand dollars. 

That section thirteen hundred and seventy of the Revised Statutes 
of the United States be, and the same is hereby, amended so as to read 
as follows: 

“No person shall be appointed assistant surgeon until he has been 
examined and approved by a board of naval surgeons designated by 
the Secretary of the Navy, nor who is under twenty-one or over thirty 
years of age, inclusive.” 

The President is hereby authorized to appoint for temporary service 
twenty-five acting assistant surgeons, who shall have the relative rank 
and compensation of assistant surgeons. 

BUREAU OF SUPPLIES AND ACCOUNTS. 

Provisions, Navy: For provisions and commuted rations for the 
seamen and marines, which commuted rations may be paid to caterers 
of messes, in cases of death or desertion, upon orders of the command- 

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ing officer, commuted rations for officers on sea duty and naval cadets, 
and commuted rations stopped on account of sick in hospital and cred¬ 
ited to the naval hospital fund, subsistence of officers and men una¬ 
voidably detained or absent from vessels to which attached under 
orders (during which subsistence rations to be stopped on board ship 
and no credit for commutation therefor to be given); fresh water for 
drinking and cooking purposes; labor in general storehouses and pay¬ 
masters’ offices in navy-yards, including expenses in handling stores 
purchased under the naval supply fund, and a chemist at two thousand 
dollars per annum, one million four hundred and five thousand dollars. 

Assistant paymasters: The active list of assistant paymasters of 
the pay corps shall hereafter consist of twenty-five. 

Civil establishment, Bureau of Supplies and Accounts: 
Navy-yard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire: In general storehouses: Two 
bookkeepers, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; one assistant 
bookkeeper, at seven hundred and twent}^ dollars; one bill clerk, at one 
thousand dollars; one assistant clerk, at seven hundred and twenty 
dollars; one shipping and receiving clerk, at one thousand dollars; in 
all, five thousand eight hundred and forty dollars; 

Navy-yard, Boston, Massachusetts: In general storehouses: One 
bookkeeper, at one thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five 
cents; one shipping clerk, at one thousand dollars; one receiving clerk, 
at one thousand dollars. In yard pay office: One writer, at one thou¬ 
sand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents; in all, four thousand 
and thirty-four dollars and fifty cents; 

Navy-yard, Brooklyn, New York: One writer to boards of inspection, 
nine hundred dollars. In general storehouses: Three bookkeepers, at 
one thousand two hundred dollars each; one assistant bookkeeper, 
at one thousand dollars; one assistant bookkeeper, at seven hundred 
and twenty dollars; three receiving clerks, at four dollars per diem 
each; one assistant receiving clerk, at one thousand and ninety-nine 
dollars; three shipping clerks, at one thousand dollars each; one bill 
clerk, at one thousand dollars; one assistant bill clerk, at seven hun¬ 
dred and twenty dollars; two leading men, at two dollars and fifty 
cents per diem each; five pressmen, at two dollars and seventy-six 
cents per diem each; one superintendent of coffee mills, at three dollars 
per diem; one box maker, at three dollars per diem; one engine tender, 
at three dollars and twenty-six cents per diem; one coffee roaster, at two 
dollars and fifty cents per diem; one fireman, at two dollars per diem; one 
messenger, at two dollars and twenty-five cents per diem; one writer, one 
thousand dollars; one store man, nine hundred dollars. In yard pay 
office: One writer, at one thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five 
cents; one messenger, at two dollars and twenty-five cents per diem. In 
all, thirty thousand three hundred and twelve dollars and three cents; 

Navy-yard, League Island, Pennsylvania: In general storehouse: 
One bookkeeper, at one thousand two hundred dollars; one assistant 
bookkeeper, at seven hundred and twenty dollars; in all, one thousand 
nine hundred and twenty dollars; 

Navy-yard, Washington, District of Columbia: In general store¬ 
house: One bookkeeper, at one thousand two hundred dollars; one 
clerk, at one thousand two hundred dollars; one receiving clerk, at one 
thousand dollars; one bill clerk, at one thousand dollars; one shipping 
clerk, at one thousand dollars. In yard pay office: One writer, at one 
thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents; in all, six thou¬ 
sand four hundred and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents; 


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Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland: In general storehouse: One 
bookkeeper, at one thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five 
cents; one receiving and shipping clerk, at one thousand dollars; in 
all, two thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty five cents; 

Naval station, Newport, Rhode Island: In general storehouse: One 
clerk, at one thousand two hundred dollars; 

Navy-yard, Mare Island, California: In general storehouses: Two 
bookkeepers, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; two assistant 
bookkeepers, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; one receiving 
clerk, at one thousand dollars; one shipping clerk, at one thousand 
dollars; one bill clerk, at one thousand dollars; one clerk, at one thou¬ 
sand dollars; one assistant clerk, at one thousand dollars. In yard pay 
office: One writer, at one thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty- 
five cents; in all, nine thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven dollars 
and twenty-five cents. 

Navy-yard, Norfolk, Virginia: In general storehouses: Two book¬ 
keepers, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; two assistant 
bookkeepers, at one thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five 
cents each; one bill clerk, at one thousand dollars; one assistant bill 
clerk, at seven hundred and twenty dollars; one receiving clerk, at 
nine hundred and forty-two dollars; one assistant receiving clerk, at 
seven hundred and twenty dollars. In yard pay office: One writer, 
at one thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents; in all, eight 
thousand eight hundred and thirty-three dollars and seventy-five cents. 

In all, civil establishment, Bureau of Supplies and Accounts, seventy 
thousand four hundred and thirty-tw r o dollars and three cents, and no 
other fund appropriated by this Act shall be used in payment for such 
service. 

Contingent, Bureau of Supplies and Accounts: For freight 
and express charges, candles, fuel, books and blanks, stationery, adver¬ 
tising, furniture for general storehouses and pay offices in navy- 3 r ards, 
expenses of naval clothing factory and machine^ for same, postage, 
telegrams, telephones, tolls, ferriages, yeoman’s stores, iron safes, news¬ 
papers, ice, transportation of stores purchased under the naval supply 
fund, and other incidental expenses, fifty thousand dollars. 

BUREAU OF CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR. 

Construction and repair of vessels: For preservation and 
completion of vessels on the stocks and in ordinary; purchase of mate¬ 
rials and stores of all kinds; steam steerers, pneumatic ^teerers, steam 
capstans, steam windlasses, and all other auxiliaries; labor in navy- 
yards and on foreign stations; purchase of machinery and tools for use 
in shops; carrying on work of experimental model tank; designing 
naval vessels; wear, tear, and repair of vessels afloat; general care, 
increase, and protection of the Navy in the line of construction and 
repair; incidental expenses, such as advertising, freight, foreign post¬ 
age, telegrams, telephone service, photographing, books, professional 
magazines, plans, stationery, and instruments for drafting room, two 
million five hundred thousand dollars: Provided , That no part of this 
sum shall be applied to the repair of any wooden ship when the esti¬ 
mated cost of such repairs, to be appraised by a competent board of 
naval officers, shall exceed ten per centum of the estimated cost, 
appraised in like manner, of a new ship of the same size and like mate¬ 
rial: Provided further, That nothing herein contained shall deprive the 
Secretary of the Navy of the authority to cause the necessary repairs 


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and preservation of the United States ship Hartford or to order repairs 
of ships damaged in foreign waters or on the high seas, so far as may 
be necessary to bring them home. 

Repairs to United States steamship Hartford: Completion of repairs 
to and outfit for the United States steamship Hartford, thirty thousand 
dollars. 

Repairs to the United States steamship Chicago: Completion of 
repairs to and outfit for the United States steamship Chicago, two 
hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars. 

One coaling barge, eight hundred tons capacity, sixteen thousand 
dollars. 

Construction plant, navy-yard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire: Repairs 
to and improvement of plant at navy-yard, Portsmouth, New Hamp 
shire, fifty thousand dollars. 

Construction plant, navy-yard, Boston, Massachusetts: Repairs to 
and improvement of plant at navy-yard, Boston, Massachusetts, fifty 
thousand dollars. 

Construction plant, navy-yard, New York, New York: Repairs to 
and improvement of plant at navy-yard, New York, New York, fifty 
thousand dollars. 

Construction plant, navy-yard, League Island, Pennsylvania: Repairs 
to and improvement of plant at navy-yard, League Island, Pennsyl¬ 
vania, fifty thousand dollars. 

Construction plant, navy-yard, Norfolk, Virginia: Repairs to and 
improvement of plant at navy-yard, Norfolk, Virginia, fifty thousand 
dollars. 

Construction plant, navy-yard, Mare Island, California: Repairs to 
and improvement of plant at navy-} r ard, Mare Island, California, fifty 
thousand dollars. 

Construction plant, naval station, Puget Sound, Washington: Re¬ 
pairs to and improvement of plant at Puget Sound Naval Station, 
Washington, twenty thousand dollars. 

Civil establishment, Bureau of Construction and Repair: 
Navy-yard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire: For one clerk to naval con¬ 
structor, at one thousand four hundred dollars; two writers, at one 
thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents each; in all, 
three thousand four hundred and thirty-four dollars and fifty cents; 

Navy-yard, Boston, Massachusetts: For one clerk to naval con¬ 
structor, at one thousand four hundred dollars; one writer, at one 
thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents; in all, two thou¬ 
sand four hundred and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents. 

Navy-yard, Brooklyn, New York: For one clerk to naval constructor, 
at one thousand four hundred dollars; three writers, at one thousand 
and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents each; in all, four thousand 
four hundred and fifty-one dollars and sevent 3 ^-five cents; 

Navy-yard, League Island, Pennsylvania: For one clerk to naval 
constructor, at one thousand four hundred dollars; one writer, at one 
thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents; in all, two thou¬ 
sand four hundred and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents; 

Navy-yard, Washington, District of Columbia: For one clerk to naval 
constructor, at one thousand four hundred dollars; 

Navy yard, Norfolk, Virginia: For one clerk to naval constructor, at 
one thousand four hundred dollars; two writers, at one thousand and 
seventeen dollars and twent}^-five cents each; in all, three thousand 
four hundred and thirty-four dollars and fifty cents; 


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Navy-yard, Pensacola, Florida: For one writer, at one thousand and 
seventeen dollars and twent}^-five cents; 

Naval Station, Port Royal, South Carolina: For one clerk to naval 
constructor, at one thousand four hundred dollars. 

Navy-yard, Mare Island, California: For one clerk to naval con¬ 
structor, at one thousand four hundred dollars; two writers, at one 
thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents each; in all, 
three thousand four hundred and thirty-four dollars and fifty cents; 

In all, civil establishment, Bureau of Construction and Repairs, 
twenty-three thousand four hundred and seven dollars; and no other 
fund appropriated by this Act shall be used in payment for such service. 

BUREAU OF STEAM ENGINEERING. 

Steam machinery: For completion, repairing, and preservation of 
machinery and boilers of naval vessels, including cost of new boilers; 
distilling, refrigerating, and auxiliary machinery; preservation of and 
small repairs to machinery and boilers in vessels in ordinary, receiving 
and training vessels, repair and care of machinery of yard tugs and 
launches, six hundred thousand dollars: Provided , That no part of said 
sum shall be applied to the engines, boilers, and machinery of wooden 
ships where the estimated cost of such repair shall exceed ten per 
centum of the estimated cost of new engines and machinery of the same 
character and power, nor shall new boilers be constructed for wooden 
ships: Provided further. That nothing herein contained shall deprive 
the Secretary of the Navy of the authority to cause the necessary 
repairs and preservation of the United States ship Hartford or to order 
repairs of the engines, boilers, and machinery of ships damaged in 
foreign waters or on the high seas, so far as mav be necessarv to brine: 
them home; 

For purchase, handling, and preservation of all material and stores, 
purchase, fitting, repair, and preservation of machinery and tools in 
navy-yards and stations, and running yard engines, three hundred and 
eighty thousand dollars; 

For incidental expenses for navy vessels, yards, and the Bureau, 
such as foreign postage, telegrams, advertising, freight, photographing, 
books, stationery, and instruments, ten thousand dollars; 

In all, steam machinery, nine hundred and ninety thousand dollars. 

Contingent, Bureau of Steam Engineering: For contingencies, 
drawing materials, and instruments for the drafting room, one thou¬ 
sand dollars. 

Machinery plant, navy-yard, Boston, Massachusetts: Mod¬ 
ern machine shop tools, fifteen thousand dollars. 

Machinery plant, navy-yard, Norfolk, Virginia: Additional 
tools required to put the yard in condition for building and repairing 
modern marine machinery, including improvements in handling machin¬ 
ery and in the boiler-making plant; new boilers for steam engineering 
shops, thirty-five thousand dollars. 

Machinery plant, naval station, Key West, Florida: For 
tools for machine shop, foundiy, and boiler shop, thirty thousand dollars. 

Machinery plant, naval station, Port Orchard, Washing¬ 
ton: Machine tools to fit out plant for repairs of engines, boilers, and 
so forth, of United States naval vessels, thirty thousand dollars. 

Machinery plant, naval station, Port Royal, South Carolina: 
Machine tools to properly equip the plant for repairing engines, boilers, 
and so forth, of United States naval vessels, fifty thousand dollars. 


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Experimental purposes: Experiments with liquid fuel on steam 
tug, New York yard; experiments with liquid fuel on two torpedo 
boats, fifteen thousand dollars. 

Civil establishment, Bureau of Steam Engineering: Navy- 
yard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire: For one clerk, at one thousand 
two hundred dollars; one messenger, at six hundred dollars; in all, 
one thousand eight hundred dollars; 

Navy-yard, Brooklyn, New York: For one clerk, at one thousand 
four hundred dollars; one writer, at one thousand dollars; one mes¬ 
senger, at six hundred dollars; in all, three thousand dollars; 

Nav} f -yard, League Island, Pennsylvania: For one clerk, at one thou¬ 
sand two hundred dollars; 

Navy-yard, Norfolk, Virginia: For one clerk, at one thousand three 
hundred dollars; one messenger, at six hundred dollars; in all, one 
thousand nine hundred dollars; 

Navy-yard, Pensacola, Florida: For one writer, at one thousand 
dollars; 

Navy-yard, Mare Island, California: For one clerk, at one thousand 
four hundred dollars; one messenger, at six hundred dollars; one 
writer, at one thousand dollars; in all, three thousand dollars; 

In all, civil establishment, Bureau of Steam Engineering, eleven 
thousand nine hundred dollars; and no other fund appropriated by 
this Act shall be used in payment for such service. 

NAVAL ACADEMY. 

Pay of professors and others, Naval Academy: For one pro¬ 
fessor of mathematics, one of chemistry, one of phj^sics, and one of 
English, at two thousand five hundred dollars each; five professors, 
namely, one of French and Spanish, one of English, two of French, 
and one of drawing, at two thousand two hundred dollars each; one 
assistant professor of French, at one thousand eight hundred dollars; 
one sword master, at one thousand five hundred dollars, and two assist¬ 
ants, at one thousand dollars each; one instructor in gymnastics, at 
one thousand two hundred dollars; one assistant librarian, at one 
thousand four hundred dollars; one secretary to the Naval Academy, 
at one thousand eight hundred dollars; two clerks to the Superintend¬ 
ent, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; one clerk to the 
commandant of cadets, at one thousand two hundred dollars; one clerk 
to the paymaster, at one thousand two hundred dollars; one dentist, 
at one thousand six hundred dollars; one baker, at six hundred dol¬ 
lars; one mechanic in department of ph} T sics, at seven hundred and 
thirty dollars; one cook, at three hundred and twent 3 ^-five dollars and 
fifty cents; one messenger to the Superintendent, at six hundred dol¬ 
lars; one armorer, at six hundred and forty-nine dollars and fifty cents; 
one chief gunner’s mate, at five hundred and twenty-nine dollars and 
fifty cents; one quarter gunner, at four hundred and sixty-nine dollars 
and fifty cents; one coxswain, at four hundred and sixty-nine dollars 
and fifty cents; one seaman in the department of seamanship, at three 
hundred and ninety-seven dollars and fifty cents; one attendant in the 
department ot astronomy and one in the department of physics, at three 
hundred dollars each; six attendants at recitation rooms, library, store, 
chapel, and offices, at three hundred dollars each; one bandmaster, at 
five hundred and twenty-eight dollars; twenty-one first-class musicians, 
at three hundred and forty-eight dollars each; seven second-class 
musicians, at three hundred dollars each; services of organist at chapel, 


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three hundred dollars; in all, fifty-four thousand five hundred and 
seven dollars. 

For special course of study and training of naval cadets, as author¬ 
ized by Act of Congress approved August fifth, eighteen hundred and 
eight}^-two, three thousand dollars. 

Pay of watchmen, mechanics, and others, Naval Academy: 
For the captain of the watch and weigher, at two dollars and fifty cents 
per diem; four watchmen, at two dollars per diem each; foreman of 
^as and steam-heating works of the Academy, at five dollars per diem; 
for labor at gas works and steam buildings, for masons, carpenters, 
and other mechanics and laborers, and for care of buildings, grounds, 
wharves, and boats, thirty-seven thousand eight hundred and sixty- 
four dollars and ninety-five cents; one attendant in purifying house of 
the gas house, at one dollar and fifty cents per diem; in all, forty-four 
thousand and sixty-nine dollars and ninety-five cents. 

Pay of steam employees, Naval Academy: For pay of mechanics 
and others in department of steam engineering, seven thousand eight 
hundred and twenty-four dollars and fifty cents. 

Repairs, Naval Academy: Necessary repairs of public buildings, 
pavements, wharves, and walls inclosing the grounds of the Naval 
Academy, improvements, repairs, furniture and fixtures, twenty-one 
thousand dollars; new fire and flushing system and other sanitary pur¬ 
poses, fifteen thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars; relaying brick 
sidewalks adjacent to Naval Academy walls in streets of Annapolis, 
three thousand five hundred dollars; repaving Maryland avenue within 
the Naval Academ}", four thousand dollars; relaying sidewalk from 
Maryland avenue to cadet quarters, one thousand two hundred and 
eighty-two dollars; repairing “Santee’s” wharf, two thousand five hun¬ 
dred dollars; necessary dredging and improvement of north water front, 
ten thousand dollars; in all, fifty-eight thousand and thirty-two dollars. 

The Secretary of the Navy is authorized to contract for the construc¬ 
tion, at the Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland, of a building suit¬ 
able for use as an armory, at a cost not to exceed three hundred 
thousand dollars; a boathouse, at a cost not to exceed three hundred 
thousand dollars; a power bouse, at a cost not to exceed one hun¬ 
dred thousand dollars; four double houses for officer’s quarters, at a 
cost not to exceed sixt} r thousand dollars; for grading, electric-light 
wiring, removing old buildings, and preparing plans, at a cost not to 
exceed ninety thousand dollars; for constructing the line of sea wall 
on the river side, piling, dredging, and filling in, as may be necessary, 
one hundred and fifty thousand dollars; and the sum of five hundred 
thousand dollars is hereby appropriated toward the construction of the 
public works herein authorized. 

Heating and lighting, Naval Academy: Fuel, and for heating 
and lighting the Academy and school-ships, twenty thousand dollars. 

Contingent, Naval Academy: Purchase of books for the library 
(to be purchased in open market on the written order of the Superin¬ 
tendent), two thousand dollars; stationery, blank books, models, maps, 
and text-books for use of instructors, two thousand dollars; expenses 
of the Board of Visitors of the Naval Academy, being mileage and 
five dollars per diem for each member for expenses during actual 
attendance at the Academy and for supplying necessary outfit for the 
board house, three thousand dollars; reappropriation of amount 
expended by Superintendent on account of Board of Visitors in eight¬ 
een hundred and ninety-seven, remaining unpaid, one hundred and 


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' ninety-six dollars; purchase of chemicals, apparatus, and instruments 
in the department of physics, and for repairs of the same, two thousand 
dollars; purchase of gas and steam machinery, steam pipes and fittings, 
rent of buildings for the use of the Academy, freight, cartage, water, 
music, musical and astronomical instruments, uniforms for the bands¬ 
men, telegraphing, feed and maintenance of teams, current expenses, 
and repairs of all kinds, and for incidental labor and expenses not 
applicable to any other appropriation, thirty-two thousand dollars; out¬ 
fit for cadets’ laundry, to be immediately available upon the approval 
of the Act, one thousand seven hundred and forty-five dollars; stores 
in the departments of steam engineering, eight hundred dollars; mate¬ 
rials for repairs in steam machinery, one thousand dollars; for contin¬ 
gencies for the Superintendent of the Academy, to be expended in his 
discretion, one thousand dollars; in all, foidy-five thousand five hun¬ 
dred and forty-five dollars. 


MARINE CORPS. 

Pay, Marine Corps: For pa} r of officers on the active list: For one 
colonel commandant, one colonel, two lieutenant-colonels, one pa} T - 
master, one quartermaster, one adjutant and inspector, four majors, 
two assistant quartermasters, twenty captains, thirty first lieutenants, 
and thirteen second lieutenants, one hundred and eighty thousand eight 
hundred and sixty dollars. 

Pay of officers on the retired list: For one colonel, two lieutenant- 
colonels, one adjutant and inspector, two quartermasters, nine captains, 
three first lieutenants, and three second lieutenants, foity-three thou¬ 
sand one hundred and seventy dollars. 

Pay of noncommissioned officers, musicians, and privates: For one 
sergeant-major, one quartermaster-sergeant, one leader of the band, 
one drum-major, fifty first sergeants, one hundred and fift} r sergeants, 
two hundred and twenty corporals, thirty musicians, one hundred and 
twenty drummers and fifers, and two thousand four hundred and ninety - 
nine privates, and the number of enlisted men authorized as above for 
the Marine Corps shall be exclusive of those undergoing imprisonment 
with sentence of dishonorable discharge from the service at expiration 
of such confinement, and for the expenses of clerks of the United States 
Marine Corps traveling under orders; five hundred and sixt3^-nine 
thousand eight hundred and eight3^-eight dollars. 

Pay and allowance for retired enlisted men: For one sergeant-major, 
two drum-majors, five first-class musicians, fifteen first sergeants, 
twenty sergeants, four corporals, one drummer, two fifers, and fort3 r - 
four privates, and for those who ma3 T be retired during the year, thirty- 
two thousand dollars. 

Undrawn clothing: For pa3 T ment to discharged soldiers for clothing 
undrawn, twenty-three thousand dollars: Provided , That no other fund 
appropriated b3^ this Act shall be used for such purpose. 

Mileage: For mileage of officers traveling under orders without 
troops, eight thousand dollars. 

For commutation of quarters to officers on duty without troops where 
there are no public quarters, four thousand dollars. 

Pay of civil force: In the office of the colonel commandmant: For 
one chief clerk, at one thousand five hundred and forty dollars and 
eighty cents; one messenger, at nine hundred and seventy-one dollars 
and twent3 r -eight cents. 

In the office of the paymaster: One chief clerk, at one thousand six 


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hundred dollars; one clerk, at one thousand four hundred and ninety- 
six dollars and fifty-two cents; one clerk, at one thousand two hundred 
and fifty-seven dollars and twelv r e cents; 

In the office of the quartermaster: One chief clerk, at one thousand 
five hundred and forty dollars and eighty cents; one clerk, at one thou¬ 
sand four hundred and ninety-six dollars and fifty-two cents; one clerk, 
at one thousand two hundred and fifty-seven dollars and twelve cents; 

In the office of the adjutant and inspector: One chief clerk, at one 
thousand five hundred and forty dollars and eight}^ cents; one clerk, at 
one thousand four hundred and ninety-six dollars and fifty-two cents; 

In the office of the assistant quartermaster, Washington, District of 
Columbia, or San Francisco, California: One clerk, at one thousand 
four hundred dollars; 

In the office of the assistant quartermaster, Philadelphia, Pennsyl¬ 
vania: One clerk, at one thousand four hundred dollars; one messen¬ 
ger, at one dollar and seventy-five cents per diem; 

In all, for pay of civil force, seventeen thousand six hundred and 
thirty-six dollars and twenty-three cents; and the money herein specif¬ 
ically appropriated for pay of the Marine Corps shall be disbursed and 
accounted for in accordance with existing law as pay of the Marine 
Corps, and for that purpose shall constitute one fund. 

Provisions, Marine Corps: For one thousand nine hundred and 
seventy-three noncommissioned officers, musicians, and privates, and 
for commutation of rations to fourteen enlisted men detailed as clerks 
and messengers; also for payment of board and lodging of recruiting 
parties, said payment for board not to exceed two thousand five hun¬ 
dred dollars, one hundred and thirty-one thousand nine hundred and 
eleven dollars and fifty cents; and no law shall be construed to entitle 
marines on shore duty to any rations or commutation therefor other than 
such as now are or may hereafter be allowed to enlisted men in the Army. 

Clothing, Marine Corps: For three thousand and seventy-three 
noncommissioned officers, musicians, and privates, one hundred and 
thirty thousand eight hundred and ten dollars and forty cents. 

Fuel, Marine Corps: For heating barracks and quarters, for 
ranges and stoves for cooking, fuel for enlisted men, for sales to offi¬ 
cers, maintaining electric lights, and for hot-air closets, nineteen thou¬ 
sand five hundred dollars. 

Military stores, Marine Corts: For pay of chief armorer, at 
three dollars per day; three mechanics, at two dollars and fifty cents 
each per day; for purchase of military equipments, such as cartridge 
boxes, bayonet scabbards, haversacks, blanket bags, knapsacks, can¬ 
teens, musket slings, swords, drums, trumpets, flags, waist-belts, waist- 
plates, cartridge-belts, sashes for officer of the day, spare parts for 
repairing muskets, purchase of ammunition, and purchase and repair 
of instruments for band, purchase of music and musical accessories, 
medals for excellence in gunner}^ and rifle practice, good-conduct 
badges, incidental expenses in connection with the school of applica¬ 
tion, signal equipment and stores, binocular glasses, for the establish¬ 
ment and maintenance of targets and ranges, for hiring established 
ranges, and for procuring, preserving, and handling ammunition, 
twenty-three thousand two hundred and ninety-seven dollars. 

Transportation and recruiting, Marine Corps: For transpor¬ 
tation of troops, including ferriage, and the expense of recruiting 
service, fifteen thousand dollars. 

For repairs of barracks, Marine Corps: At Portsmouth, New 


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Hampshire; Boston, Massachusetts; Newport, Rhode Island; Brooklyn, 
New York; League Island, Pennsylvania; Annapolis, Maryland; head¬ 
quarters and navy-} r ard, District of Columbia; Norfolk, Virginia; Port 
Royal, South Carolina; Pensacola, Florida; Mare Island, California; 
Bremerton, Washington; and Sitka, Alaska; and per diem for enlisted 
men employed under the direction of the Quartermaster’s Department on 
the repair of barracks and other public buildings, ten thousand dollars. 

For repair of barracks and officers’ quarters at Mare Island Navy- 
Yard, California, damaged by earthquake, five thousand four hundred 
and twenty-five dollars, to be immediately available. 

For rent of building used for manufacture of clothing, storing sup¬ 
plies, and office of assistant quartermaster, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 
two thousand dollars. 

Repairs to marine barracks, Annapolis, Maryland, one thousand five 
hundred dollars. 

Forage, Marine Corps: For forage in kind for five horses of the 
Quartermaster’s Department, and the authorized number of officers’ 
horses, three thousand dollars. 

Hire of quarters, Marine Corps: For hire of quarters for officers 
serving with troops where there are no public quarters belonging to the 
Government, and where there are not sufficient quarters possessed by 
the United States to accommodate them, four thousand five hundred dol¬ 
lars; for hire of quarters for seven enlisted men employed as clerks and 
messengers in commandant’s, adjutant and inspector’s, pa}^master’s, and 
quartermaster’s offices, Washington, District of Columbia, assistant 
quartermaster’s office, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and for the leader of 
the Marine Band, twenty-one dollars each per month, two thousand and 
sixteen dollars; for hire of quarters for seven enlisted men employed as 
above, and in the office of the assistant quartermaster, Washington, 
District of Columbia, at ten dollars each per month, eight hundred and 
forty dollars; in all, seven thousand three hundred and fifty-six dollars. 

To reimburse the enlisted men of the United States Marine Corps 
who incurred loss of clothing by the fires which occurred at the navy- 
yard, Washington, District of Columbia, on the twenty-second and 
twenty-ninth days of April, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, fifty- 
one dollars and seventy-three cents: Provided , That the accounting 
officers of the Treasury shall in all cases require a schedule and certifi¬ 
cate from each person making a claim under this Act. 

Contingent, Marine Corps: For freight, tolls, cartage, advertis¬ 
ing, washing of bed sacks, mattress covers, pillowcases, towels, and 
sheets, funeral expenses of marines, stationery and other paper, tele¬ 
graphing, rent of telephones, purchase and repair of typewriters, 
apprehension of stragglers and deserters, per diem of enlisted men 
employed on constant labor for a period not less than ten days, repair 
of gas and water fixtures, office and barracks furniture; mess utensils 
for enlisted men, such as bowls, plates, spoons, knives and forks; pack¬ 
ing boxes, wrapping paper, oilcloth, crash, rope, twine, camphor and 
carbolized paper, carpenters’ tools, tools for police purposes, iron safes, 
purchase and repair of public wagons, purchase and repair of public 
harness, purchase of public horses, services of veterinary surgeons 
and medicines for public horses, purchase and repair of hose, repair of 
fire extinguishers, purchase of fire hand grenades, purchase and repair 
of carts, wheelbarrows, and lawn mowers; purchase and repair of 
cooking stoves, ranges, stoves, and furnaces where there are no grates; 
purchase of ice, towels, soap, combs, and brushes for offices; postage 


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281 


stamps for foreign postage; purchase of books, newspapers, and peri¬ 
odicals; improving parade grounds, repair of pumps and wharves, 
laying drain, water, and gas pipes, water, introducing gas, and for gas, 
gas oil, and introduction and maintenance of electric lights; straw for 
bedding, mattresses, mattress covers, pillows, sheets; wire bunk bot¬ 
toms for enlisted men at various posts; furniture for Government 
houses and repair of same, and for all emergencies and extraordinary 
expenses arising at home and abroad, but impossible to anticipate or 
classify, thirty-seven thousand five hundred dollars. 

INCREASE OF THE NAVY. 

That for the purpose of further increasing the naval establishment 
of the United States the President is hereby authorized to have con¬ 
structed by contract three sea going coast-line battle ships carrying 
the heaviest armor and most powerful ordnance upon a displacement 
of about eleven thousand tons, to have the highest practicable speed 
for vessels of their class, and to cost, exclusive of armor and arma¬ 
ment, not exceeding three million dollars each, one of said battleships 
to be named the Maine; and four harbor-defense vessels of the monitor 
type, each having one or two turrets, and to cost, exclusive of arma¬ 
ment, not exceeding one million two hundred and fifty thousand dollars 
each; and sixteen torpedo boat destroyers of about four hundred tons 
displacement, and twelve torpedo boats of about one hundred and fifty 
tons displacement, to have the highest practicable speed, and to cost 
in all, exclusive of armament, not exceeding six million nine hun¬ 
dred thousand dollars; and one gunboat to take the place of the 
United States steamship Michigan, to cost, exclusive of armament, not 
more than two hundred and sixty thousand dollars, said gunboat 
to be constructed on the Great Lakes or their connecting waters: Pro¬ 
vided ', That said construction of said gunboat shall conform to all 
existing treaties and conventions. And not more than two of said 
battle ships, and not more than two of said harbor-defense vessels, and 
not more than five of said torpedo-boat destroyers, and not more than 
four of said torpedo boats shall be built in one yard or by one contract¬ 
ing party, and the contracts for the construction of each of said vessels 
shall be awarded by the Secretary of the Navy to the lowest best 
responsible bidder, having in view the best results and most expedi¬ 
tious delivery; and in the construction of all said vessels all of the 
provisions of the Act of August third, eighteen hundred and eighty- 
six, entitled “An Act to increase the naval establishment,” and 
amendments subsequently made thereto as to materials for said ves¬ 
sels, their engines, boilers, and machinery, the contracts under which 
they are built, except as to premiums, which are not to be offered, 
the notice of any proposals for the same, the plans, drawings, and 
specifications therefor, and the method of executing said contracts, shall 
be observed and followed, and said vessels shall be built in compliance 
with the terms of said Act, save that in all their parts said vessels 
shall be of domestic manufacture except that no proposal for the tor¬ 
pedo vessels shall be considered unless the bidder is already in posses¬ 
sion of adequate plant, and that the advertisement relating to the 
proposals for such vessels may be published for three weeks only; and, 
subject to the provisions hereinafter made, one and not more than one 
of the aforesaid seagoing battle ships, and one and not more than one 
of the aforesaid harbor-defense vessels, shall be built on or near the 
coast of the Pacific Ocean or in the waters connecting therewith: Pro- 


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vided, That if it shall appear to the satisfaction of the President of the 
United States, from the biddings for such contracts when the same are 
opened and examined by him, said vessel, or either of them, can not be 
constructed on or near the coast of the Pacific Ocean at a cost not exceed¬ 
ing four per centum above the lowest accepted bid for the other battle 
ships or harbor-defense vessels provided for in this Act, he shall author¬ 
ize the construction of said vessel, or either of them, elsewhere in the 
United States, subject to the limitations as to cost hereinbefore provided. 

Construction and machinery: On account of the hulls and out¬ 
fits of vessels and steam machinery of vessels heretofore and herein 
authorized, thirteen million six hundred and forty-eight thousand four 
hundred and seventy-three dollars: Provided , That section two of the 
Act entitled “An Act to increase the naval establishment,” approved 
August third, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, be, and the same is 
hereby, amended so as to read as follows: 

“ Sec. 2. That in the construction of all naval vessels the steel mate¬ 
rial shall be of domestic manufacture, and of the quality and character¬ 
istics best adapted to the various purposes for which it may be used, in 
accordance with specifications approved by the Secretary of the Navy.” 

Armor and armament: Toward the armament and armor of domes¬ 
tic manufacture for the vessels authorized by the Act of July twenty- 
sixth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, of the vessels authorized 
under the Act of March second, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, of 
those authorized by the Act of June tenth, eighteen hundred and ninety- 
six, of the three torpedo boats authorized by the Act of March third, 
eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, and of those authorized by this 
Act, including the completion of ordnance outfit for the four harbor- 
defense vessels, the sixteen torpedo-boat destroyers, and twelve torpedo 
boats named herein, seven million one hundred and sixty-two thousand 
eight hundred dollars: Provided , That the total cost of the armor 
according to the plans and specifications already prepared, for the three 
battle ships authorized by the Act of June tenth, eighteen hundred and 
ninety-six, shall not exceed three million two hundred and ten thousand 
dollars, including all cost of nickel in the same, and exclusive of the 
cost of transportation, ballistic test plates, and tests, and royalty for 
steel face-hardening process, not to exceed one-half cent per pound, and 
which can not be made use of without the payment of royalty, and no 
contract for armor plate shall be made at an average rate to exceed 
four hundred dollars per ton of two thousand two hundred and forty 
pounds, including nickel as aforesaid. That hereafter all first-class 
battle ships and monitors owned by the United States shall be named 
for the States, and shall not be named for any city, place, or person 
until the names of the States, shall have been exhausted: Provided , 
That nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to interfere with 
the names of States already assigned to any such battle ship or monitor. 

Equipment: Toward the completion of the equipment outfit of the 
new vessels heretofore and herein authorized, three hundred and 
seventy-five thousand dollars. 

For the installation of electric plants in gunboats numbered ten, 
eleven, twelve, and thirteen, fort} 7, thousand dollars. 

It is further provided that whenever in the judgment of the President, 
the public interests may require he is authorized and empowered to 
make any or all the provisions and appropriations of this Act imme¬ 
diately operative and available. 

Approved, May 4, 1898. 


FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS, THIRD SESSION—MARCH 3, 1899. 

[Public— No. 185.] 

An Act Making appropriations for the naval service for the fiscal 
year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred, and for other purposes. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled , That the following 

sums be, and they are hereby, appropriated, to be paid out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the naval serv¬ 
ice of the Government for the year ending June thirtieth, nineteen 
hundred, and for other purposes: 

PAY OF THE NAVY. 

For the pay and allowances prescribed bylaw of officers on sea duty; 
officers on shore and other duty; officers on waiting orders; officers on 
the retired list, including the admiral of the Navy, whose pay and 
allowances shall be the same as those received by the last General of 
the United States Army; clerks to commandants of yards and stations; 
clerks to pa} T masters at yards and stations; general storekeepers, 
receiving ships and other vessels; extra pay to men reenlisting under 
honorable discharge; interest on deposits by men; pay of petty officers, 
seamen, landsmen, and apprentice boys, including men in the engineers’ 
force and for the Coast Survey Service and Fish Commission, seven¬ 
teen thousand five hundred men and two thousand five hundred appren¬ 
tices under training at training stations and on board training ships, 
and for men detailed for duty with naval militia at the pay prescribed 
by law, and for men to be enlisted to fill vacancies, this last item to be 
immediately available, thirteen million five hundred thousand one hun¬ 
dred and seventy-one dollars. 

The Secretary of the Navy is hereby authorized to pay to such offi¬ 
cers as were appointed for temporary service in the Navy during the 
late war with Spain, and who entered upon the performance of duty 
prior to the date on which they accepted their commissions and 
executed oaths of office, the pay of their grades for the interval during 
which they were so employed, such payments to be made from the 
appropriation “Pay^ of the Navy.” 

PAY, MISCELLANEOUS. 

For commissions and interest; transportation of funds; exchange; 
mileage to officers while traveling under orders in the United States, 
and for actual personal expenses of officers while traveling abroad under 
orders, and for traveling expenses of apothecaries, yeomen, and civilian 
employees, and for actual and necessary traveling expenses of naval 
cadets while proceeding from their homes to the Naval Academy for 
examination and appointment as cadets; for rent and furniture of build¬ 
ings and offices not in navy-yards; expenses of courts-martial, prison¬ 
ers and prisons, and courts of inquiry, boards of inspection, examining 
boards, with clerks’ and witnesses’ fees, and traveling expenses and 
costs; stationery and recording; expenses of purchasing-paymasters’ 
offices of the various cities, including clerks, furniture, fuel, stationery, 
and incidental expenses; newspapers and advertising; foreign postage; 
telegraphing, foreign and domestic; telephones; copying; care of 

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library, including the purchase of books, photographs, prints, manu¬ 
scripts, and periodicals; ferriage, tolls, and express fees; costs of suits; 
commissions, warrants, diplomas, and discharges; relief of vessels in 
distress; canal tolls and pilotage; recovery of valuables from ship¬ 
wrecks; quarantine expenses; reports; professional investigation; cost 
of special instruction, at home or abroad; in maintenance of students 
and attaches and information from abroad, and the collection and clas¬ 
sification thereof, and other necessary and incidental expenses, five 
hundred thousand dollars. 

Contingent, Navy: For all emergencies and extraordinary expenses 
arising at home or abroad, but impossible to be anticipated or classified, 
exclusive of personal services in the Navy Department, or any of its 
subordinate bureaus or offices, at Washington, District of Columbia, 
ten thousand dollars. 

BUREAU OF NAVIGATION. 

Transportation, recruiting, and contingent: For expenses of 
recruiting for the naval service; rent of rendezvous arid expenses of 
maintaining the same; advertising for men and boys, and all other 
expenses attending the recruiting for the naval service, and for the 
transportation of enlisted men and boys at home and abroad; for heat¬ 
ing apparatus for receiving and training ships, and extra expenses 
thereof; for freight, telegraphing on public business, postage on letters 
sent abroad, ferriage, ice, apprehension of deserters and stragglers, 
continuous-service certificates, discharges, good-conduct badges, and 
medals for boys, schoolbooks for training ships, packing boxes and 
materials, and other contingent expenses and emergencies arising under 
cognizance of the Bureau of Navigation, unforeseen, and impossible to 
classify, sixty thousand dollars. 

Gunnery exercises: For prizes for excellence in gunnery exercises 
and target practice; diagrams and reports of target practice; for the 
establishment and maintenance of targets and ranges, for hiring estab¬ 
lished ranges, and for transporting to and from ranges, twelve thousand 
dollars. 

Outfits for naval apprentices: For bounties for outfits of two 
thousand five hundred naval apprentices, at forty-five dollars each, one 
hundred and twelve thousand five hundred dollars. 

Naval training station, Yerba Buena Island, California 
(buildings) : Toward the erection of buildings for the naval training 
station and for the construction of a wharf and bulkhead for approach 
to the same on Yerba Buena Island (Goat Island), California, fifty 
thousand dollars, said improvements to cost complete not more than 
one hundred thousand dollars. 

Naval apprentice training station, Yerba Buena Island, 
California —Maintenance: Maintenance of naval apprentice training 
station, Yerba Buena Island, California, namely: Labor and material; 
buildings and wharves; general care, repairs, and improvements of 
grounds, buildings, and wharves; wharfage, ferriage, and street-car 
fare; purchase and maintenance of live stock, and attendance on same; 
wagons, carts, implements, and tools, and repairs to same; fire engines 
and extinguishers; boats and gymnastic implements; models and other 
articles needed in instruction of apprentices; printing outfit and mate¬ 
rials, and maintenance of same; heating, lighting, and furniture; sta¬ 
tionery, books, and periodicals; fresh water, ice, and washing; freight 
andexpressage; packing boxes and materials; postageand telegraphing; 
telephones, and all other contingent expenses, thirty thousand dollars. 


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Naval training station, Coasters Harbor Island, Rhode 
Island (for apprentices): For dredging channels, repairs to main 
causeway, roads, and grounds, extending sea wall, and the employment 
of such labor as may be necessary for the proper care and preservation 
of the same; for repairs to wharf and sea wall; for repairs and improve¬ 
ments to buildings, heating, lighting, and furniture for same; books 
and stationery, freight, and other contingent expenses; purchase of 
food and maintenance of live stock, and mail wagon, and attendance 
on same; and purchase of fresh water, thirty thousand dollars. 

Barracks, mess hall, wash room, and so forth, one hundred and 
twenty-live thousand dollars, to be immediately available. 

Naval War College, Coasters Harbor Island, Rhode Island: 
For maintenance of the Naval War College on Coasters Harbor 
Island, and care of grounds for same, including one draftsman, at one 
thousand two hundred dollars per year, nine thousand two hundred 
dollars. 

Naval Home, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: For one superin¬ 
tendent of grounds, at six hundred dollars; one steward, at four 
hundred and eighty dollars; one matron, at three hundred and sixty 
dollars; one chief cook, at three hundred and sixty dollars; one assist¬ 
ant cook, at two hundred and forty dollars; one assistant cook, at one 
hundred and eighty dollars; one chief laundress, at one hundred and 
ninety-two dollars; live laundresses, at one hundred and sixty-eight 
dollars each; four scrubbers, at one hundred and sixty-eight dollars 
each; one head waitress, at one hundred and ninety-two dollars; eight 
waitresses, at one hundred and sixty-eight dollars each; one kitchen 
servant, at two hundred dollars; eight laborers, at two hundred and 
forty dollars each; one stable keeper and driver, at three hundred and 
sixty dollars; one master at arms, at four hundred and eighty dollars; 
two house corporals, at three hundred dollars each; one barber, at three 
hundred and sixty dollars; one carpenter, at eight hundred and forty- 
five dollars; one painter, at six hundred dollars; one engineer to run 
elevator, six hundred dollars; water rent and lighting, two thousand 
one hundred dollars; cemetery, burial expenses, and headstones, three 
hundred and fifty dollars; improvement of grounds, seven hundred 
dollars; repairs to buildings, boilers, furnaces, furniture, and repairs to 
the same, eight thousand dollars; music in chapel, six hundred dollars; 
transportation of indigent and destitute beneficiaries to the Naval 
Home, three hundred dollars; for support of beneficiaries, fifty-two 
thousand nine hundred and fifty dollars; in all, for Naval Home, 
seventy-six thousand four hundred and twenty-five dollars, which 
sum shall be paid out of the income from the naval pension fund. And 
whenever any officer, seaman, or marine entitled to a pension is 
admitted to the Naval Home at Philadelphia, or to a naval hospital, 
his pension, while he remains there, shall be deducted from his accounts 
and paid to the Secretary of the Navy for the benefit of the fund from 
which such home or hospital, respectively, is maintained; and section 
forty-eight hundred and thirteen of the Revised Statutes of the United 
States is hereby amended accordingly. 

bureau of ordnance. 

Ordnance and ordnance stores: For procuring, producing, pre¬ 
serving, and handling ordnance material; for the armament of ships; 
for fuel, material, and labor to be used in the general work of the Ord- 


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nance Department; for watchmen at magazines; for furniture in ord¬ 
nance buildings at navy-yards and stations; for the maintenance of the 
proving ground, and for target practice, three hundred thousand dollars. 

Reserve supply of ammunition, live hundred thousand dollars. 

Purchase and erection of new and improved machinery for the shops 
of the gun plant at the Washington Navy- Yard, fifty thousand dollars. 

Conversion of ordinary six-inch guns to rapid fire, twenty-five thou¬ 
sand dollars. 

Purchase and manufacture of smokeless powder, one million dollars. 

Reserve guns for auxiliary cruisers: Toward the armament of 
modern guns for auxiliary cruisers mentioned in the Act approved 
March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, and in section four of 
the Act approved May tenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, two 
hundred and fifty thousand dollars: Provided , That the Secretary of 
the Navy may, in his discretion, purchase by contract all or any part 
of such guns. 

Smokeless-powder factory: Necessary expenses incident to the 
work of continuing the development of the smokeless-powder factory, 
twenty-five thousand dollars. 

Torpedo station, Newport, Rhode Island: For labor, material, 
freight, and express charges; general care of and repairs to grounds, 
buildings, and wharves; boats, instruction, instruments, tools, furni¬ 
ture, experiments, and general torpedo outfits, sixty-five thousand 
dollars. 

Fitting Fort Lafayette as magazine: Additional work neces¬ 
sary in fitting Fort Lafayette, New York Harbor, in suitable condition 
for magazine purposes, five thousand dollars. 

Naval magazine, New York Harbor: For the purchase of land 
for a site for a naval magazine, near New York City, and for the erec¬ 
tion thereon of the necessary buildings; for inclosing said grounds; for 
gradingand filling in; for building roads and walks; for the improve¬ 
ment of the water front; for the necessary wharves and cranes; for 
railroad tracks and water service; and for the equipment of the estab¬ 
lishment, six hundred thousand dollars, or as much thereof as ma}^ be 
necessary; and the Secretary of the Navy may employ and pay out of 
the appropriation hereby authorized such additional expert aids, archi¬ 
tects, superintendent of construction, or draftsmen, as may be neces¬ 
sary for the preparation of the plans and specifications and prosecu¬ 
tion of the work authorized, to an amount not to exceed seven thou¬ 
sand dollars. 

Naval Magazine, Fort Mifflin, Pennsylvania: For extending 
two shell houses at the naval magazine, Fort Mifflin, Penns}dvania; con¬ 
struction of necessar}- roadbeds, extension and repair of piers, improve¬ 
ment and repair of dike walls, and expenses incident thereto, sixty- 
eight thousand dollars. 

Repairs, Bureau of Ordnance: For necessary repairs to ordnance 
buildings, magazines, gun parks, boats, lighters, wharves, machinery, 
and other items of the like character, thirty thousand dollars. 

Arming and equipping Naval Militia: For arms, accouterments, 
signal outfits, boats and their equipments, and the printing of the neces¬ 
sary books of instruction for the Naval Militia of the various States, 
under such regulations as the Secretary of the Navy may prescribe, 
sixty thousand dollars. 

Contingent, Bureau of Ordnance: For miscellaneous items, 
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express charges, repairs to fire engines, gas and water pipes, gas and 
water tax at magazines, tolls, ferriage, foreign postage, and telegrams 
to and from the Bureau, technical books, and incidental expenses 
attending inspections of ordnance material, fifteen thousand dollars. 

Machinery for ordnance building, navy-yard, League Island, Penn¬ 
sylvania: Boilers, machinery, tools, and appliances for the new ord¬ 
nance building at the navy-yard, League Island, Pennsylvania, sixty 
thousand dollars. 

Naval magazine, near Norfolk, Virginia: New watchmen’s quarters 
and storehouse at magazine grounds, Saint Juliens Creek, near Nor¬ 
folk, Virginia, and for the purchase of additional land needed to extend 
the borders of same, twenty-seven thousand five hundred dollars. 

Steam lighter for navy-yard, League Island, Pennsylvania: Pur¬ 
chase of a steam lighter for ordnance purposes at the navy-yard, 
League Island, Pennsylvania, thirty thousand dollars. 

Cjvil establishment, Bureau of Ordnance: Navy-yard, Ports¬ 
mouth, New Hampshire: For one writer, one thousand dollars; 

Navy-yard, Boston, Massachusetts: For one writer, one thousand 
dollars; 

Navy-yard, New York: For one clerk, at one thousand four hun¬ 
dred dollars; 

Navy-yard, League Island, Pennsylvania: One clerk, one thousand 
two hundred dollars; 

Navy-yard, Washington, District of Columbia: For one chemist, at 
two thousand five hundred dollars; one clerk, at one thousand six hun¬ 
dred dollars; one clerk, at one thousand two hundred dollars; two 
writers, at one thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents 
each; one draftsman, at one thousand eight hundred dollars; three 
draftsmen, at one thousand and eighty-one dollars each; one assistant 
draftsman, at seven hundred and seventy-two dollars; two copyists, at 
seven hundred and twenty dollars each; one telegraph operator and 
copyist, at nine hundred dollars; in all, fifteen thousand four hundred 
and eighty-nine dollars and fifty cents; 

Smokeless-powder factory: For one chemist, at two thousand five 
hundred dollars; one assistant chemist, at one thousand six hundred 
dollars; in all, four thousand one hundred dollars. 

Navy-yard, Norfolk, Virginia: For one clerk, at one thousand two 
hundred dollars; 

Navy-yard, Mare Island, California: For one writer, atone thousand 
and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents; 

Naval ordnance proving ground: For one writer, at one thousand 
and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents; 

Naval Torpedo Station, Newport, Rhode Island: For one chemist, at 
two thousand five hundred dollars; one clerk, at one thousand two 
hundred dollars; one draftsman, at one thousand five hundred dollars; 
in all, five thousand two hundred dollars; 

In all, civil establishment, Bureau of Ordnance, thirty-two thousand 
six hundred and twenty-four dollars; and no other fund appropriated 
by this Act shall be used in payment for such service. 

The Secretary of the Navy is hereby authorized to transfer to the 
officers of Yale University the custody of the two Maxim rapid-fire 
guns, with their mounts and the stand of colors, presented by its 
students and graduates to the United States at the opening of the war 
with Spain for use upon the auxiliary cruiser Yale, to be retained until 
said guns may be required for use by the Government, 

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BUREAU OF EQUIPMENT. 

Equipment of vessels: For purchase of coal for steamers’ and 
ships’ use, including expenses of transportation, storage, and handling 
the same; hemp, wire, iron, and other materials for the manufacture of 
cordage, anchors, cables, galleys, and chains; canvas for the manufac¬ 
ture of sails, awnings, hammocks, and other work; water for all pur¬ 
poses on board naval vessels, including the expenses of transportation 
and storage of the same; stationery for commanding and navigating 
officers of ships, equipment officers on shore and afloat, and for the use 
of courts-martial on board ship, and for the purchase of all other 
articles of equipment at home and abroad, and for the pa}mient of 
labor in equipping vessels and manufacture of equipment articles in 
the several navy-yards; foreign and local pilotage and towage of ships 
of war; services and materials in repairing, correcting, adjusting, and 
testing compasses on shore and on board ship; nautical and astro¬ 
nomical instruments, and repairs to same; libraries for ships of war; 
professional books and papers, and drawings and engravings for signal 
books; naval signals and apparatus, namely, signals, lights, lanterns, 
rockets, running lights, compass fittings, including binnacles, tripods, 
and other appendages of ships’ compasses; logs and other appliances 
for measuring the ship’s way, and leads and other appliances for sound¬ 
ing; lanterns and lamps, and their appendages, for general use on 
board ship for illuminating purposes, and oil and candles used in con¬ 
nection therewith; bunting and other materials for making and repair¬ 
ing flags of all kinds; photographic instruments and materials; musical 
instruments and music; and installing and maintaining electric lights 
and interior signal communications on board vessels of war, two million 
two hundred and twenty-five thousand four hundred and eighty dollars 
and ten cents. 

Ocean and lake surveys: Ocean and lake surveys; the publica¬ 
tion and care of the results thereof; the purchase of nautical books, 
charts, and sailing directions, and freight and express charges on the 
same; preparing and engraving on copperplates the surveys of the 
Mexican coasts, and the publication of a series of charts of the coasts 
of Central and South America, and for surveys of the imperfectly 
known parts of the coasts and harbors of the Philippine Archipelago, 
and the islands of Cuba and Porto Rico, with their bordering keys and 
waters and the minor outlying islands; to be made immediately avail¬ 
able, one hundred thousand dollars. 

Depots for coal: To enable the Secretaiy of the Navy to execute 
the provisions of section fifteen hundred and fifty-two of the Revised 
Statutes authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to establish, at such 
places as he may deem necessary, suitable depots of coal, and other 
fuel, for the supply of steamships of war, four hundred thousand dollars. 

Civil establishment, Bureau of Equipment: Navy-yard, Ports¬ 
mouth, New Hampshire: For one clerk, at one thousand dollars; 

Navy-yard, Boston, Massachusetts: For one superintendent of rope- 
walk, at one thousand eight hundred and sevent}^-five dollars; one 
clerk, at one thousand four hundred dollars; one clerk, at one thousand 
three hundred dollars; one writer, at nine hundred and fifty dollars; 
in all, five thousand five hundred and twenty-five dollars; 

Navy-yard, New York: For one clerk, at one thousand four hundred 
dollars; one clerk, at one thousand two hundred dollars; one writer, 
at nine hundred and fifty dollars; in all, three thousand five hundred 
and fifty dollars; 


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Navy-yard, League Island, Pennsylvania: For one clerk, at one 
thousand two hundred dollars; 

Navy-yard, Norfolk, Virginia: For two clerks, at one thousand two 
hundred dollars each, two thousand four hundred dollars; 

Navy-yard, Mare Island, California: For one clerk, at one thousand 
two hundred dollars; one clerk, at one thousand dollars; in all, two 
thousand two hundred dollars; 

Navy-yard, Washington, District of Columbia: For one clerk, at 
one thousand six hundred dollars, who shall also perform the clerical 
duties for the board of labor employment at said navy-yard; 

In all, civil establishment, Bureau of Equipment, seventeen thousand 
four hundred and seventy-five dollars; and no other fund appropriated 
by this Act shall be used in payment for such service. 

Contingent, Bureau of Equipment: For freight and transporta¬ 
tion of equipment stores, packing boxes and materials, printing, adver¬ 
tising, telegraphing, books, and models; stationery for the Bureau; 
furniture for equipment offices in navy-yards; postage on letters sent 
abroad; ferriage, ice, lighterage of ashes, and emergencies arising 
under cognizance of the Bureau of Equipment unforeseen and impos¬ 
sible to classify, twenty-two thousand five hundred dollars. 

BUREAU OF YARDS AND DOCKS. 

Maintenance of yards and docks: For general maintenance of 
yards and docks, namely: For freight, transportation of materials and 
stores; books, maps, models, and drawing; purchase and repair of fire 
engines; machinery; repairs on steam fire engines and attendance on 
the same; purchase and maintenance of oxen, horses, and driving 
teams; carts, timber-wheels, and all vehicles for use in the navy-yards; 
tools and repairs of the same; postage on letters and other mailable 
matter on public service sent to foreign countries, and telegrams; 
stationery; furniture for Government houses and offices in navy-yards; 
coal and other fuel, candles, oil, and gas; cleaning and clearing up 
yards and care of buildings; attendance on fires, lights, fire engines, 
and apparatus; incidental labor at navy-yards; water tax, tolls, and 
ferriage; rent of four officers’ quarters at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; 
pay of watchmen in navy-yards; awnings and packing boxes, and 
advertising for yards and docks and other purposes; and for rent of 
wharf and storehouse at Erie, Pennsylvania, for use and accommoda¬ 
tion of United States steamer Michigan, three hundred and fifty thou¬ 
sand dollars. 

Contingent, Bureau of Yards and Docks: For contingent 
expenses that may arise at navy-yards and stations, twenty thousand 
dollars. 

Civil establishment. Bureau of Yards and Docks: Navy- 
yard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire: For one clerk, at one thousand 
four hundred dollars; one mail messenger, at two dollars per diem, 
including Sundays; one messenger, at six hundred dollars; one fore¬ 
man laborer and head teamster, at four dollars per diem, including Sun¬ 
days; one janitor, at six hundred dollars; one pilot, at three dollars per 
diem, including Sundays; in all, five thousand eight hundred and eighty- 
five dollars. 

Navy-yard, Boston, Massachusetts: For one clerk, at one thousand 
four hundred dollars; one foreman laborer, at four dollars per diem; one 
messenger to commandant, at two dollars per diem; one messenger, at 
two dollars per diem; one mail messenger, at two dollars per diem, 


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including Sundays; one writer, at one thousand and seventeen dollars 
and twenty-five cents; one draftsman, at five dollars per day; one mas¬ 
ter of tugs, at one thousand two hundred dollars; in all, eight thousand 
four hundred and sixteen dollars and twenty-five cents. 

Navy-yard, Brooklyn, New York: For one clerk, at one thousand four 
hundred dollars; one writer, at one thousand and seventeen dollars and 
twenty-five cents; one yard pilot, two thousand dollars; two masters 
of tugs, at one thousand five hundred dollars each; two writers, at nine 
hundred dollars each; one foreman laborer, at four dollars and fifty cents 
per diem; one mail messenger, at two dollars per diem, including Sun¬ 
days; two messengers, at two dollars and twenty-five cents per diem 
each; one draftsman,at five dollars per diem; onequarterman at three 
dollars per diem; one superintendent of teams or quarterman, at four 
dollars per diem; one messenger to commandant, at two dollars and 
twenty-five cents per diem, including Sundays; one messenger, yards 
and docks, at two dollars and twenty-five cents per diem; one stenog¬ 
rapher and typewriter, at three dollars and twenty-six cents per diem; 
one electrician, at one thousand two hundred dollars; in all, twenty 
thousand two hundred and sixty-six dollars and thirteen cents. 

Naval station, Sacketts Harbor, New York: For one ship keeper, at 
three hundred and sixty-five dollars per annum. 

Navy-yard, League Island, Penns}d vania: For one clerk, at one thou¬ 
sand four hundred dollars; one writer and telegraph operator, at one 
thousand dollars; one messenger, at two dollars per diem; one foreman 
laborer, at four dollars per diem; one master of tugs, at one thousand 
two hundred dollars; in all, five thousand four hundred and seventy- 
eight dollars. 

Navy-yard, Washington, District of Columbia: For one clerk, at 
one thousand four hundred dollars; one messenger at two dollars per 
diem; one foreman laborer, at four dollars per diem; one electrician, 
one thousand two hundred dollars; one writer, at one thousand and sev¬ 
enteen dollars and twenty-five cents; in all, five thousand four hundred 
and ninety-five dollars and twenty-five cents. 

Navy-} r ard, Norfolk, Virginia: For one clerk, at one thousand four 
hundred dollars; one writer, at one thousand and seventeen dollars and 
twenty-five cents; one writer, at one thousand dollars; one foreman 
laborer, at four dollars per diem; one electrician, one thousand two 
hundred dollars; one mail messenger, at two dollars per diem, includ¬ 
ing Sundays; two messengers, at two dollars per diem each; one pilot, 
at two dollars and twenty-six cents per diem; one master of tugs, at 
one thousand two hundred dollars; in all, nine thousand seven hundred 
and fifty-eight dollars and sixty-three cents. 

Naval station, Port Royal, South Carolina: One clerk, at one thou¬ 
sand two hundred dollars; one rodman and inspector, at three dollars 
per diem; one messenger and janitor, at one dollar and fifty cents per 
diem, including Sundays; one master of tugs, one thousand two hun¬ 
dred dollars; one mail messenger, at two dollars per diem; one tele¬ 
graph operator, at two dollars per diem; one electrician, at one thousand 
two hundred dollars; in all, six thousand five hundred and forty-six 
dollars and fifty cents. 

Navy-yard, Pensacola, Florida: For one clerk, at one thousand two 
hundred dollars; one mail messenger, at two dollars per diem, including 
Sundays; in all, one thousand nine hundred and thirty dollars. 

Naval station, Key West, Florida: For one mail messenger, at six 
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Navy-yard, Mare Island, California: For one clerk, at one thousand 
four hundred dollars; one writer, at one thousand and seventeen dol¬ 
lars and twent}r-five cents; one foreman mason, at six dollars per 
diem; one foreman laborer, at five dollars and fift} r cents per diem; one 
pilot, at four dollars and eighty cents per diem; one draftsman, at five 
dollars per diem; one mail messenger, at two dollars per diem, includ¬ 
ing Sundays; one messenger, at two dollars per diem; one electrician, 
one thousand two hundred dollars; one quarterman joiner, at four dol¬ 
lars and fifty-six cents per diem; one telegraph operator, at three dol¬ 
lars and twenty-eight cents per diem; in all, fourteen thousand and 
ninety-four dollars and seven cents. 

Naval station, Puget Sound, Washington: One clerk, at one thousand 
two hundred dollars; one draftsman, at five dollars per diem; one mes¬ 
senger and janitor, at one dollar and seventy-six cents per diem; one 
master of tugs, one thousand two hundred dollars; in all, four thousand 
six hundred and seven dollars and forty cents. 

In all, civil establishment, Bureau of Yards and Docks, eighty-three 
thousand four hundred and forty-two dollars and twenty-three cents; 
and no other fund appropriated by this Act shall be used in payment 
for such service. 

PUBLIC WORKS—BUREAU OF YARDS AND DOCKS—NAVY-YARDS AND 
STATIONS, NAVAL ACADEMY, AND NEW NAVAL OBSERVATORY. 

Navy-yard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire: Building to replace 
hospital numbered twenty-eight, six thousand dollars; sawmill for con¬ 
struction and repair, thirty thousand dollars; foundry for construction 
and repair, forty thousand dollars; plate-angle, smith, and beam shed for 
construction and repair, thirty-five thousand dollars; electric-light plant, 
fifty thousand dollars; electric-light building, thirty thousand dollars; 
two officers’ quarters, fifteen thousand dollars; coal-storage and coal¬ 
handling machinery, one hundred thousand dollars; in all, navy-yard, 
Portsmouth, New Hampshire, three hundred and six thousand dollars. 

Navy-yard, Boston, Massachusetts: New gate and entrance house 
to yard, twentj^-five thousand dollars; new railroad system, forty thou¬ 
sand dollars; locomotive and cars, ten thousand dollars;constructing new 
piers and extending old ones, and dredging, one hundred thousand dol¬ 
lars; coal-storage and coal-handling plant, one hundred and thirty thou, 
sand dollars; repairing drainage system and connecting with metropoli¬ 
tan sewer, twelve thousand dollars; electric-light building with coal-stor¬ 
age and coal-handling appliances for same, fifty thousand dollars; elec¬ 
tric elevators in four storehouses, twelve thousand dollars; in all, 
navy-yard, Boston, three hundred and seventy-nine thousand dollars. 

That the Secretary of the Navy is hereby authorized to provide for 
the enlargement of the slip or dock at the southern boundary of the 
United States navy-yard at Boston, Massachusetts, partly upon the 
land of the navy-yard and partH upon lands belonging to the Fitch¬ 
burg Railroad Company, said slip to be enlarged beyond its present 
width eighty feet upon the lands of the United States and twenty feet 
upon the lands of the Fitchburg Railroad Company, so that the same 
shall be one hundred and sixty feet in width, measured northerly from 
the land parallel to and twenty feet southerly from the boundary between 
the lands of the United States and lands of the Fitchburg Railroad Com¬ 
pany, and to be increased in length to a total of five hundred and sev¬ 
enty feet, measured from the harbor commissioner’s line as now estab¬ 
lished upon the front of the said railroad company’s property; the said 


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slip to be used b} T both the Fitchburg Railroad and the United States for 
the berthing of vessels at their respective wharves; and the Secretary of 
the Navy is empowered to make a contract with the said Fitchburg 
Railroad Company pursuant to the provisions of this Act. That in 
consideration of the privileges granted by this Act to the Fitchburg 
Railroad Company for the use of a portion of this slip extending north¬ 
erly of the boundary line of the United States navy-yard, said railroad 
company shall build suitable retaining walls upon the east side and at 
the head of the slip upon the Government lands, or if the United 
States shall so elect in lieu thereof shall pay to the United States such 
sums of money as may be determined by arbitration, and shall dredge 
the entire slip or basin to a depth of thirty feet at mean low water and 
maintain such depth as long as it enjoys the privileges above stated. 
It is further provided that the said railroad company shall use and 
occupy only sixty feet of the width of the said basin within the limits 
of the navy-yard property, and is to erect no construction of any kind 
within the limits of the said basin, either upon the lands of the Gov¬ 
ernment or upon that portion of the said railroad company’s lands 
included in the basin. That the right to use said dock or any part 
thereof by said railroad company may be temporarily suspended b} r the 
Secretary of the Navy whenever in case of war or other emergency it 
shall be necessary, in his judgment, for the United States Government 
to have the exclusive use of the same, and for any such suspension said 
company shall not be entitled to any compensation. The Secretary of 
the Nav}^ shall notify the railroad company to that effect, and there¬ 
upon and during the continuance of such emergency the Government 
shall have the sole use of said dock. That the entire expense of the 
construction of the said slip or basin and all future repair thereof shall 
be borne by the said railroad company, including the excavation and 
removal of any wharves, piers, buildings, earth, or constructions of any 
kind that may be upon the said site, and said materials and construc¬ 
tions shall be disposed of in such a manner or deposited in such places 
as shall be designated, with the approval of the Secretary of the Navy, 
and the construction and improvement herein provided for shall be 
without any expense whatever to the United States. That the privi¬ 
leges hereby granted to the Fitchburg Railroad Company shall become 
null and void unless the improvements hereby authorized are begun 
within six calendar months from the date of the approval of this Act, 
and completed in every respect in accordance with the terms hereof, 
and to the acceptance of the Secretary of the Navy, within eighteen 
calendar months from the same date. 

Navy-yard, Brooklyn, New York: Removing crib work, and so 
forth, Whitney Basin, one hundred thousand dollars; extending quay 
wall, Cob Dock, eighty-two thousand seven hundred dollars; extending 
building numbered thirty-three, forty-eight thousand dollars; erecting 
shop, wing of building numbered twenty-eight, for steam engineering, 
forty-seven thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; coppersmith shop 
for steam engineering, fifteen thousand one hundred and twelve dollars; 
administration building for steam engineering, thirty-seven thousand 
dollars; paving streets, fifty thousand dollars; extending yard sewers, 
eighteen thousand dollars; extending railroad system, thirty thousand 
dollars; extending electric plant, twenty thousand dollars; new roof 
for building numbered twelve, eight thousand dollars; new floor for 
building numbered fourteen, twelve thousand dollars; two officers’ 
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building numbered twenty-two, seventy thousand dollars; coal-storage 
and coal-handling plant, sixty thousand dollars; in all, navy-yard, 
New York, six hundred and twelve thousand and sixty-two dollars. 

Navy-yard, League Island, Pennsylvania: Dredging and fill- 
ingin Delaware water front, fifty thousand dollars; extension of reserve 
basin, one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars; new roads and 
walks about yard, fifteen thousand dollars; extension of drainage sys¬ 
tem, seven thousand dollars; commandant’s office, fifty-three thousand 
seven hundred and thirty-five dollars; water-closets, four thousand 
seven hundred and twelve dollars; east wall of causeway, seventy-three 
thousand nine hundred and twenty dollars; railroad tracks about yard, 
twenty thousand dollars; artesian well, five thousand four hundred 
dollars; four officers’quarters, twenty-five thousand dollars; locomotive 
crane about dry dock, sixty-five thousand dollars; retaining wall about 
reserve basin, one hundred thousand dollars; storehouses for ships’ 
equipment along reserve basin, thirty-six thousand dollars; continua¬ 
tion of sea wall west of new dry dock, fifty thousand dollars; plate¬ 
bending shop, construction and repair, seventy-five thousand dollars; 
coal-storage and coal-handling plant, fifty thousand dollars; fireproof 
storehouse, forty-five thousand dollars; in all, navy-yard, League Island, 
eight hundred thousand seven hundred and sixty-seven dollars. 

Navy-yard, Washington, District of Columbia: New steel roof 
and repairs to pattern-shop building numbered thirty, twenty-one 
thousand dollars; new steel roof and repairs to copper rolling mill, 
seventeen thousand dollars; extension of north gun shop, fifteen thou¬ 
sand dollars; new steel roof and extension of store numbered twelve, ten 
thousand dollars; extension of storehouse for guns, thirty-five thousand 
dollars; shop and office building for construction and repair, one hun¬ 
dred thousand dollars; one officer’s quarters, seven thousand dollars; 
in all, nav}^-yard, Washington, two hundred and five thousand dollars. 

Navy-yard, Norfolk, Virginia: Quay wall for fitting out basin, 
one hundred thousand dollars; ship fitters’ shop for construction and 
repair, one hundred thousand dollars; building for electric plant, 
plumbers’ shop, and machine shop (} T ards and docks), seventy-five 
thousand dollars; blacksmith shop and plumbers’ shop, fifty thousand 
dollars; one hundred and twenty ton floating derrick, seventy thousand 
dollars; two officers’ quarters, ten thousand dollars; grading and pav¬ 
ing streets and for sewers, twenty thousand dollars; storehouse for 
torpedoes, and so forth, seventy-five thousand dollars; in all, navy-yard, 
Norfolk, five hundred thousand dollars. 

And the sum of one hundred and forty-five thousand six hundred 
and eighty-seven dollars and fifty cents, or so much thereof as may be 
necessary, is hereby appropriated to pay and satisfy the amount awarded 
to the property owners as found by the final judgment to be rendered 
in the matter of the condemnation proceedings begun under the direc¬ 
tion of the Attorney-General of the United States in the district court 
of the United States for the eastern district of Virginia on the twenty- 
fourth day of June, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, for the con¬ 
demnation of the tract of land mentioned therein for the use of the 
United States at Norfolk, Virginia; and such further sum is appro¬ 
priated as may be necessary to pay the costs of said proceedings: Pro¬ 
vided, That said sum, the purchase money, shall be paid into court to 
be distributed among those entitled thereto, or their attorneys of record, 
under said judgment and decree in full satisfaction of the payment for 
the lands mentioned and described therein. 


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Naval station, New London, Connecticut: Dredging, twenty - 
tive thousand dollars. , 

Naval station, Port Royal, South Carolina: Building for 
workshops (yards and docks), fifty-four thousand dollars; paint shop 
and storage for combustibles, thirteen thousand dollars; extension of 
storehouse, thirty thousand dollars; dredging plant, six thousand 
dollars; grading and drainage, six thousand dollars; sawmill and boat 
shop (construction and repair), thirty thousand dollars; shipwright’s 
shed (construction and repair), six thousand dollars; the Secretary of 
the Navy is hereby authorized to procure, by purchase, in his discretion, 
at such price as he may deem fair and reasonable, not to exceed the 
sum of twenty-six thousand dollars, the following-described property 
adjoining and contiguous to the United States Naval Station, Port 
Royal, South Carolina, being lots in township numbered two, south of 
Beaufort base line, range numbered one, west of Saint Helena meridian, 
in section numbered five, according to the survey thereof made by the 
United States direct tax commissioners for South Carolina, and recorded 
in their office, namely: Twenty-seven, twenty-eight,twenty-nine, thirty, 
thirty-one, thirty-four, thirty-five, thirty-six, thirty-seven, thirty-eight, 
forty-three, forty-four, forty-five, forty-six, forty-seven, forty-nine, 
fifty, fifty-one, fifty-two, fifty-three, fifty-four, lift}'-nine, sixty, sixty- 
one, sixty-two, sixty-three, and sixty-four; also section numbered 
eight, lots one, two, three, four, five, six, eleven, twelve, thirteen, 
fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen,eighteen, nineteen, twenty, twenty- 
one, twenty-two, twenty-seven, twenty-eight, twenty-nine, thirty, 
thirty-one, thirty-two, thirt} T -three, thirty-four, thirty-five, thirty-six, 
thirty-seven, and thirty-eight; in all, naval station, Port Royal, one 
hundred and forty-five thousand dollars. 

Naval station, Key West, Florida: Sea wall, three thousand 
dollars; sidewalks, one thousand five hundred and twenty dollars; two 
officers’ quarters, eight thousand dollars; purchase of additional land, 
one hundred thousand dollars; in all, naval station, Key West, one 
hundred and twelve thousand five hundred and twenty dollars. 

Navy-yard, Mare Island, California: Quay wall, seventy-two 
thousand dollars; crematory, seven thousand five hundred dollars; 
additional tools for machine shop (yards and docks), four thousand 
dollars; extension and renewal of railroad and its equipments, twenty 
thousand dollars; fire-engine house, seven thousand dollars; additional 
storehouse for supplies and accounts, forty thousand dollars; block- 
makers’, coopers’, and varnishers’ shop (construction and repair), six¬ 
teen thousand dollars; dredging channel and anchorage ground, one 
hundred thousand dollars; timber shed (supplies and accounts), 
twenty-six thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; apartment house 
for junior and other officers, fifteen thousand dollars; sidewalks and 
roads, five thousand dollars; boat shops (construction and repair), 
seventy-two thousand dollars; machine shop (construction and repair), 
thirty-four thousand dollars; grading and paving streets, six thousand 
dollars; building for storing and handling guns, twent} T -two thousand 
dollars; moving back ferry slip, eighty thousand dollars; shipwrights’ 
shop (construction and repair), seventy-five thousand dollars; steam 
engineering, machine shop, and foundry, one hundred and fifty thousand 
dollars; grading yard, one hundred thousand dollars; storehouse for 
equipment materials, forty-five thousand dollars; workshop and boiler 
house for Bureau of Equipment, thirty-five thousand dollars; chain 
shed for Bureau of Equipment, four thousand five hundred dollars; in 


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all, navy-yard, Marc Island, nine hundred and thirty-five thousand 
seven hundred and fifty dollars. 

Puget Sound Naval Station, Washington: Pump and boiler 
house for new water station, three thousand dollars; yard water-closets, 
one thousand dollars; purchase of additional land near springs, one 
thousand dollars; continuing clearing, grading, and stumping station, 
twelve thousand dollars; concrete floor for construction and repair 
shop, eight thousand dollars; yard railway, three thousand five hun¬ 
dred dollars; extension of boiler room and steam plant for yards and 
docks, twenty thousand dollars; in all, Puget Sound Naval Station, 
forty-eight thousand five hundred dollars. 

Repairs and preservation at navy-yards and stations: For 
repairs and preservation at navy-yards and stations, four hundred and 
fifty thousand dollars. 

That the Secretary of the Navy is authorized to use the balance 
remaining unexpended of the appropriations made by the Act approved 
March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, u Dry dock, Algiers, 
Louisiana,” and by the Act approved July twentyssixth, eighteen hun¬ 
dred and ninety-four, “ Dry dock at Algiers, Louisiana,” for the pay¬ 
ment of the interest and costs adjudged by the decrees of the court in 
the proceedings for the condemnation of the lands acquired, as author¬ 
ized by said Acts. 

The provisions of u An Act making appropriations for the naval serv¬ 
ice for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and 
ninety-nine, and for other purposes,” approved May fourth, eighteen 
hundred and ninety-eight, relating to the construction of dry docks, 
are hereby modified so that the Secretary of the Navy may, in his dis¬ 
cretion, contract for the construction of one of the four dry docks named 
in said provision in addition to that at Boston, to be built of granite, 
or of concrete faced with granite, and in such case the limit of the cost 
of each of said dry docks is fixed at one million one hundred thousand 
dollars. Toward the construction of said dry docks there is hereby 
appropriated the sum of eight hundred thousand dollars in addition to 
the appropriations contained in said provisions of the Act of May 
fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, which may be used in carry¬ 
ing out the terms of this provision. 

The Secretary of the Navy may employ and pay, out of the appro¬ 
priation for public works herein authorized under the Bureau of Yards 
and Docks, such additional expert aids, draftsmen, writers, and copyists 
as may be necessary for the preparation of plans and specifications, 
and for such services an amount not to exceed five thousand dollars is 
made immediately available. 

BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS AT THE NAVAL ACADEMY, ANNAPOLIS, 

MARYLAND. 

For completion of buildings and other works authorized under the 
Act making appropriations for the naval service for the fiscal year 
ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, under such 
plans as may be adopted by the Secretary of the Navy, not to exceed 
in cost one million two hundred and twenty thousand dollars, seven 
hundred and twenty thousand dollars. 

Naval Observatory: For grounds and roads: For continuing grad¬ 
ing, extending roads and paths, clearing and improving grounds, ten 
thousand dollars. 


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BUREAU OF MEDICINE AND SURGERY. 

Medical Department: For surgeons’ necessaries for vessels in 
commission, navy-yards, naval stations, Marine Corps, and Coast Sur¬ 
vey, and for the civil establishment at the several naval hospitals, 
navy-3 r ards, naval laboratory and department of instruction, museum 
of hygiene, and Naval Academy, seventy-five thousand dollars. 

Naval hospital fund: For maintenance of the naval hospitals at 
the various navy-yards and stations, and for care and maintenance of 
patients in other hospitals at home and abroad, twenty thousand dollars. 

Contingent, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery: For freight, 
expressage on medical stores, tolls, ferriages, transportation of sick to 
hospital, transportation of insane patients; care, transportation, and 
burial of the dead; advertising; telegraphing; rent of telephone; pur¬ 
chase of books and stationery; binding of medical records, unbound 
books, and pamphlets; postage and purchase of stamps for foreign serv¬ 
ice; expenses attending the medical board of examiners; rent of rooms 
for naval dispensary; hygienic and sanitary investigation and illustra¬ 
tion; sanitary and hygienic instruction; purchase and repairs of wagons 
and harness; purchase of and feed for horses and cows; trees, plants, 
garden tools, and seeds; furniture and incidental articles for the museum 
of hygiene, naval dispensary, Washington; naval laboratory, sick 
quarters at Naval Academy and marine barracks, surgeons’ offices and 
dispensaries at navy-yards and naval stations; washing for medical 
department at museum of hygiene, naval dispensaiy, Washington; 
naval laboratory and department of instruction, sick quarters at Naval 
Academy and marine barracks, dispensaries at navy-yards and naval 
stations and ships and rendezvous, and for minor repairs on buildings 
and grounds of the United States Naval Museum of Hygiene, and all 
other necessary contingent expenses, thirty thousand dollars. 

Kepairs, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery: For necessary 
repairs of naval laboratory and department of instruction, naval hos¬ 
pitals and appendages, including roads, wharves, outhouses, sidewalks, 
fences, gardens, farms, and cemeteries, twenty thousand dollars. 

Naval cemetery, naval hospital, Chelsea, Massachusetts: 
Building fence to inclose cemeter}% laying out approaches and paths, 
caring for graves, resetting headstones, and general renovation, two 
thousand five hundred dollars. 

Naval hospital, Chelsea, Massachusetts: Building annex for 
kitchen, bathroom, closets, and lavatories, furniture and fittings, and 
general renovation of hospital and appendages, forty-five thousand 
dollars, to be immediately available. 

BUREAU OF SUPPLIES AND ACCOUNTS. 

Provisions, Navy: For provisions and commuted rations for the 
seamen and marines, which commuted rations may be paid to caterers 
of messes, in cases of death or desertion, upon orders of the command¬ 
ing officer, commuted rations for officers on sea dut}^ and naval cadets, 
and commuted rations stopped on account of sick in hospital and 
credited to the naval hospital fund, subsistence of officers and men 
unavoidably detained or absent from vessels to which attached under 
orders (during which subsistence rations to be stopped on board ship 
and no credit for commutation therefor to be given); fresh water for 
drinking and cooking purposes; labor in general storehouses and pay¬ 
masters’ offices in navy-yards, including expenses in handling stores 
purchased under the naval supply fund; one chemist, at two thousand 


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five hundred dollars per annum; and two chemists, at two thousand 
dollars each per annum, three million dollars. 

Civil establishment, Bureau of Supplies and Accounts: 
Navy-yard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire: In general storehouses: Two 
bookkeepers, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; one assistant 
bookkeeper, at seven hundred and twenty dollars; one bill clerk, at 
one thousand dollars; one assistant clerk, at seven hundred and twenty 
dollars; one shipping and receiving clerk, at one thousand dollars; in 
all, five thousand eight hundred and forty dollars. 

Navy-yard, Boston, Massachusetts: In general storehouses: One 
bookkeeper, at one thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five 
cents; one shipping clerk at one thousand dollars; one receiving clerk, 
at one thousand dollars. In yard pay office: One writer, at one thou¬ 
sand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents; in all, four thousand 
and thirty-four dollars and fifty cents. 

Navy-yard, Brooklyn, New York: One writer to boards of inspection, 
nine hundred dollars. In general storehouses: Three bookkeepers, at 
one thousand two hundred dollars each; one assistant bookkeeper, at 
one thousand dollars; one assistant bookkeeper, at seven hundred and 
twenty dollars; three receiving clerks, at four dollars per diem each, 
one assistant receiving clerk, at one thousand and ninety-nine dollars; 
three shipping clerks, at one thousand dollars each; one bill clerk, at 
one thousand dollars; one assistant bill clerk, at seven hundred and 
twenty dollars; two leading men, at two dollars and fifty cents per 
diem each; five pressmen, at two dollars and seventy-six cents per diem 
each; one superintendent of coffee mills, at three dollars per diem; one 
box maker, at three dollars per diem; one engine tender, at three 
dollars and twenty-six cents per diem; one coffee roaster, at two dollars 
and fifty cents per diem; one fireman, at two dollars per diem; one 
messenger, at two dollars and twenty-five cents per diem; one writer, 
one thousand dollars; one store man, nine hundred dollars. In yard 
pay office: One writer, at one thousand and seventeen dollars and 
twenty-fivecents; one messenger, at two dollars and twenty-five cents 
per diem; in all, thirty thousand three hnndred and twelve dollars and 
three cents. 

Navy-yard, League Island, Pennsylvania: In general storehouse: 
One bookkeeper, at one thousand two hundred dollars; one assistant 
bookkeeper, at seven hundred and twenty dollars; in all, one thousand 
nine hundred and twenty dollars. 

Navy-yard, Washington, District of Columbia: In general storehouse: 
One bookkeeper, at one thousand two hundred dollars; one clerk, at 
one thousand two hundred dollars; one receiving clerk, at one thou¬ 
sand dollars; one bill clerk, at one thousand dollars; one shipping 
clerk, at one thousand dollars. In yard pay office: One writer, at one 
thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents; in all, six thou¬ 
sand four hundred and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents. 

Naval Academ} 7 , Annapolis, Maryland: In general storehouse: One 
bookkeeper, at one thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five 
cents; one receiving and shipping clerk, at one thousand dollars; in all, 
two thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents. 

Naval station, Newport, Rhode Island: In general storehouse: One 
clerk, at one thousand two hundred dollars. 

Navy-yard, Mare Island, California: In general storehouses: Two 
bookkeepers, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; two assistant 
bookkeepers, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; one receiving 


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clerk, at one thousand dollars; one shipping clerk, at one thousand 
dollars; one hill clerk, at one thousand dollars; one clerk, at one thou¬ 
sand dollars; one assistant clerk, at one thousand dollars. In yard 
pay office: One writer, at one thousand and seventeen dollars and 
twenty-five cents; in all, nine thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven 
dollars and twenty-five cents. 

Navy-yard, Norfolk, Virginia: In general storehouses: Two book¬ 
keepers, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; two assistant 
bookkeepers, at one thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five 
cents each; one bill clerk, at one thousand dollars; one assistant bill 
clerk, at seven hundred and twenty dollars; one receiving clerk, at 
nine hundred and forty-two dollars; one assistant receiving clerk, at 
seven hundred and twenty dollars. In yard pay office: One writer, at 
one thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents; in all, eight 
thousand eight hundred and thirty-three dollars and seventy-five cents. 

In all, civil establishment. Bureau of Supplies and Accounts, seventy 
thousand four hundred and thirty-two dollars and three cents, and no 
other fund appropriated by this Act shall be used in payment for such 
service. 

Contingent, Bureau of Supplies and Accounts: For freight 
and express charges, candles, fuel, books and blanks, stationery, adver¬ 
tising, furniture for general storehouses and pay offices in navy-yards, 
expenses of naval clothing factory and machinery for same, postage, 
telegrams, telephones, tolls, ferriages, 3 7 eoman’s stores, iron safes, 
newspapers, ice, transportation of stores purchased under the naval 
supply fund, and other incidental expenses, one hundred and fifty 
thousand dollars. 

The active list of passed assistant and assistant paymasters of the 
Pay Corps shall hereafter consist of thirty and forty, respectively: 
Provided , That when such appointments of assistant pa}miasters are 
made from among those who served honorably as such in the late war 
with Spain the age limit may be increased to forty-five years. 

The officer of the Pay Corps of the Navy detailed as assistant to the 
Chief of the Bureau of Supplies and Accounts pursuant to the Act of 
Congress approved July twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety- 
four, shall hereafter receive the highest pay of his grade. 

BUREAU OF CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR. 

Construction and repair of vessels: For preservation and 
completion of vessels on the stocks and in ordinary; purchase of mate¬ 
rials and stores of all kinds; steam steerers, pneumatic steerers, steam 
capstans, steam windlasses, and all other auxiliaries; labor in navy- 
yards and on foreign stations; purchase of machinery and tools for use 
in shops; carrying on work of experimental model tank; designing 
naval vessels; wear, tear, and repair of vessels afloat; general care, 
increase, and protection of the Navy in the line of construction and 
repair; incidental expenses, such as advertising, freight, foreign post¬ 
age, telegrams, telephone service, photographing, books, professional 
magazines, plans, stationery, and instruments for drafting room, three 
million dollars: Provided , That no part of this sum shall be applied to 
the repair of any wooden ship when the estimated cost of such repairs, 
to be appraised by a competent board of naval officers, shall exceed 
ten per centum of the estimated cost, appraised in like manner, of a 
new ship of the same size and like material. 

Construction plant, navy-yard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire: Repairs 


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to and improvement of plant at navy-yard, Portsmouth, New Hamp¬ 
shire, twenty-live thousand dollars. 

Construction plant, navy-yard, Boston, Massachusetts: Repair to and 
improvement of plant at navy-yard, Boston, Massachusetts, twenty-live 
thousand dollars. 

Construction plant, navy-yard, Brooklyn, New York: Repairs to and 
improvement of plant at navy-yard, Brooklyn, New York, twenty-live 
thousand dollars. 

Construction plant, navy-yard, League Island, Pennsylvania: Repairs 
to and improvement of plant at navy-yard, League island, Pennsyl¬ 
vania, twenty-live thousand dollars. 

Construction plant, navy-yard, Norfolk, Virginia: Repairs to and 
improvement of plant at navy-yard, Norfolk, Virginia, twenty-live thou¬ 
sand dollars. 

Construction plant, navy-yard, Pensacola, Florida: Repairs to and 
improvement of construction plant at navj^-yard, Pensacola, Florida, 
twenty-live thousand dollars. 

Construction plant, navy-yard, Mare Island, California: Repairs to 
and improvement of plant at navy-yard, Mare Island, California, twenty- 
live thousand dollars. 

Construction plant, naval station, Port Royal, South Carolina: 
Repairs to and improvement of construction plant at naval station, 
Port Royal, South Carolina, twenty-five thousand dollars. 

Construction plant, naval station, Key West, Florida: Repairs to 
and improvement of construction plant at naval station, Key West, 
Florida, twenty-five thousand dollars. 

Construction plant, naval station, Puget Sound, Washington: Repairs 
to and improvement of plant at Puget Sound Naval Station, Washing¬ 
ton, twenty-five thousand dollars. 

Civil establishment, Bureau of Construction and Repair: 
Navy-yard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire: For one clerk to naval con¬ 
structor, at one thousand four hundred dollars; two writers, at one 
thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents each; in all, three 
thousand four hundred and thirty-four dollars and fifty cents. 

Navy-yard, Boston, Massachusetts: For one clerk to naval con¬ 
structor, at one thousand four hundred dollars; one writer, at one 
thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents; in ali, two thou¬ 
sand four hundred and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents. 

Navy-yard, Brooklyn, New York: For one clerk to naval constructor, 
at one thousand four hundred dollars; three writers, at one thousand 
and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents each; in all, four thousand 
four hundred and fifty-one dollars and seventy-five cents. 

Navy-yard, League Island, Pennsylvania: For one clerk to naval 
constructor, at one thousand four hundred dollars; one writer, at one 
thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents; in all, two thou¬ 
sand four hundred and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents. 

Navy-yard, Washington, District of Columbia: For one clerk to 
naval constructor, at one thousand four hundred dollars. 

Navy-yard, Norfolk, Virginia: For one clerk to naval constructor, at 
one thousand four hundred dollars; two writers, at one thousand and 
seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents each; in all, three thousand 
four hundred and thirty-four dollars and fifty cents. 

Navy-yard, Pensacola, Florida: For one writer, at one thousand and 
seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents. 


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Naval station, Port Royal, South Carolina: For one clerk to naval 
constructor, at one thousand four hundred dollars. 

Navy-yard, Mare Island, California: For one clerk to naval con¬ 
structor, at one thousand four hundred dollars; two writers, at one 
thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents each; in all, 
three thousand four hundred and thirty-four dollars and fifty cents. 

In all, civil establishment, Bureau of Construction and Repair, 
twenty-three thousand four hundred and seven dollars; and no other 
fund appropriated by this Act shall be used in pa} r ment for such 
service. 

The Act of June tenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, authorizing 
the construction, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Navy, of two 
submarine boats, is hereby amended so as to permit the Secretary to 
contract for two submarine boats of the Holland type, similar to the 
submarine boat Holland. 

BUREAU OF STEAM ENGINEERING. 

Steam machinery: For completion, repairing, and preservation of 
machinery and boilers of naval vessels, including cost of new boilers; 
distilling, refrigerating, and auxiliary machinery; preservation of and 
small repairs to machinery and boilers in vessels in ordinary, receiving 
and training vessels, repair and care of machinery of yard tugs and 
launches, six hundred and eighty thousand dollars: Provided , That no 
part of said sum shall be applied to the engines, boilers, and machinery 
of wooden ships where the estimated cost of such repair shall exceed 
ten per centum of the estimated cost of new engines and machinery of 
the same character and power, nor shall new boilers be constructed for 
wooden ships. 

For purchase, handling, and preservation of all material and stores, 
purchase, fitting, repair, and preservation of machinery and tools in 
navy-yards and stations, and running yard engines, four hundred 
thousand dollars. 

For incidental expenses for navy vessels, yards, and the Bureau, 
such as foreign postage, telegrams, advertising, freight, photographing, 
books, stationer}^, and instruments, ten thousand dollars. 

In all, steam machinery, one million and ninety thousand dollars. 

Contingent, Bureau of Steam Engineering: For contingencies, 
drawing materials, and instruments for the drafting room, one thou¬ 
sand dollars. 

Machinery plant, navy-yard, Norfolk, Virginia: Additional 
tools required to put the yard in condition for building and repairing 
modern marine machine^ with economy and dispatch, fifteen thousand 
dollars. 

Machinery plant, naval station, Puget Sound, Washing¬ 
ton: Additional tools required to fit out plant for repairs of engines, 
boilers, and so forth, of United States naval vessels, twenty-five thou¬ 
sand dollars. 

Machinery plant, navy-yard, League Island, Pennsylvania: 
Boiler-making plant, fifteen thousand dollars. 

Machinery plant, navy-yard, Brooklyn, New York: Addi¬ 
tional tools required to put the yard in condition for building and 
repairing modern marine machinery with economy and dispatch, fifty 
thousand dollars. 

Civil establishment, Bureau of Steam Engineering: Navy- 
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one thousand two hundred dollars; one messenger, at six hundred dol¬ 
lars; in all, one thousand eight hundred dollars; 

Navy-yard, Boston, Massachusetts: For one clerk to department, one 
thousand three hundred dollars; 

Navy-yard, Brooklyn, New York: For one clerk, at one thousand 
four hundred dollars; one writer, at one thousand dollars; one mes¬ 
senger, at six hundred dollars; in all, three thousand dollars; 

Navy-yard, League Island, Pennsylvania: For one clerk, at one 
thousand two hundred dollars; 

Navy-yard, Norfolk, Virginia: For one clerk, at one thousand three 
hundred dollars; one messenger, at six hundred dollars; in all, one 
thousand nine hundred dollars; 

Navy-yard, Pensacola, Florida: For one writer, at one thousand 
dollars; 

Navy-yard, Mare Island, California: For one clerk to department, 
at one thousand four hundred dollars; one messenger, at six hundred 
dollars; one writer, at one thousand dollars; in all, three thousand 
dollars; 

In all, civil establishment, Bureau of Steam Engineering, thirteen 
thousand two hundred dollars; and no other fund appropriated by this 
Act shall be used in payment for such service. 

NAVAL ACADEMY. 

Pay of professors and others, Naval Academy: For one pro¬ 
fessor of mathematics, one of chemistry, one of physics, and one of 
English, at two thousand five hundred dollars each; six professors, 
namely, one of English, one of French and Spanish, three of French, 
and one of drawing, at two thousand two hundred dollars each; one 
sword master, at one thousand five hundred dollars, and two assistants 
at one thousand dollars each; one instructor in gymnastics, at one thou¬ 
sand two hundred dollars; one assistant librarian, at one thousand four 
hundred dollars; one secretary to the Naval Academy, at one thousand 
eight hundred dollars; two clerks to the Superintendent, at one thou¬ 
sand two hundred dollars each; one clerk to the commandant of cadets, 
at one thousand two hundred dollars; one clerk to the paymaster, at 
one thousand two hundred dollars; one dentist, at one thousand six 
hundred dollars; one baker, at six hundred dollars; one mechanic in 
department of physics, at seven hundred and thirty dollars; one cook, 
at three hundred and twenty-five dollars and fifty cents; one messen¬ 
ger to the Superintendent, at six hundred dollars; one armorer, at six 
hundred and forty-nine dollars and fifty cents; one chief gunner’s mate, 
at five hundred and twenty-nine dollars and fifty cents; one quarter 
gunner, at four hundred and sixty-nine dollars and fifty cents; one cox¬ 
swain, at four hundred and sixty-nine dollars and fifty cents; one sea¬ 
man in the department of seamanship, at three hundred and ninety-seven 
dollars and fifty cents; one attendant in the department of navigation 
and one in the department of physics, at three hundred dollars each; 
six attendants at recitation rooms, library, store, chapel, and offices, at 
three hundred dollars each; one bandmaster, at one thousand and 
eighty dollars; twenty-one first-class musicians, at three hundred and 
forty-eight dollars each; seven second-class musicians, at three hun¬ 
dred dollars each; services of organist at chapel, three hundred dollars; 
in all, fifty-five thousand four hundred and fifty-nine^ dollars. 

Pay of watchmen, mechanics, and others, Naval Academy: 
For the captain of the watch and weigher, at two dollars and fifty cents 


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per diem; four watchmen, at two dollars per diem each; foreman of 
gas and steam heating works of the Academy, at live dollars per diem; 
for labor at gas works and steam buildings, for masons, carpenters, and 
other mechanics and laborers, and for care of buildings, grounds, 
wharves, and boats, thirty-seven thousand eight hundred and sixt}^- 
four dollars and ninety-five cents; one attendant in purifying house of 
the gas house, at one dollar and fifty cents per diem; in all. forty-four 
thousand and sixty-nine dollars and ninety-five cents. 

Pay of steam employees, Naval Academy: For pay of mechanics 
and others in department of steam engineering, seven thousand eight 
hundred and twenty-four dollars and fifty cents. 

For special course of study and training of naval cadets, as author¬ 
ized by Act of Congress approved August fifth, eighteen hundred and 
eighty-two, three thousand dollars. 

Repairs, Naval Academy: Necessary repairs of public buildings, 
wharves, and walls inclosing the grounds of the Naval Academy, 
improvements, repairs, furniture and fixtures, twenty-one thousand 
dollars. 

Heating and lighting, Naval Academy: Fuel, and for heating 
and lighting the Academy and school-ships, twent}^ thousand dollars. 

Contingent, Naval Academy: Purchase of books for the library (to 
be purchased in open market on the written order of the Superintend¬ 
ent), two thousand dollars; stationery, blank books, models, maps, and 
text-books for use of instructors, two thousand dollars; expenses of the 
Board of Visitors of the Naval Academy, being mileage and five dol¬ 
lars per diem for each member for expenses during actual attendance 
at the Academy and for supplying necessaiy outfit for the board house, 
three thousand dollars; purchase of chemicals, apparatus, and instru¬ 
ments in the department of physics, and for repairs of the same, two 
thousand dollars; purchase of gas and steam machinery, steam pipes 
and fittings, rent of buildings for the use of the Academy, freight, 
cartage, water, music, musical and astronomical instruments, uniforms 
for the bandsmen, telegraphing, feed and maintenance of teams, current 
expenses, and repairs of all kinds, and for incidental labor and expenses 
not applicable to any other appropriation, thirty-two thousand dollars; 
stores in the departments of steam engineering, eight hundred dollars; 
materials for repairs in steam machinery, one thousand dollars; for 
contingencies for the Superintendent of the Academy, to be expended 
in his discretion, one thousand dollars; in all, forty-three thousand 
eight hundred dollars. 

MARINE CORPS. 

Pay, Marine Corps: For pay and allowances prescribed by law of 
officers on the active list, three hundred and forty-four thousand nine 
hundred dollars. 

Pay of officers on the retired list: For one colonel, one lieutenant- 
colonel, one adjutant and inspector, two quartermasters, one major, nine 
captains, three first lieutenants, and three second lieutenants, forty-five 
thousand seven hundred and ninety-five dollars. 

Pay of noncommissioned officers, musicians and privates, as pre¬ 
scribed by law, and the number of enlisted men authorized for the 
Marine Corps shall be exclusive of those undergoing imprisonment with 
sentence of dishonorable discharge from the service at expiration of such 
confinement, and for the expenses of clerks of the United States Marine 
Corps traveling under orders, one million one hundred and twelve thou¬ 
sand five hundred and forty-eight dollars. 


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Pay and allowances for retired enlisted men: For one sergeant-major, 
two drum-majors, five first-class musicians, sixteen first sergeants, 
twenty-three sergeants, four corporals, one drummer, two fifers, and 
forty-eight privates, and for those who may be retired during the year, 
thirty-four thousand dollars. 

Undrawn clothing: For payment to discharged soldiers for clothing 
undrawn, twenty-three thousand dollars. 

Mileage: For mileage of officers traveling under orders without troops, 
twelve thousand dollars. 

For commutation of quarters to officers on duty without troops where 
there are no public quarters, eight thousand dollars. 

Pay of civil force: In the office of the colonel commandant: For 
one chief clerk, at one thousand five hundred and forty dollars and 
eighty cents; one messenger, at nine hundred and seventy-one dollars 
and twenty-eight cents; 

In the office of the paymaster: One chief clerk, at one thousand six 
hundred dollars; one clerk, at one thousand four hundred and ninety - 
six dollars and fifty-two cents; one clerk, at one thousand two hundred 
and fifty-seven dollars and twelve cents; 

In the office of the quartermaster: One chief clerk, at one thousand 
five hundred and forty dollars and eighty cents; one clerk, at one thou¬ 
sand four hundred and ninety-six dollars and fifty-two cents; one clerk, 
at one thousand two hundred and fifty-seven dollars and twelve cents; 

In the office of the adjutant and inspector: One chief clerk, at one 
thousand five hundred and forty dollars and eighty cents; one clerk, at 
one thousand four hundred and ninety-six dollars and fifty-two cents; 

In the office of the assistant quartermaster, Washington, District of 
Columbia, or San Francisco, California: One clerk, at one thousand 
four hundred dollars; 

In the office of the assistant quartermaster, Philadelphia, Pennsyl¬ 
vania: One clerk, at one thousand four hundred dollars; one messen¬ 
ger, at one dollar and seventy-five cents per diem; 

In all, for pay of civil force, seventeen thousand six hundred and 
thirty-six dollars and twenty-three cents. 

Provisions, Marine Corps: For one thousand nine hundred and 
seventy-three noncommissioned officers, musicians, and privates, and 
for commutation of rations to sixteen enlisted men detailed as clerks 
and messengers; also for payment of board and lodging of recruiting 
parties, said pa} T ment for board not to exceed two thousand five hundred 
dollars, three hundred and sixty-six thousand and seventy-one dollars 
and fifty cents; and no law shall be construed to entitle marines on 
shore duty to any rations or commutation therefor other than such as 
now are or may hereafter be allowed to enlisted men in the Army. 

Clothing, Marine Corps: For three thousand and seventy-four 
noncommissioned officers, musicians, and privates, two hundred and 
ninety thousand one hundred and ninety-nine dollars and fifty-four 
cents. 

Fuel, Marine Corps: For heating barracks and quarters, for 
ranges and stoves for cooking, fuel for enlisted men, for sales to offi¬ 
cers, maintaining electric lights, and for hot-air closets, twenty-five 
thousand dollars. 

Military stores, Marine Corps: For pay of chief armorer, at 
three dollars per day; three mechanics, at two dollars and fifty cents 
each per day; for purchase of military equipments, such as rifles, revolv¬ 
ers, cartridge boxes, bayonet scabbards, haversacks, blanket bags, 

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knapsacks, canteens, musket slings, swords, drums, trumpets, flags, 
waist belts, waist plates, cartridge belts, sashes for officer of the day, 
spare parts for repairing muskets, purchase of ammunition, and pur¬ 
chase and repair of tents and field ovens, purchase and repair of instru¬ 
ments for band, purchase of music and musical accessories, medals for 
excellence in gunnery and rifle practice, good-conduct badges, incidental 
expenses in connection with the school of application, signal equipment 
and stores, binocular glasses, for the establishment and maintenance 
of targets and ranges, for hiring established ranges, and for procuring, 
preserving, and handling ammunition, forty-six thousand two hundred 
and ninety-seven dollars. 

Transportation and recruiting, Marine Corps: For transporta¬ 
tion of troops, including ferriage, and the expense of recruiting service, 
twenty-five thousand dollars. 

For repairs of barracks, Marine Corps: At Portsmouth, New 
Hampshire; Boston, Massachusetts; Newport, Rhode Island; Brooklyn, 
New York; League Island, Pennsylvania; Annapolis, Maryland; head¬ 
quarters and navy-yard, District of Columbia; Norfolk, Virginia; Port 
Royal, South Carolina; Pensacola, Florida; Mare Island, California; 
Bremerton, Washington; and Sitka, Alaska; and at such other place 
or places as the exigency of the service requires the renting, leasing, 
or erection of barracks; and per diem for enlisted men emplo 3 T ed under 
the direction of the Quartermaster’s Department on the repair of bar¬ 
racks and other public buildings, thirteen thousand dollars. 

For rent of building used for manufacture of clothing, storing sup¬ 
plies, and office of assistant quartermaster, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 
three thousand three hundred dollars. 

Erection and completion of a building for marine barracks, Annapo¬ 
lis, Maryland, lifty^ thousand dollars. 

Erection and completion of commanding officer’s quarters, Annapo¬ 
lis, Maryland, nine thousand dollars. 

Erection and completion of two sets of officers’ quarters, Annapolis, 
Maryland, fourteen thousand dollars. 

(flearing and grading, laying sewers, water pipes, and pavements, 
erecting fences and flagstaff, and otherwise improving site for marine 
barracks and officers’ quarters, and building a bridge to connect same 
with Naval Academy inclosure, Annapolis, Maryland, eight thousand 
dollars. 

Forage, Marine Corps: For forage in kind for five horses of the 
quartermaster’s department, and the authorized number of officers’ 
horses, six thousand dollars. 

Hire of quarters, Marine Corps: For hire of quarters for officers 
serving with troops where there are no public quarters belonging to the 
Government, and where there are not sufficient quarters possessed by 
the United States to accommodate them, nine thousand dollars; for 
hire of quarters for eleven enlisted men employed as clerks and mes¬ 
sengers in commandant’s, adjutant and inspector’s, paymaster’s, and 
quartermaster’s offices, and the offices of the assistant quartermasters, 
Washington, District of Columbia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and for 
the leader of the Marine Band, twenty-one dollars each per month, 
three thousand and twenty-four dollars; for hire of quarters for five 
enlisted men employed as above, at ten dollars each per month, six 
hundred dollars; in all, twelve thousand six hundred and twentv-four 
dollars. 

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recruiting, forage, and hire of quarters for officers and men to he 
commissioned and enlisted previous to June thirtieth, eighteen hun¬ 
dred and ninety-nine, twenty thousand four hundred dollars, to be 
immediately available. 

Contingent, Marine Corps: For freight, tolls, cartage, advertis¬ 
ing, washing of lied sacks, mattress covers, pillowcases, towels, and 
sheets, funeral expenses of marines, stationery and other paper, tele¬ 
graphing, rent of telephones, purchase and repair of typewriters, 
apprehension of stragglers and deserters, per diem of enlisted men 
employed on constant labor for a period not less than ten days, repair 
of gas and water fixtures, office and barracks furniture, camp and 
garrison equipage and implements, mess utensils for enlisted men, such 
as bowls, plates, spoons, knives and forks, tin cups, pans, pots, and so 
forth; packing boxes, wrapping paper, oilcloth, crash, rope, twine, 
camphor and carbolized paper, carpenters’ tools, tools for police pur¬ 
poses, iron safes, purchase and repair of public wagons, purchase and 
repair of public harness, purchase of public horses, services of veteri 
nary surgeons and medicines for public horses, purchase and repair of 
hose, repair of fire extinguishers, purchase of fire hand grenades, pur¬ 
chase and repair of carts, wheelbarrows, and lawn mowers; purchase 
and repair of cooking stoves, ranges, stoves, and furnaces where there 
are. no grates; purchase of ice, towels, soap, combs, and brushes for 
offices; postage stamps for foreign postage; purchase of books, news, 
papers, and periodicals; improving parade grounds, repair of pumps 
and wharves, laying drain, water, and gas pipes, water, introducing 
gas, and for gas, gas oil, and introduction and maintenance of electric 
lights; straw for bedding, mattresses, mattress covers, pillows, sheets; 
wire bunk bottoms for enlisted men at various posts; furniture for 
Government quarters and repair of same, and for all emergencies and 
extraordinary expenses arising at home and abroad, but impossible to 
anticipate or classify, fifty-seven thousand five hundred dollars. 

increase of the navy. 

That for the purpose of further increasing the naval establishment 
of the United States the President is hereby authorized to have con¬ 
structed by contract three seagoing coast line battle ships, carrying 
the heaviest armor and most powerful ordnance for vessels of their 
class upon a trial displacement of about thirteen thousand five hun- 
dren tons, to be sheathed and coppered, and to have the highest prac¬ 
ticable speed and great radius of action, and to cost, exclusive of armor 
and armament, not exceeding three million six hundred thousand dol¬ 
lars each; three armored cruisers of about twelve thousand tons trial 
displacement, carrying the heaviest armor and most powerful ordnance 
for vessels of their class, to be sheathed and coppered, and to have the 
highest practicable speed and great radius of action, and to cost, 
exclusive of armor and armament, not exceeding four million dollars 
each; and six protected cruisers of about two thousand five hundred 
tons trial displacement, to be sheathed and coppered, and to have the 
highest speed compatible with good cruising qualities, great radius of 
action, and to carry the most powerful ordnance suited to vessels of 
their class, and to cost, exclusive of armament, not exceeding one mil¬ 
lion one hundred and forty-one thousand eight hundred dollars each; 
and the contracts for the construction of each of said vessels shall be 
awarded by the Secretary of the Navy to the lowest best responsible 
bidder, having in view the best results and most expeditious delivery; 


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and not more than two of the seagoing battleships and not more than 
two of the armored cruisers herein provided for and not more than two 
of the protected cruisers herein provided for shall be built in one yard 
or by one contracting party; and in the construction of all said vessels 
all of the provisions of the Act of May fourth, eighteen hundred and 
ninet}r-eight, entitled “An Act making appropriations for the naval 
establishment for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hun¬ 
dred and ninety-nine, and for other purposes,” shall be observed and 
followed; and, subject to the provisions hereinafter made, one and not 
more than one of the afoyesaid seagoing battle ships, and one and not 
more than one of the aforesaid armored cruisers shall be built on or 
near the coast of the Pacific Ocean or in the waters connecting there¬ 
with: Provided , That if it shall appear to the satisfaction of the Pres¬ 
ident of the United States, from the biddings for such contracts when 
the same are opened and examined by him, said vessels, or either of 
them, can not be constructed on or near the coast of the Pacific Ocean 
at a cost not exceeding four per centum above the lowest accepted bid 
for the other battle ships or cruisers provided for in this Act, he shall 
authorize the construction of said vessels, or either of them, elsewhere 
in the United States, subject to the limitations as to cost hereinbefore 
provided. 

Construction and machinery: On account of the hulls and outfits 
of vessels and steam machinery of vessels heretofore and herein author¬ 
ized, five million nine hundred and ninety-two thousand four hundred 
and two dollars. 

Armor and armament: Toward the armament and armor of 
domestic manufacture for the vessels authorized by the Act of July 
twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, of the vessels author¬ 
ized under the Act of March second, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, 
of those authorized by the Act of June tenth, eighteen hundred and 
ninety-six, of those authorized by the Act of March third, eighteen 
hundred and ninety-seven, of those authorized by the Act of May 
fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, and of those authorized by 
this Act, four million dollars: Provided , That in procuring armor for 
the seagoing coast-line battle ships and the harbor defense vessels of 
the monitor type, authorized by the Act making appropriations for the 
naval service for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred 
and ninety-nine, and for other purposes, approved May fourth, eighteen 
hundred and ninety-eight, the Secretary of the Navy may contract for 
suitable armor for said vessels under the limitations as to price for the 
same as fixed by this Act: Andprovided further , That no contracts for 
the armor for any vessels authorized b}^ this Act shall be made at an 
average rate exceeding three hundred dollars per ton of two thousand 
two hundred and forty pounds, including royalties, and in no case shall 
a contract be made for the construction of the hull of any vessel author¬ 
ized by this Act until a contract has been made for the armor of such 
vessel. 

The President is hereby authorized to appoint, by selection and pro¬ 
motion, an Admiral of the Navy, who shall not be placed upon the 
retired list except upon his own application; and whenever such office 
shall be vacated by death or otherwise the office shall cease to exist. 

Equipment: Toward the completion of the equipment outfit of the 
new vessels heretofore and herein authorized, four hundred thousand 
dollars. 

Approved, March 3, 1899. 


FIFTY-SIXTH CONGRESS, FIRST SESSION—JTJNE 7, 1900. 


An Act Making appropriations for the naval service for the fiscal 
year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and one, and for other purposes. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and Ho use of Representatives of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled , That the following sums be, 
and they are hereby, appropriated, to be paid out of any money in 
the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the naval service of the 
Government for the year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and 
one, and for other purposes: 

PAY OF THE NAVY. 

Pa} r and allowances prescribed by law of officers on sea duty; officers 
on shore and other duty; officers on waiting orders; officers on the 
retired list; Admiral’s secretary; clerks to commandants of yards and 
stations; clerks to paymasters at yards and stations; general store¬ 
keepers, receiving ships and other vessels; for four additional clerks, 
one to commandant, at one thousand five hundred dollars per year, 
and one to paymaster and general storekeeper, at one thousand three 
hundred dollars per year, at Honolulu, and one to commandant, at one 
thousand five hundred dollars per year, and one to pa 3 T master and 
general storekeeper, at one thousand three hundred dollars per year, 
at Samoa; commutation of quarters for officers on shore not occupying 
public quarters; pay of enlisted men on the retired list; extra pay to 
men reenlisting under honorable discharge; interest on deposit by 
men; pay of pett} r officers, seamen, landsmen, and apprentice boys, 
including men in the engineers’ force and for the Fish Commission, 
seventeen thousand five hundred men and two thousand five hundred 
apprentices under training at training stations and on board training 
ships, and for men detailed for duty with naval militia at the pay pre¬ 
scribed by law, twelve million eight hundred and ten thousand eight 
hundred and ninety-seven dollars. 

PAY, MISCELLANEOUS. 

For commissions and interest; transportation of funds; exchange; 
mileage to officers while traveling under orders m the United States, 
and transportation of baggage allowed by regulations, and for actual 
personal expenses of officers while traveling abroad under orders, and 
for traveling expenses of civilian employees, and for actual and 
necessary traveling expenses of naval cadets while proceeding from 
their homes to the Naval Academy for examination and appointment 
as cadets; for rent and furniture of buildings and offices not in 
navy-yards; expenses of courts-martial, prisoners and prisons, and 
courts of inquiry, boards of inspection, examining boards, with clerks’ 
and witnesses’ fees, and traveling expenses and costs; stationery and 
recording expenses of purchasing-paymasters’ offices of the various 
cities, including clerks, furniture, fuel, stationery, and incidental 
expenses; newspapers and advertising; foreign postage; telegraphing, 

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foreign and domestic; telephones; copying; care of library, including 
the purchase of books, photographs, prints, manuscripts, and period¬ 
icals; ferriage, tolls, and express fees; costs of suits; commissions, 
warrants, diplomas, and discharges; relief of vessels in distress; canal 
tolls and pilotage; recovery of valuables from shipwrecks; quarantine 
expenses; reports; professional investigation; cost of special instruc¬ 
tion, at home or abroad, in maintenance of students and attaches, and 
information from abroad, and the collection and classification thereof, 
and other necessary and incidental expenses, five hundred thousand 
dollars: Provided , That in lieu of traveling expenses and all allow¬ 
ances whatsoever connected therewith, including transportation of 
baggage, officers of the Navy traveling from point to point within 
the United States under orders shall hereafter receive mileage at the 
rate of eight cents per mile, distance to be computed by the shortest 
usually traveled route; but in cases where orders are given for travel 
to be performed repeatedly between two or more places in the same 
vicinity the Secretary of the Navy may, in his discretion, direct that 
actual and necessary expenses only be allowed. Actual expenses only 
shall be paid for travel under orders outside the limits of the United 
States in North America. 

Contingent, Navy: For all emergencies and extraordinary expenses 
arising at home or abroad, but impossible to be anticipated or classi¬ 
fied, exclusive of personal services in the Navy Department, or any of 
its subordinate bureaus or offices, at Washington, District of Columbia, 
ten thousand dollars, and to enable the Secretary of the Nav} r , in his 
discretion, to cause to be transported to their homes the remains of 
officers and enlisted men of the Navy and Marine Corps who die or are 
killed in action, ashore or afloat, outside of the continental limits of 
the United States, ten thousand dollars: Provided, That the sum 
herein appropriated shall be available for transportation of the remains 
of officers and men who have died or who have been killed while on 
duty at any time since April twenty-first, eighteen hundred and ninety- 
eight. 

ExMERGENCY FUND, NAVY DEPARTMENT. 

To meet unforeseen contingencies for the maintenance of the Navy 
constantly arising, to be expended at the discretion of the President, 
three hundred thousand dollars. 

BUREAU OF NAVIGATION. 

Transportation, recruiting, and contingent: For expenses of 
recruiting for the naval service; rent of rendezvous and expenses of 
maintaining the same; advertising for men and boys, and all other 
expenses attending the recruiting for the naval service, and for the 
transportation of enlisted men and boj^s at home and abroad and of 
officers accompanying them; for heating apparatus for receiving and 
training ships, and extra expenses thereof; for freight, telegraphing 
on public business, postage on letters sent abroad, ferriage, ice, appre¬ 
hension of deserters and stragglers, continuous-service certificates, 
discharges, good-conduct badges, and medals for boys, schoolbooks for 
training apprentices, packing boxes and materials, and other contin¬ 
gent expenses and emergencies arising under cognizance of the Bureau 
of Navigation, unforeseen, and impossible to classify, eighty thousand 
dollars. 


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Gunnery exercises: For prizes for excellence in gunnery exer¬ 
cises and target practice; diagrams and reports of target practice; 
for the establishment and maintenance of targets and ranges, for hiring 
established ranges, and for transporting to and from ranges, twelve 
thousand dollars. 

Outfits for naval apprentices: For outfits for two thousand five 
hundred naval apprentices, at forty-five dollars each, one hundred and 
twelve thousand five hundred dollars. 

Outfits for landsmen: For outfits for two thousand five hundred 
landsmen under training for seamen, at forty-five dollars each, one 
hundred and twelve thousand five hundred dollars. 

Naval training station, California: Maintenance of naval ap¬ 
prentice training station, Yerba Buena Island, California, namely: 
Labor and material; buildings and wharves; general care, repairs, and 
improvements of grounds, buildings, and wharves; wharfage, ferriage, 
and street-car fare; purchase and maintenance of live stock, and attend¬ 
ance on same; wagons, carts, implements, and tools, and repairs to 
same; fire engines and extinguishers; boats and gymnastic implements; 
models and other articles needed in instruction of apprentices; print¬ 
ing outfit and materials, and maintenance of same; heating, lighting, 
and furniture; stationery, books, and periodicals; fresh water, ice, 
and washing; freight and expressage; packing boxes and materials; 
postage and telegraphing; telephones, and all other contingent expenses, 
thirty thousand dollars. 

Naval training station, California (buildings): Three sets of 
officers’ quarters, twenty-five thousand dollars; extension of wharf, 
three thousand dollars; sick quarters for apprentices, one thousand 
five hundred dollars; additional boiler, engine, and dynamo for light¬ 
ing buildings, three thousand dollars; stable, one thousand two hun¬ 
dred and fifty dollars; fitting storehouse for general storekeeper in 
basement of barracks, one thousand dollars; in all, thirty-four thousand 
seven hundred and fifty dollars; to be immediately available. 

Naval training station, Rhode Island: For maintenance of naval 
apprentice training station Coasters Harbor Island, Rhode Island, 
namely: Labor and material; buildings and wharves; dredging chan¬ 
nels; extending sea wall; repairs to causeway- and sea wall; general 
care, repairs, and improvements of grounds, buildings, and wharves; 
wharfage, ferriage, and street-car fare; purchase and maintenance of 
live stock, and attendance on same; wagons, carts, implements, tools, 
and repairs to same; fire engines and extinguishers; boats and gym¬ 
nastic implements; models and other articles needed in instruction of 
apprentices; printing outfit and materials, and maintenance of same; 
heating, lighting, and furniture; stationery, books, and periodicals; 
fresh water, ice, and washing; freight and expressage; packing boxes 
and materials; postage and telegraphing; telephones, and all other 
contingent expenses, forty-five thousand dollars. 

Naval training station, Rhode Island—Buildings: For build¬ 
ing breakwater, wharf, and sea wall for new barracks, twent} T -five 
thousand dollars; for two thousand feet of six-inch water mains with 
valves complete for new barracks, four thousand eight hundred dol¬ 
lars; reclaiming basin northwest of main causeway, nine thousand 
five hundred dollars; building and furnishing storehouse for general 
storekeeper, ten thousand dollars; power house to be fitted with boilers, 
dynamos, connections, and so forth, for lighting the new barracks at 


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this station, and a salt-water pumping outfit for fire protection to he 
installed in the same building, to be immediately available, nine thou¬ 
sand five hundred and fifty dollars; in all, naval training station, 
Rhode Island, fifty-eight thousand eight hundred and fifty dollars. 

Naval War College, Coasters Harbor Island, Rhode Island: 
For maintenance of the Naval War College on Coasters Harbor Island, 
and care of grounds for same, including one draftsman, at one thou¬ 
sand two hundred dollars per year, nine thousand two hundred dollars. 

Naval Home, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: For one superin¬ 
tendent of grounds, at six hundred dollars; one steward, at four hun¬ 
dred and eighty dollars; one matron, at three hundred and sixty 
dollars; one chief cook, at three hundred and sixty dollars; one 
assistant cook, at two hundred and forty dollars; one assistant cook, 
at one hundred and eighty dollars; one chief laundress, at one hundred 
and ninety-two dollars; five laundresses, at one hundred and sixty- 
eight dollars each; four scrubbers, at one hundred and sixty-eight 
dollars each; one head waitress, at one hundred and ninety-two dollars; 
eight waitresses, at one hundred and sixty-eight dollars each; one 
kitchen servant, at two hundred dollars; eight laborers, at two hun¬ 
dred and forty dollars each; one stable keeper and driver, at three 
hundred and sixty dollars; one master at arms, at four hundred and 
eighty dollars; two house corporals, at three hundred dollars each; 
one barber, at three hundred and sixty dollars; one carpenter, at eight 
hundred and forty-five dollars; one painter, at six hundred dollars; 
one engineer for elevator and machinery, six hundred dollars; three 
laborers, at three hundred and sixty dollars each; three laborers, at 
three hundred dollars each; water rent and lighting, two thousand 
one hundred dollars; cemetery, burial expenses, and headstones, 
three hundred and fifty dollars; improvement of grounds, nine hun¬ 
dred dollars; repairs to buildings, boilers, furnaces, furniture and 
repairs to the same, eight thousand dollars; music in chapel, six 
hundred dollars; transportation of indigent and destitute beneficiaries 
to the Naval Home, one hundred dollars; for support of beneficiaries, 
fifty thousand nine hundred and seventy dollars; in all, for Naval 
Home, seventy-six thousand four hundred and twenty-five dollars, 
which sum shall be paid out of the income from the naval pension 
fund. 


BUREAU OF ORDNANCE. 

Ordnance and ordnance stores: For procuring, producing, pre¬ 
serving, and handling ordnance material; for the armament of ships; 
for fuel, material, and labor to be used in the general work of the 
Ordnance Department; for watchmen at magazines; for furniture in 
ordnance buildings at navy-yards and stations; for maintenance of the 
proving ground and powder factory; and for target practice, five 
hundred thousand dollars. 

Reserve supply of ammunition, five hundred thousand dollars. 

Conversion of ordinary six-inch guns to rapid fire, twenty-five thou¬ 
sand dollars. 

Purchase and manufacture of smokeless powder, five hundred thou¬ 
sand dollars. 

• Purchase and erection of new and improved machinery for the shops 
of the gun plant at the Washington Navy-Yard, viz: For existing 


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shops, fifty thousand dollars: for one new proposed shop estimated 
for by the Bureau of Yards and Docks, one hundred thousand dollars; 
for new and improved machinery for the instruction of seamen gun¬ 
ners, twenty-five thousand dollars; in all, gun plant at Washington, 
one hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars. 

For new watchmen’s quarters and inclosure fence for gun park at 
Saint Helena, Norfolk Navy-Yard, five thousand five hundred dollars. 

Reserve guns for auxiliary cruisers: Toward the armament of 
modern guns for auxiliary cruisers mentioned in the Act approved 
March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, and in section four of 
the Act approved May tenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, two 
hundred and fifty thousand dollars: Provided , That the Secretary of 
the Nav} T may, in his discretion, purchase by contract all or any part 
of such guns. 

Torpedo station, Newport, Rhode Island: For labor, material, 
freight, and express charges; general care of and repairs to grounds, 
buildings, and wharves; boats, instruction, instruments, tools, furni¬ 
ture, experiments, and general torpedo outfits, sixty-five thousand 
dollars. 

Buildings, Naval Station, Puget Sound: For erection and equip¬ 
ment of ordnance shop and two magazine buildings at Bremerton, 
Puget Sound Naval Station, eighty thousand dollars. 

Arming and equipping Naval Militia: For arms, accouterments, 
signal outfits, boats and their equipments, and the printing or pur¬ 
chase of the necessary books of instruction for the Naval Militia of 
the various States, under such regulations as the Secretary of the 
Navy may prescribe, sixty thousand dollars. And the Secretary of 
the Navy is hereby authorized and empowered to use any part of the 
share of moneys heretofore or herein appropriated for arming and 
equipping the Naval Militia forces of the State of Connecticut in 
repairing the boilers of United States steamship Elfrida as he, the Sec¬ 
retary, may deem proper and advisable. 

Fitting Fort Lafayette as magazine: Additional work necessary 
in fitting Fort Lafayette, New York Harbor, for use as a naval maga¬ 
zine, fifteen thousand dollars. 

Naval magazine, Norfolk, Virginia: Railroad track, lightning 
rods, grading, filling, ditching and draining, and other necessary 
improvements at the naval magazine, Saint Juliens Creek, near Norfolk, 
Virginia, twenty thousand dollars. 

Naval magazine, Dover, New Jersey: Improvements at the naval 
magazine, Dover, New Jersey, including a new storehouse and maga¬ 
zine, light, heat, and power plant connected with small machine shop, 
new wagon shed, railroad connections to new buildings and with the 
Morris County Railroad, water reservoir, fire system, grading, and 
road improvements, one hundred thousand dollars. 

Repairs, Bureau of Ordnance: For necessary repairs to ordnance 
buildings, magazines, gun parks, boats, lighters, wharves, machinery, 
and other items of the like character, thirty thousand dollars. 

Contingent, Bureau of Ordnance: For miscellaneous items, 
namely: Freight to foreign and home stations, advertising, cartage 
and express charges, repairs to fire engines, gas and water pipes, gas 
and water tax at magazines, tolls, ferriage, foreign postage, and tele¬ 
grams to and from the Bureau, technical books, and incidental ex¬ 
penses attending inspection of ordnance material, thirty thousand 
dollars. 


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Civil, establishment, Bureau of Ordnance: Navy-yard, Ports¬ 
mouth, New Hampshire: For one writer, at one thousand dollars; 

Nav} T -yard, Boston, Massachusetts: For one writer, at one thousand 
dollars; 

Navy-yard, New York, New York: For one clerk, at one thousand 
four hundred dollars; 

Navy-yard, League Island, Pennsylvania: For one clerk, at one 
thousand two hundred dollars; 

Navy-yard, Washington, District of Columbia: For one chemist, at 
two thousand five hundred dollars; one chief clerk, at one thousand 
six hundred dollars; one clerk, at one thousand two hundred dollars; 
two writers, at one thousand and seventeen dollars and twent} r -five 
cents each; one draftsman, at one thousand eight hundred dollars; 
three draftsmen, at one thousand and eighty-one dollars each; one 
assistant draftsman, at seven hundred and seventy-two dollars; two 
copyists, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; one telegraph 
operator and copyist, at nine hundred dollars; in all, fifteen thousand 
four hundred and eighty-nine dollars and fifty cents; 

Smokeless-powder factory: For one chemist, at two thousand five 
hundred dollars; one assistant chemist, at one thousand six hundred 
dollars; in all, four thousand one hundred dollars; 

Navy-yard, Norfolk, Virginia: For one clerk, at one thousand two 
hundred dollars; 

Navy-} 7 ard, Mare Island, California: For one writer, at one thou¬ 
sand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents; 

Naval proving ground, Indian Head, Maryland: For one writer, at 
one thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents; 

Naval torpedo station, Newport, Phode Island: For one chemist, at 
two thousand five hundred dollars; one clerk, at one thousand two 
hundred dollars; one draftsman, at one thousand five hundred dollars; 
in all, five thousand two hundred dollars; 

In all, civil establishment, Bureau of Ordnance, thirty-two thousand 
six hundred and twenty-four dollars; and no other fund appropriated 
by this Act shall be used in payment for such service. 

bureau of equipment. 

Equipment of vessels: For purchase of coal for steamers’ and 
ship’s use, including expenses of transportation, storage, and handling 
the same; hemp, wire, iron, and other materials for the manufacture 
of cordage, .anchors, cables, galleys, and chains; canvas for the manu¬ 
facture of sails, awnings, hammocks, and other work; water for all 
purposes on board naval vessels, including the expenses of transpor¬ 
tation and storage of the same; stationery for commanding and navi¬ 
gating officers of ships, equipment officers on shore and afloat, and for 
the use of courts-martial on board ship; the removal and transporta¬ 
tion of ashes from ships of war; interior appliances and tools for 
equipment buildings in navy-yards and naval stations, and for the pur¬ 
chase of all other articles of equipment at home and abroad, and for 
the pa} r ment of labor in equipping vessels and manufacture of equip¬ 
ment articles in the several navy-yards; foreign and local pilotage and 
towage of ships of war; services and materials in repairing, correct¬ 
ing, adjusting, and testing compasses on shore and on board ship; 
nautical and astronomical instruments, and repairs to same; libraries 


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for ships of war; professional books and papers, and drawings and 
engravings for. signal books; naval signals and apparatus, namely, 
signals, lights, lanterns, rockets, running lights, compass fittings, 
including binnacles, tripods, and other appendages of ships’ compasses; 
logs and other appliances for measuring the ship’s way, and leads and 
other appliances for sounding; lanterns and lamps, and their append¬ 
ages, for general use on board ship for illuminating purposes, and oil 
and candles used in connection therewith; bunting and other materials 
for making and repairing flags of all kinds; photographic instruments 
and materials; musical instruments and music; installing, maintaining, 
and repairing interior and exterior signal communications and all elec¬ 
trical appliances of whatsoever nature on board naval vessels, except 
range finders, battle order and range transmitters and indicators, and 
motors and their controlling apparatus used to operate the machinery 
belonging to other Bureaus, two million six hundred thousand dollars. 

Ocean and lake surveys: For hydrographic surveys, and for the 
purchase of nautical books, charts, and sailing directions, and freight 
and express charges on the same, one hundred thousand dollars. 

Depots for coal: To enable the Secretary of the Navy to execute 
the provisions of section fifteen hundred and fifty-two of the Revised 
Statutes, authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to establish, at such 
places as he may deem necessary, suitable depots for coal, and other 
fuel, for the supply of steamships of war, seven hundred thousand 
dollars. 

Equipment plant at Cavite, Philippine Islands: For the pur¬ 
chase of the necessary tools and appliances for the enlargement and 
for increasing the facilities of the equipment plant at Cavite, Philip¬ 
pine Islands, twenty thousand dollars. 

Contingent, Bureau of Equipment: For freight and transporta¬ 
tion of equipment stores, packing boxes and materials, printing, adver¬ 
tising, telegraphing, books, and models; stationery for the Bureau; 
furniture for equipment offices in navy-yards; postage on letters sent 
abroad; ferriage, ice, and emergencies arising under cognizance of the 
Bureau of Equipment unforeseen and impossible to classify, twenty- 
five thousand dollars. 

Civil establishment, Bureau of Equipment: Navy-yard, Ports¬ 
mouth, New Hampshire: For one clerk, at one thousand dollars; 

Navy-yard, Boston,. Massachusetts: For one superintendent of rope- 
walk, at one thousand eight hundred and seventy five dollars; one clerk, 
at one thousand four hundred dollars; one clerk, at one thousand three 
hundred dollars; one writer, at nine hundred and fifty dollars; in all, 
five thousand five hundred and twenty-five dollars; 

Navy-yard, New York, New York: For one clerk, at one thousand 
four hundred dollars; one clerk, at one. thousand two hundred dollars; 
one writer, at nine hundred and fifty dollars; in all, three thousand 
five hundred and fifty dollars; 

Navy-yard, League Island, Pennsylvania: For one clerk, at one 
thousand two hundred dollars; 

Navy-yard, Norfolk, Virginia: For two clerks, at one thousand two 
hundred dollars each, two thousand four hundred dollars; 

Navy-yard, Mare Island, California: For one clerk, at one thousand 
two hundred dollars; one clerk, at one thousand dollars; in all, two 
thousand two hundred dollars; 


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Navy-yard, Washington, District of Columbia: For one clerk, who 
shall also perforin the clerical duties for the board of labor employment 
at said navy-yard, at one thousand six hundred dollars; 

Cavite, Philippine Islands: For one electrician, at five dollars and 
four cents per diem, one thousand five hundred and seventy-seven 
dollars and fifty-two cents; 

In all, civil establishment, Bureau of Equipment, nineteen thousand 
and fifty-two dollars and fift}^-two cents; and no other fund appro¬ 
priated by this Act shall be used in payment for such service. 

BUREAU OF YARDS AND DOCKS. 

Maintenance of yards and docks: For general maintenance of 
yards and decks, namely: For freight, transportation of materials and 
stores; books, maps, models, and drawing; purchase and repair of fire 
engines; fire apparatus and plants; machinery; purchase and main¬ 
tenance of oxen, horses, and driving teams; carts, timber-wheels, and 
all vehicles for use in the navy-yards; tools and repairs of the same; 
postage on letters and other mailable matter on public service sent to 
foreign countries, and telegrams; stationery; furniture for Govern¬ 
ment houses and offices in navy-yards and for the Bureau of Yards 
and Docks; coal and other fuel, candles, oil, and gas; attendance on 
light and power plants; cleaning and clearing up yards and care of 
buildings; attendance on fires, lights, fire engines and fire apparatus 
and plants; incidental labor at navy-yards; water tax, tolls, and fer¬ 
riage; pay of watchmen in navy-yards; awnings and packing boxes, 
and advertising for yards and docks and other purposes; and for rent 
of wharf and storehouse at Erie, Pennsylvania, for use and accommo¬ 
dation of United States steamer Michigan, four hundred and sevent}^- 
five thousand dollars. 

Contingent, Bureau of Yards and Docks: For contingent 
expenses that may arise at navy-yards and stations, fifty thousand 
dollars. 

Civil establishment, Bureau of Yards and Docks: Navy-yard, 
Portsmouth, New Hampshire: For one clerk, at one thousand four 
hundred dollars; one mail messenger, at two dollars per diem, including 
Sundays; one messenger, at six hundred dollars; one foreman laborer 
and head teamster, at four dollars per diem, including Sundays; one 
janitor, at six hundred dollars; one pilot, at three dollars per diem, 
including Sundays; in all, five thousand eight hundred and eighty-five 
dollars. 

Navy-yard, Boston, Massachusetts: For one clerk, at one thousand 
four hundred dollars; one foreman laborer, at four dollars per diem; 
one messenger to commandant, at two dollars per diem; one messenger, 
at two dollars per diem; one mail messenger, at two dollars per diem, 
including Sundays; one writer, at one thousand and seventeen dollars 
and twenty-five cents; one draftsman, at five dollars per diem; one 
master of tugs, at one thousand two hundred dollars; in all, eight 
thousand four hundred and sixteen dollars and twenty-five cents. 

Navy-yard, New York, New York: For one clerk, at one thousand 
four hundred dollars; one writer, at one thousand and seventeen dol¬ 
lars and twenty-five cents; one yard pilot, two thousand dollars; two 
masters of tugs, at one thousand five hundred dollars each; two writers, 
at nine hundred dollars each; one foreman laborer, at four dollars and 


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fifty cents per diem; one mail messenger, at two dollars per diem, 
including Sundays; two messengers, at two dollars and twenty-five 
cents per diem each; one draftsman, at five dollars per diem; one quar- 
terman, at three dollars per diem; one superintendent of teams, or 
quarterman, at four dollars per diem; one messenger to commandant, 
at two dollars and twenty-five cents per diem, including Sundays; one 
messenger, yards and docks, at two dollars and twenty-five cents per 
diem; one stenographer and typewriter, at three dollars and twenty-six 
cents per diem; one electrician, at one thousand two hundred dollars; 
in all, twent}^ thousand two hundred and sixty-six dollars and thirteen 
cents. 

Naval station, Sacketts Harbor, New York: For one ship keeper, at 
three hundred and sixty-five dollars per annum. 

Navy-yard, League Island, Pennsylvania: For one cierk, at one 
thousand four hundred dollars; one writer and telegraph operator, at 
one thousand dollars; one messenger, at two dollars per diem; one 
foreman laborer, at four dollars per diem; one master of tugs, at one 
thousand two hundred dollars; in all, five thousand four hundred and 
seventy-eight dollars. 

Navy-yard, Washington, District of Columbia: For one clerk, at 
one thousand four hundred dollars; one messenger, at two dollars per 
diem; one foreman laborer, at four dollars per diem; one electrician, 
at one thousand two hundred dollars; one writer, at one thousand and 
seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents; in all, five thousand four hun¬ 
dred and ninety-five dollars and twenty-five cents. 

Navy-yard, Norfolk, Virginia: For one clerk, at one thousand four 
hundred dollars; one writer, at one thousand and seventeen dollars 
and twenty-five cents; one writer, at one thousand dollars; one fore¬ 
man laborer, at four dollars per diem; one electrician, at one thousand 
two hundred dollars; one mail messenger, at two dollars per diem, 
including Sundays; two messengers, at two dollars per diem each; one 
pilot, at two dollars and twenty-six cents per diem; one master of 
tugs, at one thousand two hundred dollars: in all, nine thousand seven 
hundred and fifty-eight dollars and sixty-three cents. 

Naval station, Port Royal, South Carolina: One clerk, at one thou¬ 
sand two hundred dollars; one rodman and inspector, at three dollars 
per diem; one messenger and janitor, at one dollar and fifty cents per 
diem, including Sundays; one master of tugs, one thousand two hun¬ 
dred dollars; one mail messenger, at two dollars per diem, including 
Sundays; one telegraph operator, at two dollars per diem, including 
Sundays; one electrician, at one thousand two hundred dollars; in all, 
six thousand five hundred and forty-six dollars and fifty cents. 

Navy-yard, Pensacola, Florida: For one clerk, at one thousand two 
hundred dollars; one mail messenger, at two dollars per diem, includ¬ 
ing Sundays; in all, one thousand nine hundred and thirty dollars. 

Naval station, Key West, Florida: For one mail messenger, at six 
hundred dollars. 

Navy-yard, Mare Island, California: For one clerk, atone thousand 
four hundred dollars; one writer, at one thousand and seventeen dol¬ 
lars and twenty-five cents; one foreman mason, at six dollars per diem; 
one foreman laborer, at five dollars and fifty cents per diem; one pilot, 
at one thousand five hundred dollars per annum; one draftsman, at 
five dollars per diem; one mail messenger, at two dollars per diem, 
including Sundays; one messenger, at two dollars per diem; one elec¬ 
trician, at one thousand two hundred dollars; one quarterman joiner, 


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at four dollars and fifty-six cents per diem; one telegraph operator, at 
three dollars and twenty-eight cents per diem; in all, fourteen thou¬ 
sand and ninetyone dollars and sixty-seven cents. 

Naval station, Puget Sound, Washington: One clerk, at one thou¬ 
sand two hundred dollars; one draftsman, at five dollars per diem; one 
messenger and janitor, at one dollar and seventy-six cents per diem, 
including Sundays; one master of tugs, at one thousand two hundred 
dollars; in all, four thousand six hundred and seven dollars and forty 
cents. 

In all, civil establishment, Bureau of Yards and Docks, eighty-three 
thousand four hundred and thiity-nine dollars and eighty-three cents; 
and no other fund appropriated by this Act shall be used in payment 
for such service. 

PUBLIC WORKS, BUREAU OF YARDS AND DOCKS, NAVY-YARDS AND 
STATIONS, NAVAL ACADEMY, AND NEW NAVAL OBSERVATORY. 

Navy-yard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire: Quay wall, forty thou¬ 
sand dollars; grading, twenty-five thousand dollars; railroad and roll¬ 
ing stock, fort}^-five thousand dollars; sewer systems, extensions, five 
thousand dollars; water systems, extensions, eighteen thousand dollars; 
machine shop for equipment, one hundred thousand dollars; machine 
shop for steam engineering, fifty thousand dollars; smith shop for con¬ 
struction and repair, twent}^-two thousand dollars; latrines, two thou¬ 
sand dollars; remodeling building forty-two for yards and docks, six 
thousand dollars; office building for construction and repair, fifteen 
thousand dollars; underground conduit system, eighteen thousand dol¬ 
lars; fire-protection system, sixty thousand dollars; in all, four hundred 
and six thousand dollars. 

Navy-yard, Boston, Massachusetts: Ship fitters’ shop, to cost not 
more than two hundred thousand dollars, for which contract is hereby 
authorized, one hundred thousand dollars; metal workers’ shop, to cost 
not more than two hundred thousand dollars, for which contract is 
hereby authorized, one hundred thousand dollars; rebuilding building 
forty-two, seventy-five thousand dollars; refitting and improving 
machine shop numbered one, building forty-two, to cost not more than 
one hundred thousand dollars, for which*contract is hereby authorized, 
fifty thousand dollars; trusses under pattern-shop floor, building forty- 
two, ten thousand dollars, extension of building forty, equipment shops, 
one hundred thousand dollars; chain and anchor-storage shed for equip¬ 
ment, ninety thousand dollars; yards and docks shop building, ninety 
thousand dollars; new piers and wharves, fifty thousand dollars; pav¬ 
ing, twenty-five thousand dollars; railroad and platform scales, five 
thousand three hundred dollars; crane scow, twenty thousand dollars; 
wharf-pillar crane, six thousand dollars; dredging, thirty thousand 
dollars; new caisson for stone dry dock, to be immediately available, 
forty thousand dollars, and the unexpended appropriation for swing¬ 
ing gates in the Act of March third, eighteen hundred and ninety- 
seven, is hereby reappropriated for caisson; machine tools for yards 
and docks shops, five thousand dollars; electric elevators, ten thou¬ 
sand dollars, smithery for construction and repair, to cost not more 
than two hundred thousand dollars, for which contract is hereby author¬ 
ized, one hundred thousand dollars; fire-protection system, sixty thou¬ 
sand dollars; in all, navy-yard, Boston, nine hundred and sixty-six 
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Navy-yard, New York, New York: To complete railroad system 
with terminal bridge and float, thirty thousand dollars; quay wall, 
Whitney Basin, to complete, fifty thousand dollars; reconstructing 
building twenty-one for boathouse, to cost not more than one hundred 
and eighty-fiv e thousand dollars, for which contract is hereby author¬ 
ized, one hundred thousand dollars; completing the conversion of 
building numbered eight, twelve thousand two hundred dollars, to be 
immediately available; paving and grading, to continue, forty-two 
thousand dollars; extending yard sewers, to continue, eight thousand 
dollars; granite and concrete dry dock, to cost not more than one 
million dollars, for which contract is hereby authorized, two hundred 
thousand dollars; pay office and auction rooms, eighteen thousand 
dollars; storehouse for naval-supply fund stores, to cost not more than 
one hundred and fifty 7 " thousand dollars, for which contract is hereby 
authorized, one hundred thousand dollars; extending electric light and- 
power plant, twenty-five thousand dollars; removing crib work, and 
so forth, Cob Dock, eight thousand dollars; pumping plant, dry dock 
numbered three, to be immediately available, eighty thousand dollars; 
surgeons’ office and dispensary, twelve thousand doliars; fire protection 
system, to cost not more than one hundred and sixt} r -two thousand 
dollars, one hundred thousand dollars; completing repairs to dry dock 
numbered two, three hundred thousand dollars, to be immediately 
available; bascule bridge, one hundred and fifteen thousand dollars; 
new roof for building numbered twelve, four thousand dollars; com¬ 
pleting building numbered twenty-three (two elevators), four thousand 
seven hundred dollars; in all, navy-yard, New York, New York, one 
million two hundred and eight thousand nine hundred dollars. 

Navy-yard, League Island, Pennsylvania: To complete one pair 
shear legs, seventeen thousand dollars; to complete new coping for 
dr } 7 dock, twenty-eight thousand dollars; extension of reserve basin, to 
continue dredging, one hundred thousand dollars; to continue increase 
of electric plant, twenty thousand dollars; to complete fireproof store¬ 
house for equipment, eighteen thousand dollars; electrical workshop 
and storehouse for equipment, eighty-four thousand dollars; to con¬ 
tinue retaining wall about reserve basin, one hundred thousand dollars; 
grading and paving, fifteen thousand dollars; shed for combustibles, 
fifteen thousand dollars; machine shop for steam engineering, to cost 
not more than one hundred and seventy-four thousand dollars, for 
which contract is hereby authorized, seventy-four thousand dollars; 
foundry and coppersmith shop for steam engineering, to cost not more 
than one hundred and eighteen thousand dollars, for which contract is 
hereby authorized, sixty thousand dollars; boiler and blacksmith shop 
for steam engineering, to cost not more than one hundred and eighteen 
thousand dollars, for which contract is hereby authorized, sixt } 7 thou¬ 
sand dollars; pattern shop and storehouse for patterns for steam engi¬ 
neering, sixty-one thousand five hundred dollars; smithery shop for 
construction and repair, forty-three thousand two hundred dollars; 
angle smithery for construction and repair, thirty-six thousand dollars; 
plumbers’ and coppersmiths’ shop and foundry for construction and 
repair, to cost not more than one hundred and three thousand eight 
hundred and eighty dollars, for which contract is hereby authorized, 
sixty thousand dollars; block, cooper, and spar shops for construction 
and repair, to cost not more than one hundred and thirteen thousand 
four hundred dollars, for which contract is hereby authorized, sixty 


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thousand dollars; fireproof shed for painting and storage of canvas, 
three thousand eight hundred dollars; extension of water system, 
eighteen thousand dollars; chain shed and anchor rack, eleven thou¬ 
sand dollars; trolley car and line in navy-yard, live thousand dollars; 
tire-protection system, fifty thousand dollars; in all, navy-yard, League 
Island, nine hundred and thirty-nine thousand five hundred dollars. 

Navy-yard, Washington, District of Columbia: Extension of 
store numbered one, eighteen thousand dollars; paving, fifty thousand 
dollars; underground conduit system, thirty thousand dollars; fire¬ 
proof floors for pattern shop, fifteen thousand dollars; boiler house for 
heating plant, fourteen thousand five hundred dollars; skylight for 
north gun shop, three thousand two hundred and two dollars and 
thirty-two cents; storehouse for combustible material, four thousand 
dollars; coal shed and coal-handling appliances, forty thousand dollars; 
fire-protection system, forty thousand dollars; tool shop, eight}^-six 
thousand three hundred dollars; gunner’s workshop, eighty thousand 
eight hundred dollars; extension of forge shop and new roof, thirty- 
two thousand three hundred dollars; completing shop and office build¬ 
ing for construction and repair, thirty thousand dollars; in all, navy- 
yard, Washington, four hundred and forty-tour thousand one hundred 
and two dollars and thirty-two cents. 

Navy-yard, Norfolk, Virginia: Qua}^ wall north of timber basin, 
twenty-five thousand dollars; concrete and granite dry dock, to cost 
not more than one million two hundred thousand dollars, for which 
contract is hereby authorized, two hundred thousand dollars; remodel¬ 
ing machine shop for steam engineering, sixty thousand dollars; exten¬ 
sion of locomotive crane track, fifteen thousand dollars; increasing 
electric plant, twenty thousand dollars; office building for steam engi¬ 
neering, twenty thousand dollars; storehouse for yards and docks, 
forty five thousand dollars; paving and grading, twenty thousand 
dollars; garbage crematory, five thousand dollars; stables, seven thou¬ 
sand five hundred dollars; surgeons’ office and dispensary, ten thousand 
dollars; remodeling steamfitters’ and plumbers’ shop for construction 
and repair, fifteen thousand dollars; new altars for timber dry dock, 
fifteen thousand dollars; laundry at Saint Helena for receiving ship, 
five thousand dollars; sewers, four thousand dollars; constructing ship 
furniture rooms in building numbered thirty, two thousand five hun 
dred dollars; alterations in building numbered fifteen, storehouse, 
three thousand two hundred dollars; in all, navy-yard, Norfolk, Vir¬ 
ginia, four hundred and seventy-two thousand two hundred dollars. 

Naval station, New London, Connecticut: The unexpended bal¬ 
ance of an appropriation under the Act of July seventh, eighteen 
hundred and ninety-eight, for coal sheds and machinery is hereby 
reappropriated for rebuilding wharf. 

Naval station, Port Royal, South Carolina: Toward rebuilding 
dry dock, to cost not to exceed five hundred thousand dollars, one 
hundred and fifty thousand dollars, and the Secretary of the Navy is 
hereby authorized to rebuild or repair said dock in concrete or stone, 
or both, as he may elect; condensing plant, thirty thousand dollars; 
fire-engine house, nine thousand dollars; grading and drainage, two 
thousand dollars; purchase of land, twenty-six thousand dollars; crane 
supports in steam-engineering machine shop, ten thousand dollars; in 
all, naval station, Port Royal, two hundred and twenty-seven thousand 
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The expenditure of the appropriations hereinbefore provided under 
the head of Public Works in the Bureau of Yards and Docks at the 
naval station, Port Royal, South Carolina, is left in the discretion of 
the Secretary of the Navy, who is hereby authorized and directed 
to forthwith appoint a board of naval officers whose duty it shall be to 
examine into the expediency of changing said station to some point 
in the State of South Carolina at or near the city of Charleston, and, 
if the Secretary on such examination shall decide that such change is 
expedient and desirable, he is authorized to expend the money herein¬ 
before appropriated upon such new naval station and a dock therefor 
having thirty feet depth of water on the sill at mean high tide; and 
for the purchase of a site for the same he is authorized to expend out of 
said appropriation a sum not to exceed one hundred thousand dollars. 

Naval station, Key West, Florida: Building for equipment, 
forty-seven thousand dollars; construction and repair shop, fifty thou¬ 
sand dollars; floor in new machine shop, steam engineering, three 
thousand dollars; in all, naval station, Kej^ West, one hundred thou¬ 
sand dollars. 

Navy-yard, Mare Island, California: Tools for yards and docks, 
ten thousand dollars; sewers, ten thousand dollars; sidewalks and roads, 
fifteen thousand dollars; water system, one hundred and seven thou¬ 
sand dollars; enlarging freight shed, five thousand dollars; medical 
dispensary, seven thousand five hundred dollars; light and power sta¬ 
tion, thirty thousand dollars; shelter roof for construction and repair, 
two thousand two hundred dollars; joiner shop for construction and 
repair, to cost not more than one hundred thousand dollars, for which 
contract is hereb}^ authorized, fifty thousand dollars; anchor shed, 
seven thousand dollars; to continue quay wall, thirty thousand dollars; 
for the construction of a chapel, five thousand dollars; crane scow, 
twelve thousand dollars; to continue dredging, one hundred thousand 
dollars; foundry for construction and repair, four thousand five hun¬ 
dred dollars; pattern shop for construction and repair, six thousand 
dollars; coal storage, fifty thousand dollars; changes and extensions in 
electric system, twelve thousand dollars; enlargement of equipment 
offices, building sixty-five, five thousand dollars; completing workshop 
and boiler house for Bureau of Equipment, ten thousand dollars; in 
all, navy-yard, Mare Island, four hundred and seventy-eight thousand 
two hundred dollars. 

Naval station, Puget Sound, Washington: Yard scow, three 
thousand five hundred dollars; water system, additions, twelve thou¬ 
sand dollars; fence about station, entrance gate, and guard quarters, 
fifteen thousand dollars; sewers, two thousand five hundred dollars; 
angle, plate, and smithery shed, twelve thousand dollars; wharf crane, 
five thousand dollars; fire-protection system, additions, seven thousand 
dollars; composition fittings for dry dock, five thousand dollars; dry- 
dock pumping plant, improvements, two thousand one hundred and 
sixty-five dollars; electric-light plant, to complete, seven thousand 
dollars; to continue grading, ten thousand dollars; equipment shop, 
eighty-five thousand dollars; coal shed and appliances, forty thousand 
dollars; in all, naval station, Puget Sound, Washington, two hundred 
and six thousand one hundred and sixty-five dollars. 

And the Secretary of the Navy is hereby authorized and directed to 
appoint a board of naval officers to determine the desirability of locat¬ 
ing and constructing a dry dock on the Columbia River, Oregon, and 

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to report such finding to the next session of the present Congress; 
and the sum of one thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be 
necessary, is hereby appropriated to defra} r the expenses of said 
board. 

Naval station, San Juan, Porto Rico: Coaling facilities, thirty 
thousand dollars; pier, fifteen thousand dollars; dredging, two thou¬ 
sand dollars; electric-light plant, five thousand dollars; in all, naval 
station, San Juan, Porto Rico, fift}^-two thousand dollars. 

Navy-yard, Pensacola, Florida: Hand pillar crane, seven thou¬ 
sand three hundred dollars; boiler and engine room, building twenty- 
six, for construction and repair, one thousand dollars; boiler room, 
building thirt} r -eight, for construction and repair, one thousand two 
hundred dollars; in all, navy-yard, Pensacola, nine thousand five 
hundred dollars. 

Naval station, Algiers, Louisiana: Shops for steam engineering, 
fifty thousand dollars; shops for construction and repair, ninety-five 
thousand dollars; in all, naval station, Algiers, one hundred and forty- 
five thousand dollars. 

Dredging, Dry Tortugas, Florida: Dredging channel, one hun¬ 
dred thousand dollars. 

Dry dock, Algiers, Louisiana: To complete floating dry dock for 
Algiers, Louisiana, six hundred and fifty thousand dollars, to be 
immediately available. 

Four dry docks: Toward completion of dry docks at navy-yards: 
Portsmouth, New Hampshire; Boston, Massachusetts; League Island, 
Pennsylvania, and Mare Island, California, nine hundred thousand 
dollars. 

Dry dock, Havana, Cuba: The President is hereby authorized to 
purchase from the Government of Spain, for a sum not to exceed two 
hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars, the ten-thousand-ton steel 
floating dry dock belonging to that Government and now in the harbor 
of Havana, Cuba, and the sum of three hundred thousand dollars, or 
so much thereof as ma}^ be necessary, is hereby appropriated, out of 
any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the pur¬ 
chase of said dock and for transferring and mooring the same in such 
location as ma} T be determined upon by the President. 

Repairs and preservation at navy-yards and stations: For 
repairs and preservation at navy-yards and stations, five hundred 
thousand dollars. 

In all, public works, eight million one hundred and five thousand 
eight hundred and sixty-seven dollars and thirty-two cents. 

Buildings and grounds, Naval Academy:' Toward the construc¬ 
tion of buildings, and for other necessary improvements, at the Naval 
Academy, Annapolis, Maryland, three hundred and fifty thousand dol¬ 
lars: Provided , That before any part of this sum is expended, com¬ 
plete plans shall be prepared and approved by the Secretary of the 
Navy covering all contemplated new buildings and improvements at 
the Naval Academy and for each and every purpose connected there¬ 
with; which plans shall involve a total expenditure of not more than 
eight million dollars, including the sum of one million two hundred 
and twenty thousand dollars heretofore appropriated and the sum 
herein appropriated for said buildings and improvements and for all 
additional land needed and required to carry out the aforesaid plans: 
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herein provided for, the Secretary of the Navy is authorized to enter 
into contract or contracts for any part or all of the improvements and 
buildings herein authorized, within the said limit of cost, to be paid 
for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law. 

Naval Observatory: For grounds and roads: Continuing grading, 
extending roads and paths, clearing and improving grounds, ten 
thousand dollars. 

New Buildings: Construction on the grounds of a building suitable 
for a dwelling for the foreman and captain of the watch, two thousand 
five hundred dollars. 

bureau of medicine and surgery. 

Medical Department: For surgeons’ necessaries for vessels in 
commission, navy-yards, naval stations, Marine Corps, and Coast 
Survey, and for the civil establishment at the several naval hospitals, 
navy-yards, naval laboratory and department of instruction, museum 
of hygiene, and Naval Acadeuy, ninety-five thousand dollars. 

Naval hospital fund: For maintenance of the naval hospitals at 
the various navy-yards and stations, and for care and maintenance of 
patients in other hospitals at home and abroad, forty thousand dollars: 
Provided , That from and after July first, nineteen hundred, all for¬ 
feitures on account of desertion shall be passed to the credit of the 
naval hospital fund. 

Contingent, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery: For freight, 
expressage on medical stores, tolls, ferriages, transportation of sick 
to hospital, transportation of insane patients; care, transportation, and 
burial of the dead; advertising; telegraphing; rent of telephones; 
purchase of books and stationery; binding of medical records, unbound 
books and pamphlets; postage and purchase of stamps for foreign 
service; expenses attending the medical board of examiners; rent of 
rooms for naval dispensary; hygienic and sanitary investigation and 
illustration; sanitary and hygienic instruction; purchase and repairs 
of wagons and harness; purchase of and feed for horses and cows; 
trees, plants, garden tools and seeds; furniture and incidental articles 
for the museum of hygiene, naval dispensary, Washington; naval 
laboratory, sick quarters at Naval Academy and marine barracks, sur¬ 
geons’ offices and dispensaries at navy-yards and naval stations; wash¬ 
ing for medical department at museum of hygiene, naval dispensary, 
Washington; naval laboratory and department of instruction, sick 
quarters at Naval Academy and marine barracks, dispensaries at navy- 
yards and naval stations and ships and rendezvous, and for minor 
repairs on buildings and grounds of the United States Naval Museum 
of Hygiene, and all other necessaiy contingent expenses, thirty 
thousand dollars. 

Repairs, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery: For necessary repairs 
of naval laboratory and department of instruction, naval hospitals and 
appendages, including roads, wharfs, outhouses, sidewalks, fences, gar¬ 
dens, farms, and cemeteries, twenty thousand dollars. 

Naval hospital, New York, New York: Removing old boilers, 
condemned as worn-out and worthless, and furnishing and installing 
two new boilers at naval hospital, New York, five thousand dollars. 

Naval hospital, Newport, Rhode Island: Addition to the naval 
hospital at naval training station, Newport, Rhode Island, twenty 
thousand dollars. 


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Naval hospital, Mare Island, California: New boiler house, 
boilers, and equipment for naval hospital, Mare Island, California, ten 
thousand dollars. 

The active list of surgeons shall hereafter consist of fifty-five, and 
that of passed assistant and assistant surgeons of one hundred and ten. 
Assistant surgeons shall rank with assistant surgeons in the Army: 
Provided , That the assistant surgeons under the age of fifty years 
appointed for temporary service during the war with Spain, having 
creditable records, who are now in the Navy may be given permanent 
commissions. Section thirteen of the Act approved March third, 
eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, entitled “An.Act to reorganize and 
increase the efficiency of the personnel of the Navy and Marine Corps 
of the United States,” is hereby so amended as to provide that nothing 
therein contained shall operate to reduce the pay which, but for the 
passage of said Act, would have been received by any commissioned 
officer at the time of its passage or thereafter. 

bureau of supplies and accounts. 

Provisions, Navy: For provisions and commuted rations for the 
seamen and marines, which commuted rations may be paid to caterers 
of messes in cases of death or desertion, upon orders of the command¬ 
ing officer, commuted rations for officers on sea duty (other than com¬ 
missioned officers of the line, medical and pay corps and chief boat¬ 
swains, chief gunners, chief sailmakers, chief carpenters) and naval 
cadets, and commuted rations stopped on account of sick in hospital 
and credited to the naval hospital fund, subsistence of officers and men 
unavoidably detained or absent from vessels to which attached under 
orders (during which subsistence rations to be stopped on board ship 
and no credit for commutation therefor to be given), labor in general 
storehouses and paymasters’ offices in navy-yards, including naval sta¬ 
tions maintained in island possessions under the control of the United 
States, and expenses in handling stores purchased under the naval-sup¬ 
ply fund; one chemist, at two thousand five hundred dollars per annum, 
and two chemists, at two thousand dollars each per annum, two million 
five hundred thousand dollars. 

Contingent, Bureau of Supplies and Accounts: For freight and 
express charges, fuel, books and blanks, stationery, advertising, fur¬ 
niture for general storehouses and pay offices in navy-yards, expenses 
of naval clothing factory and machinery for same, postage, telegrams, 
telephones, tolls, ferriages, yeoman’s stores, iron safes, newspapers, 
ice, transportation of stores purchased under the naval-supply fund, 
and other incidental expenses, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. 

Civil establishment, Bureau of Supplies and Accounts: Navy- 
yard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire: In general storehouses: Two 
bookkeepers, at one thousand two hundred dollars each, one assistant 
bookkeeper, at seven hundred and twenty dollars; one bill clerk, at 
one thousand dollars; one assistant clerk, at seven hundred and twenty 
dollars; one shipping and receiving clerk, at one thousand dollars; in 
all, five thousand eight hundred and forty dollars. 

Navy-yard, Boston, Massachusetts: In general storehouses: One 
bookkeeper, at one thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five 
cents; one shipping clerk, at one thousand dollars; one receiving clerk, 
at one thousand dollars. In yard pay office: One writer, at one thou- 


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sand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents; in all, four thousand 
and thirty-four dollars and fifty cents. 

Navy-yard, New York, New York: In office of board of inspection: 
One writer, nine hundred dollars. In general storehouses: Three 
bookkeepers, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; one assistant 
bookkeeper, at one thousand dollars; one assistant bookkeeper, at 
seven hundred and twenty dollars; three receiving clerks, at four 
dollars each per diem; one assistant receiving clerk, at one thousand 
and ninety-nine dollars; three shipping clerks, at one thousand dollars 
each; one bill clerk, at one thousand dollars; one assistant bill clerk, 
at seven hundred and twenty dollars; two leading men, at two dollars 
and fifty cents each per diem; live pressmen, at two dollars and seventy- 
six cents each per diem; one superintendent of coffee mills, at three 
dollars per diem; one box maker, at three dollars per diem; one 
engine tender, at three dollars and twenty-six cents per diem; one 
coffee roaster, at two dollars and fifty cents per diem; one fireman, at 
two dollars per diem; one messenger, at two dollars and twenty-five 
cents per diem; one writer, one thousand dollars; one store man, nine 
hundred dollars. In } 7 ard pay office: One writer, at one thousand and 
seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents; one messenger, at two dollars 
and twenty-five cents per diem; in all, thirty thousand three hundred 
and twelve dollars and three cents. 

Navy-yard, League Island, Pennsylvania: In general storehouse: 
One bookkeeper, at one thousand two hundred dollars; one assistant 
bookkeeper, at seven hundred and twenty dollars; in all, one thousand 
nine hundred and twenty dollars. 

Navy-yard, Washington, District of Columbia: In general store¬ 
house: One bookkeeper, at one thousand two hundred dollars; one 
clerk, at one thousand two hundred dollars; one receiving clerk, at 
one thousand dollars; one bill clerk, at one thousand dollars; one 
shipping clerk, at one thousand dollars. In yard pay office: One 
writer, at one thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents; in 
all, six thousand four hundred and seventeen dollars and twenty-five 
cents. 

Naval Academ} 7 , Annapolis, Mandand: In general storehouse: One 
bookkeeper, at one thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five 
cents; one receiving and shipping clerk, at one thousand dollars; in 
all, two thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents. 

Naval station, Newport, Rhode Island: In general storehouse: One 
clerk, at one thousand two hundred dollars. 

Navy-yard, Mare Island, California: In general storehouses: Two 
bookkeepers, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; two assistant 
bookkeepers, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; one receiving 
clerk, at one thousand dollars; one shipping clerk, at one thousand 
dollars; one bill clerk, at one thousand dollars; one clerk, at one thou¬ 
sand dollars; one assistant clerk, at one thousand dollars. In yard 
pay office: One writer, at one thousand and seventeen dollars and 
twenty-five cents; in all*, nine thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven 
dollars and twenty-five cents. 

Navy-yard, Norfolk, Virginia: In general storehouses: Two book¬ 
keepers, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; two assistant 
bookkeepers, at one thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five 
cents each; one bill clerk, at one thousand dollars; one assistant bill 
clerk, at seven hundred and twenty dollars; one receiving clerk, at 


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nine hundred and forty-two dollars; one assistant receiving clerk, at 
seven hundred and twenty dollars. In yard pay office: One writer, at 
one thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents; in all, eight 
thousand eight hundred and thirty-three dollars and seventy-five cents. 

Naval station, Cavite, Philippine Islands: In general storehouses: 
One clerk, at one thousand six hundred dollars; one bookkeeper, at 
one thousand four hundred dollars; three assistant bookkeepers, at 
one thousand two hundred dollars each, three thousand six hundred 
dollars; one shipping and bill clerk, at one thousand two hundred 
dollars; three storekeepers, at one thousand dollars each, three thou¬ 
sand dollars; in all, ten thousand eight hundred dollars. 

In all, civil establishment, Bureau of Supplies and Accounts, eighty- 
one thousand two hundred and thirty-two dollars and three cents; and 
no other fund appropriated by this Act shall be used in payment for 
such service. 


BUREAU OF CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR. 

Construction and repair of vessels: For preservation and com¬ 
pletion of vessels on the stocks and in ordinary; purchase of mate¬ 
rials and stores of all kinds; steam steerers, pneumatic steerers, 
steam capstans, steam windlasses, and all other auxiliaries; labor in 
navy-yards and on foreign stations; purchase of machinery and tools 
for use in shops; carrying on work of experimental model tank; 
designing naval vessels; wear, tear, and repair of vessels afloat; general 
care, increase, and protection of the Navy in the line of construction 
and repair; incidental expenses, such as advertising, freight, foreign 
postage, telegrams, telephone service, photographing, books, profes¬ 
sional magazines, plans, stationery, and instruments for drafting room, 
six million dollars: Provided , That no part of this sum shall be applied 
to the repair of any wooden ship when the estimated cost of such 
repairs, to be appraised by a competent board of naval officers, shall 
exceed ten per centum of the estimated cost, appraised in like manner, 
of a new ship of the same size and like material. 

Construction plant, navy-yard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire: Re¬ 
pairs to and improvement of plant at navy-yard, Portsmouth, New 
Hampshire, twenty-five thousand dollars. 

Construction plant, navy-yard, Boston, Massachusetts: Repair to 
and improvement of construction plant at navy-yard, Boston, Massa¬ 
chusetts, twenty-five thousand dollars. 

Construction plant, navy- 3 r ard, New York, New York: Repairs to 
and improvement of construction plant at navy-yard, New York, New 
York, twenty-five thousand dollars. 

Construction plant, navy ward, League Island, Pennsylvania: Repairs 
to and improvement of construction plant at navy-.yard, League Island, 
Pennsylvania, twenty-five thousand dollars. 

Construction plant, navy-yard, Norfolk, Virginia: Repairs to and 
improvement of construction plant at navy^ard, Norfolk, Virginia, 
twenty-five thousand dollars. 

Construction plant, navy-yard, Pensacola, Florida: Repairs to and 
improvement of construction plant at navy-yard, Pensacola, Florida, 
five thousand dollars. 

Construction plant, navy-yard, Mare Island, California: Repairs to 
and improvement of construction plant at navy-yard, Mare Island, 
California, twenty-five thousand dollars. 


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Construction plant, naval station, Port Royal, South Carolina: 
Repairs to and improvement of construction plant at naval station, 
Port Royal, South Carolina, five thousand dollars. 

Construction plant, naval station, Puget Sound, Washington: Repairs 
to and improvement of construction plant at Puget Sound Naval Sta¬ 
tion, Washington, twenty-five thousand dollars. 

Construction plant, naval station, Algiers, Louisiana: Construction 
plant at naval station, Algiers, Louisiana, twenty-five thousand dollars. 

Civil establishment, Bureau of Construction and Repair: 
Navy-yard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire: For one clerk to naval con¬ 
structor, at one thousand four hundred dollars; two writers, at one 
thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents each; in all, three 
thousand four hundred and thirty-four dollars and fifty cents. 

Navy-yard, Boston, Massachusetts: For one clerk to naval con¬ 
structor, at one thousand four hundred dollars; two writers, at one 
thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents each; in all, 
three thousand four hundred and thirty-four dollars and fifty cents. 

Navy-yard, New York, New York: For one clerk to naval constructor, 
at one thousand four hundred dollars; three writers, at one thousand 
and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents each; in all, four thousand 
four hundred and fifty-one dollars and seventy-five cents. 

N a vy-y a rd, League Island, Pennsylvania: For one clerk to naval 
constructor, at one thousand four hundred dollars; one writer, at one 
thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents; in all, two 
thousand four hundred and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents. 

Navy-yard, Washington, District of Columbia: For one clerk to 
naval constructor, at one thousand four hundred dollars. 

Navy-yard, Norfolk, Virginia: For one clerk to naval constructor, 
at one thousand four hundred dollars; two writers, at one thousand 
and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents each; in all, three thousand 
four hundred and thirty-four dollars and fifty cents. 

Navy-yard, Pensacola, Florida: For one writer, at one thousand and 
seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents. 

Naval station, Port Royal, South Carolina: For one clerk to naval 
constructor, at one thousand four hundred dollars. 

Navy-yard, Mare Island, California: For one clerk to naval con¬ 
structor, at one thousand four hundred dollars; two writers, at one 
thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents each; in all, 
three thousand four hundred and thirty-four dollars and fifty cents. 

Puget Sound Naval Station, Washington: One clerk to naval con¬ 
structor, one thousand four hundred dollars. 

In all, civil establishment, Bureau of Construction and Repair, 
twenty-five thousand eight hundred and twenty-four dollars and 
twenty-five cents; and no other fund appropriated by this Act shall 
be used in payment for such service. 

BUREAU OF STEAM ENGINEERING. 

Steam machinery: For completion, repairing, and preservation of 
machine^ and boilers of naval vessels, including cost of new boilers; 
distilling, refrigerating, and auxiliary machinery; preservation of and 
small repairs to machinery and boilers in vessels in ordinary, receiving 
and training vessels, repair and care of machinery of yard tugs and 
launches, one million five hundred and eighty-five thousand dollars: 


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Provided , That no part of the said sum shall be applied to the engines, 
boilers, and machinery of wooden ships where the estimated cost of 
such repairs shall exceed ten per centum of the estimated cost of new 
engines and machinery of the same character and power, nor shall 
new boilers be constructed for wooden ships. 

For purchase, handling, and preservation of all material and stores, 
purchase, fitting, repair, and preservation of machinery and tools in 
navy-yards and stations, and running yard engines, nine hundred and 
sixt}^ thousand dollars. 

For incidental expenses for navy vessels, yards, and the Bureau, 
such as foreign postage, telegrams, advertising, freight, photograph¬ 
ing, books, stationery, office furnishings, and instruments, fifteen thou¬ 
sand dollars. 

In all, steam machinery, two million five hundred and sixty thou¬ 
sand dollars. 

Contingent, Bureau of Steam Engineering: For contingencies, 
drawing materials, and instruments for the drafting room, one thou¬ 
sand dollars. 

Machinery plant, navy-yard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire: 
Modern machine tools required to fit out plant for repairs of engines, 
boilers, and so forth, of naval vessels, twenty-five thousand dollars. 

Machinery plant, navy-yard, Boston, Massachusetts: Addi¬ 
tional machine tools to put the yard in condition for building and 
repairing modern marine machinery, fifty thousand dollars. 

Machinery plant, navy-yard, Mare Island, California: Addi¬ 
tional tools required to put the yard in condition for building and 
repairing modern marine machinery, fifty thousand dollars. 

Machinery plant, naval station, Algiers, Louisiana: Necessary 
machine tools required to fit up plant for repairs of engines, boilers, 
and so forth, of naval vessels, twenty-five thousand dollars. 

Machinery plant, naval station, Honolulu, Hawaii: Necessary 
machine tools required to fit up plant for repairs of engines, boilers, 
and so forth, of naval vessels, twenty-five thousand dollars. 

Machinery plant, naval station, San Juan, Porto Rico: Neces- 
sary machine tools required to fit up plant for repairs of engines, 
boilers, and so forth, of naval vessels, twenty-five thousand dollars. 

Civil establishment, Bureau of Steam Engineering: Navy-yard, 
Portsmouth, New Hampshire: For one clerk to department, at one 
thousand two hundred dollars; one messenger, at six hundred dollars; 
in all, one thousand eight hundred dollars; 

Navy-yard, Boston, Massachusetts: For one clerk to department, 
one thousand four hundred dollars; 

Navy-yard, New York, New York: For one clerk, at one thousand 
four hundred dollars; one writer, at one thousand dollars; one mes¬ 
senger, at six hundred dollars; in all, three thousand dollars; 

Navy-yard, League Island, Pennsylvania: For one clerk, at one 
thousand two hundred dollars; 

Navy-yard, Norfolk, Virginia: For one clerk, at one thousand three 
hundred dollars; one messenger, at six hundred dollars; in all, one 
thousand nine hundred dollars; 

Navy-yard,Pensacola, Florida : For one writer, at one thousand dollars; 

Navy-yard, Mare Island, California: For one clerk to department, 
at one thousand four hundred dollars; one messenger, at six hundred 
dollars; one writer, at one thousand dollars; in all, three thousand 
dollars; 


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In all, civil establishment, Bureau of Steam Engineering, thirteen 
thousand three hundred dollars; and no other fund appropriated by 
this Act shall be used in payment for such service. Section four hun¬ 
dred and twenty-four of the Revised Statutes is hereby amended so as 
to read as follows: The Chief of the Bureau of Steam Engineering 
shall be appointed from the line of officers of the Navy not below the 
grade of lieutenant-commander, and shall be a skillful engineer. 

NAVAL ACADEMY. 

Pay of professors and others, Naval Academy: For one pro¬ 
fessor of mathematics, one of chemistry, one of physics, and one of 
English, at two thousand live hundred dollars each; four professors, 
namely, one of English, two of French, and one of drawing, at two 
thousand two hundred dollars each; one assistant professor of Spanish, 
at one thousand eight hundred dollars; one sword master, at one thou¬ 
sand five hundred dollars, and two assistants, at one thousand dollars 
each; one instructor in gymnastics, at one thousand two hundred dol¬ 
lars; one assistant librarian, at one thousand eight hundred dollars; 
one secretar} r to the Naval Academy, at one thousand eight hundred 
dollars; two clerks to the Superintendent, at one thousand two hun¬ 
dred dollars each; one clerk to the commandant of cadets, at one 
thousand two hundred dollars; one clerk to the paymaster, at one thou¬ 
sand two hundred dollars; one dentist, at one thousand six hundred 
dollars; one baker, at six hundred dollars; one mechanic in depart¬ 
ment of physics, at seven hundred and thirty dollars; one cook, at 
three hundred and twenty-five dollars and fifty cents; one messenger 
to the Superintendent, at six hundred dollars; one armorer, at six 
hundred and forty-nine dollars and fifty cents; one chief gunner’s 
mate, at five hunclred and twenty-nine dollars and fifty cents; one 
quarter gunner, at four hundred and sixty-nine dollars and fifty cents; 
one cockswain, at four hundred and sixty-nine dollars and fifty cents; 
one seaman in the department of seamanship, at three hundred and 
ninety-seven dollars and fifty cents; one attendant in the department 
of navigation and one in the department of physics, at three hundred 
dollars each; six attendants at recitation rooms, library, store, chapel, 
and offices, at three hundred dollars each; one bandmaster, at one 
thousand and eighty dollars; twenty-one first-class musicians, at four 
hundred and twenty dollars each; seven second-class musicians, at 
three hundred and sixty dollars each; services of organist at chapel, 
three hundred dollars;" in all, fifty-nine thousand nine hundred and 
ninety-one dollars. 

Pay of watchmen, mechanics, and others, Naval Academy: For 
the captain of the watch and weigher, at two dollars and fifty cents per 
diem; four watchmen, at two dollars each per diem; foreman of gas 
and steam heating works of the Academy, at five dollars per diem; 
for laborer at gas works and steam buildings, for masons, carpenters, 
and other mechanics and laborers, and for care of buildings, grounds, 
wharves, and boats, thirty-seven thousand eight hundred and sixty- 
four dollars and ninety-five cents; one attendant in purifying house 
of the gas house, at one dollar and fifty cents per diem; in all, forty- 
four thousand and sixty-nine dollars and ninety-five cents. 

Pay of steam employees, Naval Academy: For pay of mechanics 
and others in department of steam engineering, seven thousand eight 
hundred and twenty-four dollars and fifty cents. 


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For special-course of study and training of naval cadets, as author¬ 
ized by Act of Congress approved August fifth, eighteen hundred and 
eighty-two, three thousand dollars. 

Repairs, Naval Academy: Necessary repairs of public buildings, 
wharves, and walls inclosing the grounds of the Naval Academy, 
improvements, repairs, furniture and fixtures, twenty-one thousand 
dollars. 

Heating and lighting, Naval Academy: Fuel, oil, waste, and 
other materials for the operation, repair, and maintenance of the 
plant; heating and lighting apparatus and tools; for heating and light¬ 
ing the Academy, twenty thousand dollars. 

Contingent, Naval Academy: Purchase of books for the library 
(to be purchased in open market on the written order of the Superin¬ 
tendent), two thousand dollars; stationery, blank books, models, maps, 
and text-books for use of instructors, two thousand dollars; expenses 
of the Board of Visitors of the Naval Academy, being mileage and 
five dollars per diem for each member for expenses during actual 
attendance at the Academy and for supplying necessary outfit for the 
board house, three thousand dollars; purchase of chemicals, apparatus, 
and instruments in the department of physics, and for repairs of the 
same, two thousand dollars; purchase of gas and steam machinery, 
steam pipes and fittings, rent of buildings for the use of the Academy, 
freight, cartage, water, music, musical and astronomical instruments, 
uniforms for the bandsmen, telegraphing, feed and maintenance of 
teams, current expenses, and repairs of all kinds, and for incidental 
labor and expenses not applicable to any other appropriation, thirty- 
two thousand dollars; stores in the departments of steam engineering, 
eight hundred dollars; materials for repairs in steam machinery, one 
thousand dollars; for contingencies for the Superintendent of the 
Academy, to be expended in his discretion, one thousand dollars; in 
all, forty-three thousand eight hundred dollars. 

Whenever any naval cadet shall have finished four years of his 
undergraduate course of six years the succeeding appointment may be 
made from his Congressional district or at large in accordance with 
existing law. 

The appointees to follow the two classes of cadets now at sea may 
enter the Academy during the present year and those to succeed the 
class which is now finishing its four years of study shall be appointed 
before March fourth, next, to enter the Academy during the year 
nineteen hundred and one. 

During a period of twelve years from the passage of this Act any 
naval officer on the retired list may, in the discretion of the Secretary 
of the Navy, be ordered to such duty as he may be able to perform at 
sea or on shore, and while so employed shall receive the pa} 7 and allow¬ 
ances of an officer of the active list of the grade from which he was 
retired. 


MARINE CORPS. 

Pay, Marine Corps: For pay and allowances prescribed by law of 
officers on the active list, four hundred and sixteen thousand nine 
hundred dollars. 

Pay of officers on the. retired list: For one colonel, three lieutenant- 
colonels, one adjutant and inspector, two quartermasters, four majors, 


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nine captains, three first lieutenants, and three second lieutenants, 
fifty-six thousand six hundred and seventy dollars. 

Pay of noncommissioned officers, musicians, and privates, as pre¬ 
scribed by law, and the number of enlisted men authorized for the 
Marine Corps shall be exclusive of those undergoing imprisonment 
with sentence of dishonorable discharge from the service at expiration 
of such confinement, and for the expenses of clerks of the United 
States Marine Corps traveling under orders, one million one hundred 
and twelve thousand five hundred and forty-eight dollars. 

Pay and allowance of retired enlisted men: For one sergeant-major, 
two drum-majors, six first-class musicians, fifteen first sergeants, 
twenty-seven sergeants, five corporals, one drummer, two fifers, and 
forty-nine privates, and for those who may be retired during the } r ear, 
thirt}^-six thousand five hundred dollars. 

Undrawn clothing: For payment to discharged soldiers for clothing 
undrawn, thirty thousand dollars. 

Mileage: For mileage of officers traveling under orders without 
troops, twelve thousand dollars. 

For commutation of quarters to officers on duty without troops 
where there are no public quarters, eight thousand dollars. 

Pay of civil force: In the office of the brigadier-general com¬ 
mandant: For one chief clerk, at one thousand five hundred and forty 
dollars and eighty cents; one clerk, one thousand two hundred dollars; 
one messenger, at nine hundred and seventy-one dollars and twenty- 
eight cents; 

In the office of the paymaster: One chief clerk, at one thousand six 
hundred dollars; one clerk, at one thousand four hundred and ninety- 
six dollars and fifty-two cents; one clerk, at one thousand two hundred 
and fifty-seven dollars and twelve cents; 

In the office of the assistant paymaster: One clerk, at one thousand 
four hundred dollars; 

In the office of the adjutant and inspector: One chief clerk, at one 
thousand five hundred and forty dollars and eighty cents; one clerk, 
at one thousand four hundred and ninety-six dollars and fifty-two 
cents; 

In the office of the assistant adjutant and inspector: One clerk, one 
thousand two hundred dollars; 

In the office of the quartermaster: One chief clerk, at one thousand 
five hundred and forty dollars and eighty cents; one clerk, at one 
thousand four hundred and ninety-six dollars and fifty-two cents; one 
clerk, at one thousand two hundred and fifty-seven dollars and twelve 
cents; 

In the office of the assistant quartermaster, Washington, District of 
Columbia, or San Francisco, California: One clerk, at one thousand 
four hundred dollars; 

In the office of the assistant quartermaster, Philadelphia, Pennsyl¬ 
vania: One clerk, at one thousand four hundred dollars; one messen¬ 
ger, at one dollar and seventy-five cents per diem; 

In all, for pay of civil force, twenty-one thousand four hundred and 
thirty-six dollars and twenty-three cents, and the money herein spe¬ 
cifically appropriated for pay of the Marine Corps shall be disbursed 
and accounted for in accordance with existing law as pay of the Marine 
Corps, and for that purpose shall constitute one fund. 

Provisions, Marine Corps: For noncommissioned officers, musi- 


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cians, and privates serving ashore, for commutation of rations to 
enlisted men regularly detailed as clerks and messengers, for payment 
of board and lodging of recruiting parties, and for ice for preserva¬ 
tion of rations, three hundred and sevent} r -one thousand and seventy- 
one dollars and fifty cents; and no law shall be construed to entitle 
marines on shore duty to any rations, or commutation therefor, other 
than such as now are or may hereafter be allowed to enlisted men in 
the Army. 

Clothing, Marine Corps: For noncommissioned officers, musicians, 
and privates authorized by law, two hundred and ninety thousand one 
hundred and ninety-nine dollars and fifty-four cents. 

Fuel, Marine Corps: For heating barracks and quarters, for 
ranges and stoves for cooking, fuel for enlisted men, for sales to 
officers, maintaining electric lights, and for hot-air closets, thirty 
thousand dollars. 

Military stores, Marine Corps: For pay of chief armorer, at 
three dollars per day; three mechanics, at two dollars and fifty cents 
each per day; for purchase of military equipments, such as rifles, 
revolvers, cartridge boxes, bayonet scabbards, haversacks, blanket 
bags, knapsacks, canteens, musket slings, swords, drums, trumpets, 
flags, waist belts, waist plates, cartridge belts, sashes for officer of the 
day, spare parts for repairing muskets and purchase and repair of 
tents and field ovens, purchase and repair of imstruments of band, pur¬ 
chase of music and musical accessories, purchase and marking of 
medals for excellence in gunnery and rifle practice, good-conduct 
badges, for incidental expenses of the school of application, purchase 
of signal equipment and stores, for the establishment and maintenance 
of targets and ranges, and renting ranges, and for procuring, pre¬ 
serving, and handling ammunition and other necessary military sup¬ 
plies, forty-six thousand two hundred and ninety-seven dollars. 

Transportation and recruiting, Marine Corps: For transpor¬ 
tation of troops, including ferriage, and the expense of the recruiting 
service, thirty-five thousand dollars. 

For repairs of barracks, Marine Corps: Repairs and improve¬ 
ments to barracks and quarters at Portsmouth, New Hampshire; 
Boston, Massachusetts; Newport, Rhode Island; New York, New 
York; League Island, Pennsylvania; Annapolis, Maryland; headquar¬ 
ters and navy-yard, District of Columbia; Norfolk, Virginia; Port 
Royal, South Carolina; Pensacola, Florida; Mare Island, California; 
Bremerton, Washington; and Sitka, Alaska; for the renting, leasing, 
improvement, and erection of buildings in Porto Rico, the Philippine 
Islands, at Guam, and at such other places as the public exigencies 
require; and for per diem to enlisted men employed under the direction 
of the Quartermaster’s Department on the repair of barracks, quarters, 
and other public buildings, twenty thousand dollars. 

Additions to barracks at New York, New York, fifteen thousand 
dollars. 

Additions to barracks at Portsmouth, New Hampshire, five thou¬ 
sand dollars. 

Erection of a building for use of the band of the Marine Corps, 
and enlisted men’s quarters at Headquarters, Washington, District of 
Columbia, four thousand five hundred dollars. 

Erection of new barracks of fireproof material at League Island, 
Pennsylvania, one hundred thousand dollars*. 


NAVAL APPROPRIATION LAWS. 331 

Increasing the size and capacity of the naval prison, Mare Island 
Navy-Yard, California, fifteen thousand dollars. 

Erection of officers’ quarters at Sitka, Alaska, one thousand dollars, 
and the unexpended appropriation of two thousand five hundred dollars 
authorized in Act of June tenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, is 
hereby reappropriated for the erection of officers’ quarters at Sitka, 
Alaska. 

For rent of building used for manufacture of clothing, storing of 
supplies, and office of assistant quartermaster, Philadelphia, Pennsyl¬ 
vania, three thousand three hundred dollars. 

Forage, Marine Corps: For forage in kind for horses of the quar¬ 
termaster’s department, and the authorized number of officers’ horses, 
six thousand dollars. 

Hire of quarters, Marine Corps: For hire of quarters for offi¬ 
cers serving with troops where there are no public quarters belonging 
to the Government, and where there are not sufficient quarters pos¬ 
sessed by the United States to accommodate them; for hire of quarters 
for enlisted men employed as clerks and messengers in the offices of 
the commandant, adjutant and inspector, pa}^master, and quarter¬ 
master, and the offices of the assistant adjutant and inspector, the 
assistant paymaster, and the assistant quartermasters, at twenty-one 
dollars each per month, and for enlisted men employed as messengers 
in said offices, at ten dollars each per month, fourteen thousand seven 
hundred and forty-eight dollars. 

Contingent, Marine Corps: For freight, tolls, cartage, advertising, 
washing of bed sacks, mattress covers, pillow-cases, fowls, and sheets, 
funeral expenses of marines, stationery and other paper, telegraphing, 
rent of telephones, purchase and repair of t}"pewriters, apprehension 
of stragglers and deserters, per diem of enlisted men employed on 
constant labor for a period of not less than ten days, repair of gas and 
water fixtures, office and barracks furniture, camp and garrison equi¬ 
page and implements, mess utensils for enlisted men, such as bowls, 
plates, spoons, knives and forks, tin cups, pans, pots, and so forth; 
packing boxes, wrapping paper, oilcloth, crash, rope, twine, camphor 
and carbolized paper, carpenters’ tools, tools for police purposes, iron 
safes, purchase and repair of public wagons, purchase and repair of 
public harness, purchase of public horses, services of veterinary' sur¬ 
geons and medicines for public horses, purchase and repair of hose, 
purchase and repair of fire extinguishers, purchase of fire hand grenades, 
purchase and repair of carts, wheelbarrows, and lawn mowers; pur¬ 
chase and repair of cooking stoves, ranges, stoves, and furnaces where 
there are no grates; purchase of ice, towels, soap, combs, and brushes 
for offices; postage stamps for foreign postage; purchase of books, 
newspapers, and periodicals; improving parade grounds, repair of 
pumps and wharves, laying drain, water, and gas pipes, water, intro¬ 
ducing gas, and for gas, gas oil, and introduction and maintenance of 
electric lights; straw for bedding, mattresses, mattress covers, pillows, 
sheets; wire bunk bottoms for enlisted men at various posts; furniture 
for Government quarters and repair of same, and for all emergencies 
and extraordinary expenses arising at home and abroad, but impossible 
to anticipate or classify, sixty-one thousand seven hundred dollars: 
Provided , That four thousand two hundred dollars of the foregoing 
appropriation shall be applied to the restoration of the sewer system 
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INCREASE OF THE NAVY. 

That for the purpose of further increasing the naval establishment 
of the United States, the President is hereby authorized to have con¬ 
structed by contract two seagoing battle ships, carrying the heaviest 
armor and most powerful ordnance for vessels of their class, upon a 
trial displacement of about thirteen thousand five hundred tons, and to 
have the highest practicable speed and great radius of action, and to 
cost, exclusive of armor and armament, not exceeding three million 
six hundred thousand dollars each; three armored cruisers of about 
thirteen thousand tons trial displacement, carrying the heaviest armor 
and most powerful ordnance for vessels of their class, and to have the 
highest practicable speed and great radius of action, and to cost, 
exclusive of armor and armament, not exceeding four million two hun¬ 
dred and fifty thousand dollars each; and three protected cruisers of 
about eight thousand tons trial displacement, carrying the most pow¬ 
erful ordnance for vessels of their class and to have the highest speed 
compatible with good cruising qualities, and great radius of action, and 
to cost, exclusive of armament, not exceeding two million eight hun¬ 
dred thousand dollars each; and the contract for the construction of 
each of said vessels shall be awarded by the Secretary of the Navy to 
the lowest best responsible bidder, having in view the best results and 
most expeditious delivery; and not more than two of the vessels herein 
provided for shall be built in one yard or by one contracting party; and 
in the construction of all said vessels all the provisions of the Act of 
March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, entitled “An Act mak- 
ing appropriations for the naval service for the fiscal year ending June 
thirtieth, nineteen hundred, and for other purposes,” shall be observed 
and followed; and subject to the provisions hereinafter made, two and 
not more than two of the aforesaid vessels shall be built on or near the 
coast of the Pacific Ocean, or in the waters connecting therewith: Pro¬ 
vided\ That if it shall appear to the satisfaction of the President from 
the biddings for such contracts, when the same are opened and exam¬ 
ined by him, that said vessels, or any of them, can not be constructed 
on or near the coast of the Pacific Ocean at a cost not exceeding four 
per centum above the lowest accepted bid for the other vessels pro¬ 
vided for in this Act, he shall authorize the construction of said ves¬ 
sels, or either of them, elsewhere in the United States, subject to the 
limitations as to cost hereinbefore provided. 

Construction and machinery: On account of the hulls and outfits 
of vessels and steam machinery of vessels heretofore authorized, twelve 
million seven hundred and forty thousand six hundred and ninety-nine 
dollars. 

Armor and armament: Toward the armament and armor of domes¬ 
tic manufacture for the vessels authorized by Act of March second, 
eighteen hundred and ninety-five; for those authorized by the Act of 
June tenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-six; for those authorized by 
the Act of March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven; for those 
authorized by the Act of May fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety- 
eight; for those authorized by the Act of March third, eighteen hun¬ 
dred and ninety-nine, and for those authorized by this Act, four 
million dollars: Provided , That the Secretary of the Navy is hereby 
authorized to procure by contract armor of the best quality for any or 
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price which in his judgment is reasonable and equitable; but in case 
he is unable to make contracts for armor under the above conditions, 
he is hereby authorized and directed to procure a site for and to erect 
thereon a factory for the manufacture of armor, and the sum of four 
million dollars is hereby appropriated toward the erection of said 
factory. 

The Secretary of the Navy is hereby authorized and directed to con¬ 
tract for five submarine torpedo boats of the Holland type of the most 
improved design, at a price not to exceed one hundred and seventy 
thousand dollars each: Provided , That such boats shall be similar in 
dimensions to the proposed new Holland, plans and specifications of 
which were submitted to the Navy Department by the Holland Tor¬ 
pedo Boat Company November twenty-third, eighteen hundred and 
ninety-nine. 

The said new contract and the submarine torpedo boats covered by 
the same are to be in acordance with the stipulations of the contract 
of purchase made April eleventh, nineteen hundred, by and between 
the Holland Torpedo Boat Company, represented by the Secretary of 
said company, the party of the first part, and the United States, rep¬ 
resented by the Secretary of the Navy, the party of the second part. 

Equipment: Toward the completion of the equipment outfit of the 
new vessels heretofore authorized, four hundred thousand dollars. 

Approved, June 7, 1900. 



FIFTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. SECOND SESSION—MARCH 3, 1901. 

[Public —No. 157.] 

An Act Making appropriations for the naval service for the fiscal 
year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and two, and for other purposes 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled , That the following* sums be, 
and they are hereby, appropriated, to be paid out of any money in 
the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the naval service of the 
Government for the year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and 
two, and for other purposes. 

PAY OF THE NAVY. 

Pay and allowances prescribed by law of officers on sea duty; officers 
on shore and other dut} T ; officers on waiting orders; officers on the 
retired list; clerks to commandants of yards and stations; clerks to 
paymasters at yards and stations; general storekeepers, receiving ships 
and other vessels; commutation of quarters for officers on shore not 
Occupying public quarters, including boatswains, gunners, carpenters, 
sailmakers, warrant machinists, pharmacists, and mates, who shall 
hereafter receive the same commutation for quarters as second lieuten¬ 
ants of the Marine Corps; pay of enlisted men on the retired list; 
extra pay to men reenlisting under honorable discharge; interest on 
deposits by men; pay of pett}^ officers, seamen, landsmen, and appren¬ 
tice boys, including men in the engineers’ force, and for the Fish Com¬ 
mission, twen.t 3 T -two thousand five hundred men, fifty additional war¬ 
rant machinists, and two thousand five hundred apprentices under 
training at training stations and on board training ships, and for men 
detailed for duty with naval militia, at the pay prescribed by law, 
fifteen million two hundred thousand two hundred and eight 3 ^-four 
dollars, of which sum fifty thousand dollars is hereby made immedi¬ 
ately available for pay of additional men and warrant machinists: 
Provided , That officers of the Nav} r , and officers and enlisted men of 
the Marine Corps, who have been detailed, or may hereafter be detailed, 
for shore duty in Alaska, the Philippine Islands, Guam, or elsewhere 
beyond the continental limits of the United States, shall be considered 
as having been detailed for “shore duty beyond seas,” and shall 
receive pay accordingly, with such additional pay as may be provided 
by law for service in island possessions of the United States. 

That the advancement in rank of officers of the Navy and Marine 
Corps, whensoever made, for service rendered during the war with 
Spain, pursuant, respectively, to the provisions of sections fifteen 
hundred and six and sixteen hundred and five of the Revised Statutes, 
shall not interfere with the regular promotion of officers otherwise 
entitled to promotion, but officers so advanced, by reason of war serv¬ 
ice, shall, after they are promoted to higher grades, be carried there¬ 
after as additional to the numbers of each grade to which they may at 
any time be promoted; and each such officer shall hereafter be pro¬ 
moted in due course, contemporaneously with and to take rank next 
after the officer immediately above him; and all advancements made by 

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reason of war service shall be appropriately so designated upon the 
official Navy list: Provided , however , That no promotion shall be made 
to fill a vacancy occasioned by the promotion, retirement, death, resig¬ 
nation, or dismissal of any officer who, at the time of such promotion, 
retirement, death, resignation, or dismissal, is an additional member 
of his grade under the foregoing provisions. 

PAY, MISCELLANEOUS. 

For commissions and interest; transportation of funds; exchange; 
mileage to officers while traveling under orders in the United States, 
and for actual personal expenses of officers while traveling abroad 
under orders, and for traveling expenses of civilian employees, and 
for actual and necessaiy traveling expenses of naval cadets while pro¬ 
ceeding from their homes to the Naval Academy for examination and 
appointment as cadets; for rent and furniture of buildings and offices 
not in navy-yards; expenses of courts-martial, prisoners and prisons, 
and courts of inquiry, boards of inspection, examining boards, with 
clerks’ and witnesses’ fees, and traveling expenses and costs; stationery 
and recording; expenses of purchasing-paymasters’ offices of the 
various cities, including clerks, furniture, fuel, stationery, and inci¬ 
dental expenses; newspapers and advertising; foreign postage: tele¬ 
graphing, foreign and domestic; telephones; copying; care of library, 
including the purchase of books, photographs, prints, manuscripts, 
and periodicals; ferriage, tolls, and express fees; costs of suits; com¬ 
missions, warrants, diplomas, and discharges; relief of vessels in dis¬ 
tress; canal tolls and pilotage; recovery of valuables from shipwrecks; 
quarantine expenses; reports; professional investigation; cost of special 
instruction, at home or abroad, in maintenance of students and attaches 
and information from abroad, and the collection and classification 
thereof, and other necessary and incidental expenses, six hundred 
thousand dollars: Provided , That in cases where orders are given to 
officers of the Navy or Marine Corps for travel to be performed 
repeatedly between two or more places in such vicinity as in the discre¬ 
tion of the Secretaiy of the Navy is appropriate, he may direct that 
actual and necessary expenses only be allowed. 

Contingent, Navy: For all emergencies and extraordinary expenses 
arising at home or abroad, but impossible to be anticipated or classified, 
exclusive of personal services in the Navy Department or any of its 
subordinate bureaus or offices at Washington, District of Columbia, 
ten thousand dollars. 

EMERGENCY FUND, NAVY DEPARTMENT. 

To meet unforeseen contingencies for the maintenance of the Navy 
constantly arising, to be expended at the discretion of the President, 
two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, of which fifty thousand dollars 
shall be immediately available. 

BUREAU OF NAVIGATION. 

Transportation, recruiting, and contingent: Expenses of recruit¬ 
ing for the naval service; rent of rendezvous and expenses of maintain¬ 
ing the same; advertising for men and boys, and all other expenses 
attending the recruiting for the naval service, and for the transporta- 


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tion of enlisted men and boys at home and abroad, and of officers 
accompanying them; for heating apparatus for receiving and training 
ships, and extra expenses thereof; for freight, telegraphing on public 
business, postage on letters sent abroad, ferriage, ice, apprehension of 
deserters and stragglers, continuous-service certificates, discharges, 
good-conduct badges and medals for boys, schoolbooks for training 
apprentices, packing boxes and materials, and other contingent expenses 
and emergencies arising under cognizance of the Bureau of Naviga¬ 
tion, unforeseen and impossible to classify, one hundred and eighty 
thousand dollars. 

Gunnery exercises: Prizes for excellence in gunnery exercises and 
target practice; diagrams and reports of target practice; for the 
establishment and maintenance of targets and ranges; for hiring estab¬ 
lished ranges, and for transportation to and from ranges, twelve thou¬ 
sand dollars. 

Outfits for naval apprentices: Outfits for two thousand five 
hundred naval apprentices and one hundred hospital apprentices, at 
forty-five dollars each, one hundred and seventeen thousand dollars. 

Outfits for landsmen: Outfits for five thousand landsmen under 
training for seamen, at forty-five dollars each, two hundred and twenty- 
five thousand dollars. 

Naval training station, California: Maintenance of naval ap¬ 
prentice training station, Yerba Buena Island, California, namely: 
Labor and material; buildings and wharves; general care, repairs, and 
improvements of grounds, buildings, and wharves; wharfage, ferriage, 
and street-car fare; purchase and maintenance of live stock, and attend¬ 
ance on same; wagons, carts, implements, and tools, and repairs to 
same; fire engines and extinguishers; boats and gymnastic implements; 
models and other articles needed in instruction of apprentices; printing 
outfit and materials, and maintenance of same; heating, lighting, and 
furniture; stationery, books, and periodicals; fresh water, ice, and 
washing; freight and expressage; packing boxes and materials; postage 
and telegraphing; telephones, and all other contingent expenses, thirty 
thousand dollars. 

To reimburse the appropriation “ Naval training station, California, 
nineteen hundred and one,” for the cost of securing a supply of fresh 
water from Oakland, California, six thousand four hundred and fifty- 
nine dollars and thirty-two cents, to be immediately available. 

Naval training station, Rhode Island: Maintenance of naval 
apprentice training station, Coasters Harbor Island, Rhode Island, 
namely: Labor and material; buildings and wharves; dredging chan¬ 
nels; extending sea wall; repairs to causeway and sea wall; general 
care, repairs, and improvements of grounds, buildings, and wharves; 
wharfage, ferriage, and street-car fare; purchase and maintenance of 
live stock, and attendance on same; wagons, carts, implements, and 
tools, and repairs to same; fire engines and extinguishers; boats and 
gymnastic implements; models and other articles needed in instruc¬ 
tion of apprentices; printing outfit and materials, and maintenance of 
same; heating, lighting, and furniture; stationery, books, and peri¬ 
odicals; fresh water, ice, and washing; freight and expressage; pack¬ 
ing boxes and materials; postage and telegraphing; telephones; and 
all other contingent expenses, forty-five thousand dollars. 

Naval War College, Coasters Harbor Island, Rhode Island: 
For maintenance of the Naval War College on Coasters Harbor Island, 


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and care of grounds for same, including one draftsman, at one thou¬ 
sand two hundred dollars per year; in all, nine thousand two hundred 
dollars. 

For the services of a lecturer on international law, one thousand dol¬ 
lars; for the services of civilian lecturers from universities and col¬ 
leges rendered at the War College, six hundred dollars, and for the 
purchase of books of reference, four hundred dollars; in all, two thou¬ 
sand dollars. 

Naval Home, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: One superintendent 
of grounds, at six hundred dollars; one steward, at four hundred and 
eighty dollars; one matron, at three hundred and sixty dollars; one 
chief cook, at three hundred and sixty dollars; one assistant cook, at 
two hundred and forty dollars; one assistant cook, at one hundred and 
eighty dollars; one chief laundress, at one hundred and ninety-two dol¬ 
lars; five laundresses, at one hundred and sixty-eight dollars each; 
four scrubbers, at one hundred and sixty-eight dollars each; one head 
waitress, at one hundred and ninety-two dollars; eight waitresses, 
at one hundred and sixty-eight dollars each; one kitchen servant, at 
two hundred dollars; eight laborers, at two hundred and forty dollars 
each; one stable keeper and driver, at three hundred and sixty dollars; 
one master at arms, at four hundred and eighty dollars; two house 
corporals, at three hundred dollars each; one barber, at three hundred 
and sixty dollars; one carpenter, at eight hundred and forty-live dol¬ 
lars; one painter, at eight hundred and forty-five dollars; one engineer 
for elevator and machinery, six hundred dollars; three laborers, at 
three hundred and sixty dollars each; three laborers, at three hundred 
dollars each; water rent and lighting, two thousand one hundred dol¬ 
lars; cemetery, burial expenses, and headstones, three hundred and 
fifty dollars; improvement of grounds, nine hundred dollars; repairs 
to buildings, boilers, furnaces, furniture, eight thousand dollars; music 
in chapel, six hundred dollars; transportation of indigent and destitute 
beneficiaries to the Naval Home, one hundred dollars; support of bene¬ 
ficiaries, fifty thousand seven hundred and twenty-five dollars; in all, 
for Naval Home, seventy-six thousand four hundred and twent 3 ^-five 
dollars, which sum shall be paid out of the income from the naval 
pension fund. 

bureau of ordnance. 

Ordnance and ordnance stores: For procuring, producing, pre¬ 
serving, and handling ordnance material; for the armament of ships; 
for fuel, material, and labor to be used in the general work of the 
Ordnance Department; for watchmen at magazines, powder factories, 
and powder depots; for furniture in ordnance buildings at navy-yards 
and stations; for maintenance of the proving ground and powder fac¬ 
tory; and for target practice, five hundred thousand dollars. 

Reserve supply of ammunition, five hundred thousand dollars. 

Conversion of ordinary six-inch guns to rapid fire, twenty-five thou¬ 
sand dollars. 

Purchase and manufacture of smokeless powder, five hundred thou¬ 
sand dollars. 

New and improved machine^ for existing shops of the naval gun 
factory at the Washington Navy-Yard, fifty thousand dollars. 

For new and improved machinery for the proposed new workshop 


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at the Washington Navy-Yard, estimated for by the Bureau of Yards 
and Docks, one hundred thousand dollars. 

For automatic coal-conveying machinery and apparatus complete 
for the boiler-house stokers at the naval gun factory, nine thousand 
eight hundred and forty-nine dollars. 

For equipment of the forge shop at the naval gun factory after 
extension and remodeling, as estimated for by the Bureau of Yards 
and Docks, including twenty-five ton crane and runways, steam ham¬ 
mer, small hammers, piping, wiring, and motors, forty thousand 
dollars. 

Tools, machinery, and motive power for ordnance workshops and 
gun-carriage buildings at the navy-yard, Mare Island, California, 
twenty-four thousand dollars. 

For new and improved battery for the Baltimore, one hundred and 
seventy-five thousand dollars. 

Reserve guns for auxiliary cruisers: Toward the armament of 
modern guns for auxiliary cruisers mentioned in the Act approved 
March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, and in section four of 
the Act approved May tenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, two 
hundred and fifty thousand dollars: Provided , That the Secretary of 
the Navy may, in his discretion, purchase by contract all or any part 
of such guns. 

Torpedo station, Newport, Rhode Island: For labor, material, 
freight, and express charges; general care of and repairs to grounds, 
buildings, and wharves; boats, instruction, instruments, tools, furni¬ 
ture, experiments, and general torpedo outfits, sixty-five thousand 
dollars. 

Arming and equipping Naval Militia: For arms, accouterments, 
signal outfits, boats and their equipment, and the printing or purchase 
of the necessary books of instruction for the Naval Militia of the vari¬ 
ous States, under such regulations as the Secretary of the Navy may 
prescribe, sixty thousand dollars. 

Arms and equipment of United States Marine Corps: For small 
arms, machine and rapid-fire guns, accouterments, and ammunition 
therefor, for use of the United States Marine Corps, one hundred 
thousand dollars. 

Naval proving ground: For the purchase of additional land for the 
naval proving ground at Indian Head, twenty-five thousand dollars. 

Naval station, Puget Sound, Washington: For purchase of an 
ammunition lighter for ordnance purposes at the naval station, Puget 
Sound, eighteen thousand dollars. 

Repairs, Bureau of. Ordnance: For necessary repairs to ord¬ 
nance buildings, magazines, gun parks, boats, lighters, wharves, 
machinery, and other items of like character, thirty thousand dollars. 

Miscellaneous, Bureau of Ordnance: For miscellaneous items, 
namely: Freight to foreign and home stations, advertising, cartage 
and express charges, repairs to fire engines, gas and water pipes, gas 
and water tax at magazines, tolls, ferriage, foreign postage, and tele¬ 
grams to and from the Bureau, technical books, and incidental expenses 
attending inspection of ordnance material, seventy-five thousand dollars. 

Civil establishment, Bureau of Ordnance: Navy-yard, Ports¬ 
mouth, New Hampshire: For one writer, at one thousand dollars; 

Navy-yard, Boston, Massachusetts: For one writer, at one thousand 
dollars; 


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Navy-yard, New York, New York: For one clerk, at one thousand 
four hundred dollars; 

Navy-yard, League Island, Pennsylvania: For one clerk, at one thou¬ 
sand two hundred dollars; 

Navy-yard, Washington, District of Columbia: For one chemist, at 
two thousand five hundred dollars; one chief clerk, at one thousand 
six hundred dollars; one clerk, at one thousand four hundred dollars; 
one clerk, at one thousand two hundred dollars; one clerk, at one thou¬ 
sand one hundred dollars; three writers, at one thousand and seventeen 
dollars and twenty-five cents each; one draftsman, at one thousand 
eight hundred dollars; three draftsmen, at one thousand and eighty- 
one dollars each; one assistant draftsman, at seven hundred and seventy- 
two dollars; two copyists, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; 
one telegraph operator and copyist, at one thousand dollars; in all, 
nineteen thousand one hundred and six dollars and seventy-five cents. 

Smokeless-powder factory: For one chemist, at two thousand five 
hundred dollars; one assistant chemist, at one thousand six hundred 
dollars; in all, four thousand one hundred dollars; 

Navy-yard, Norfolk, Virginia: For one clerk, at one thousand two 
hundred dollars; 

Navy-yard, Mare Island, California: For one writer, at one thousand 
two hundred dollars; 

Naval proving ground, Indian Head, Maryland: For one writer, at 
one thousand two hundred dollars; 

Naval torpedo station, Newport, Rhode Island: For one chemist, at 
two thousand five hundred dollars; one clerk, at one thousand two hun¬ 
dred dollars; one draftsman, at one thousand five hundred dollars; in 
all, five thousand two hundred dollars. 

In all, civil establishment, Bureau of Ordnance, thirty-six thousand 
six hundred and six dollars and seventy-five cents; and no other fund 
appropriated by this Act shall be used in payment for such service. 

BUREAU OF EQUIPMENT. 

Coal and transportation: For purchase of coal for steamers’ and 
ships’ use, including expenses of transportation, storage, and handling 
the game, two million dollars. 

Equipment of vessels. For hemp, wire, iron, and other materials 
for the manufacture of cordage, anchors, cables, galleys, and chains; 
canvas for the manufacture of sails, awnings, hammocks, a d other 
work; water for all purposes on board naval vessels, including the 
expenses of transportation and storage of the same; stationery for 
commanding and navigating officers of ships, equipment officers on 
shore and afloat, and for the use of courts-martial on board ship; the 
removal and transportation of ashes from ships of war; interior appli¬ 
ances and tools for equipment buildings in navy-yards and naval sta¬ 
tions, and for the purchase of all other articles of equipment at home 
and abroad, and for the payment of labor in equipping vessels and 
manufacture of equipment articles in the several navy-yards; foreign 
and local pilotage and towage of ships of war; services and materials 
in repairing, correcting, adjusting, and testing compasses on shore and 
on board ship; nautical and astronomical instruments, and repairs to 
same; libraries for ships of war; professional books and papers, and 
drawings and engravings for signal books; naval signals and apparatus, 


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namely, signals, lights, lanterns, rockets, and running lights, compass a 
fittings, including binnacles, tripods, and other appendages of ships’ 
compasses; logs and other appliances for measuring the ship’s waA r , and 
leads and other appliances for sounding; lanterns and lamps, and their 
appendages for general use on board ship for illuminating purposes, 
and oil and candles used in connection therewith; bunting and other 
materials for making and repairing flags of all kinds; photographs, 
photographic instruments, and materials; musical instruments and 
music; installing, maintaining, and repairing interior and exterior 
signal communications and all electrical appliances of whatsoever nature 
on board naval vessels, except range finders, battle order and range 
transmitters and indicators, and motors and their controlling apparatus 
used to operate the machinery belonging to other bureaus, one million 
five hundred thousand dollars. 

Ocean and lake surveys: For hydrographic surveys, and for the 
purchase of nautical books, charts, and sailing directions, and freight 
and express charges on the same, one hundred thousand dollars. 

Depots for coal: To enable the Secretary of the Navy to execute 
the provisions of section fifteen hundred and fift} T -two of the Revised 
Statutes, authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to establish, at such 
places as he may deem necessary, suitable depots for coal and other 
fuel, for the supply of steamships of war, six hundred thousand dol¬ 
lars; and to enable him to acquire land for a naval station and harbor 
and channel defense at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, one hundred and fifty 
thousand dollars; in all, eight hundred and fifty thousand dollars. 

Maintenance of colliers, nineteen hundred and two: For pay, 
transportation, shipping, and subsistence of civilian officers and crews 
of naval colliers, and all expenses connected with naval colliers 
employed in emergencies which can not be paid from other appropria¬ 
tions, three hundred and fifty thousand dollars. 

Contingent, Bureau of Equipment: For freight and transporta¬ 
tion of equipment stores, packing boxes and materials, printing, adver¬ 
tising, telegraphing, books, and models; stationery for the Bureau; 
furniture for equipment offices in navy-yard; postage on letters sent 
abroad; ferriage, ice, and emergencies arising under cognizance of the 
Bureau of Equipment unforeseen and impossible to classif} 7 , thirty-five 
thousand dollars. 

Civil establishment, Bureau of Equipment: Navy-yard, Ports¬ 
mouth, New Hampshire: For one clerk, at one thousand dollars; one 
writer, nine hundred and fifty dollars; in all, one thousand nine hun¬ 
dred and fifty dollars; 

Nav} r -yard, Boston, Massachusetts: For one superintendent of rope- 
walk, at one thousand eight hundred and seventy-five dollars; one 
clerk, at one thousand four hundred dollars; one clerk, at one thou¬ 
sand three hundred dollars; one writer, at nine hundred and fifty dol¬ 
lars; one writer, at nine hundred and fifty dollars; in all, six thousand 
four hundred and seventy-five dollars; 

Navy-yard, New York, New York: For one clerk, at one thousand 
four hundred dollars; one clerk, atone thousand two hundred dollars; 
one writer, at nine hundred and fifty dollars; one writer, at nine hun¬ 
dred and fifty dollars; in all, four thousand five hundred dollars; 

Navy-yarcf, League Island, Penns}dvania: For one clerk, at one 
thousand two hundred dollars; one clerk, at one thousand dollars; in 
all, two thousand tw T o hundred dollars; 


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NAVAL APPROPRIATION LAWS. 


Navy-yard, Norfolk, Virginia: For two clerks, at one thousand two 
hundred dollars each; one writer, at nine hundred and fifty dollars; 
in all, three thousand three hundred and fifty dollars; 

Navy-yard, Mare Island, California: For one clerk, at one thousand 
two hundred dollars; one clerk, at one thousand dollars; one writer, at 
nine hundred and fifty dollars; in all, three thousand one hundred and 
fifty dollars; 

Navy-yard, Washington, District of Columbia: For one clerk, who 
shall also perform the clerical duties for the board of labor emplo}^- 
ment at said navy-yard, one thousand six hundred dollars; 

Cavite, Philippine Islands: For one electrician, at five dollars and 
four cents per diem; one clerk at one thousand dollars; in all, two 
thousand five hundred and seventy-seven dollars and fifty-two cents; 

Navy-yard, Pensacola, Florida: One clerk, one thousand dollars; 

Naval station, Port Royal, South Carolina: One clerk, one thousand 
dollars; 

Naval station, Key West, Florida: One clerk, one thousand dollars; 

Naval station, Bremerton, Washington: One clerk, one thousand 
dollars; 

In all, civil establishment, Bureau of Equipment, twenty-nine thou¬ 
sand eight hundred and two dollars and fifty-two cents. 

BUREAU OF YARDS AND DOCKS. 

Maintenance of yards and docks: For general maintenance of 
yards and docks, namely: For freight, transportation of materials and 
stores; books, maps, models, and drawing; purchase and repair of 
fire engines; fire apparatus and plants; machinery; purchase and 
maintenance of oxen, horses, and driving teams; carts, timber wheels, 
and all vehicles for use in the navy-yards; tools and repairs of the 
same; postage on letters and other mailable matter on public service 
sent to foreign countries, and telegrams; stationery; furniture for 
Government houses and offices in navy-yards and for the Bureau of 
Yards and Docks; coal and other fuel, candles, oil, and gas; attend¬ 
ance on light and power plants; cleaning and clearing up yards and 
care of buildings; attendance on fires, lights, fire engines and fire 
apparatus and plants; incidental labor at navy-yards; water tax, tolls, 
and ferriage; pay of watchmen in navy-yards; awnings and packing 
boxes, and advertising for } r ards and docks and other purposes; and 
for rent of wharf and storehouse at Erie, Pennsylvania, for use and 
accommodation of United States steamer Michigan, five hundred 
thousand dollars. 

Contingent, Bureau of Yards and Docks: For contingent expenses 
that may arise at navy-yards and stations, fift}^ thousand dollars. 

Civil" establishment, Bureau of Yards and Docks: Navy-yard, 
Portsmouth, New Hampshire: For one clerk, at one thousand four 
hundred dollars; one mail messenger, at two dollars per diem, includ¬ 
ing Sundays; one messenger, at six hundred dollars; one foreman 
laborer and head teamster, at four dollars per diem, including Sun¬ 
days; one janitor, at six hundred dollars; one pilot, at three dollars 
per diem, including Sundays; one draftsman, at four dollars per diem; 
one electrician, one thousand two hundred dollars; in all, eight thousand 
three hundred and thirty-seven dollars. 

Navy-yard, Boston, Massachusetts: For one clerk, at one thousand 


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four hundred dollars; one foreman laborer, at four dollars per diem; 
one messenger to commandant, at two dollars per diem; one messen¬ 
ger, at two dollars per diem; one mail messenger, at two dollars per 
diem, including Sundays; one writer, at one thousand and seventeen 
dollars and twenty-five cents; one draftsman, at five dollars per diem; 
one master of tugs, at one thousand two hundred dollars; one electri¬ 
cian, at one thousand four hundred dollars; in all, nine thousand eight 
hundred and sixteen dollars and twenty-five cents. 

Navy-yard, New York, New York: For one clerk, at one thousand 
four hundred dollars; one writer, at one thousand and seventeen dollars 
and twenty-five cents; one yard pilot, two thousand dollars; two mas¬ 
ters of tugs, at one thousand five hundred dollars each; two writers, 
at nine hundred dollars each; one foreman laborer, at four dollars and 
fifty cents per diem; one mail messenger, at two dollars per diem, 
including Sundays; two messengers, at two dollars and twenty-five 
cents per diem each; one draftsman, at five dollars per diem; one 
quarterman, at three dollars per diem; one superintendent of teams, 
or quarterman, at four dollars per diem; one messenger to commandant, 
at two dollars and twenty-five cents per diem, including Sundays; one 
messenger, yards and docks, at two dollars and twenty-five cents per 
diem; one stenographer and typewriter, at three dollars and twenty- 
six cents per diem; one electrician, at one thousand four hundred dol¬ 
lars; one bookkeeper, or accountant, at one thousand two hundred dol¬ 
lars; in all, twenty-one thousand six hundred and sixty-six dollars and 
thirteen cents. 

Naval station, Sacketts Harbor, New York: For one ship keeper, at 
three hundred and sixty-five dollars per annum. 

Navy-yard, League Island, Pennsylvania: For one clerk, at one 
thousand, four hundred dollars; one writer and telegraph operator, at 
one thousand dollars; one messenger, at two dollars per diem; one 
foreman laborer, at four dollars per diem; one master of tugs, at one 
thousand two hundred dollars; one draftsman, at five dollars per diem; 
one electrician, at one thousand two hundred dollars; one mail mes¬ 
senger, at two dollars per diem, including Sundays; one master of 
tugs, at one thousand dollars; in all, nine thousand nine hundred and 
seventy-three dollars. 

Navy-yard, Washington, District of Columbia: For one clerk, at 
one thousand four hundred dollars; one messenger, at two dollars per 
diem; one foreman laborer, at four dollars per diem; one electrician, 
at one thousand four hundred dollars; one writer, at one thousand and 
seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents; in all, five thousand six hun¬ 
dred and ninety-five dollars and twenty-five cents. 

Navy-} r ard, Norfolk, Virginia: For one clerk, at one thousand four 
hundred dollars; one writer, at one thousand and seventeen dollars and 
twenty-five cents; one writer, at one thousand dollars; one foreman 
laborer, at four dollars per diem; one electrician, at one thousand two 
hundred dollars; one mail messenger, at two dollars per diem, includ¬ 
ing Sundays; two messengers, at two dollars per diem each; one pilot, 
at two dollars and twenty-six cents per diem; one master of tugs, at 
one thousand two hundred dollars; one draftsman, one thousand five 
hundred dollars; one bookkeeper, one thousand two hundred dollars; 
in all, twelve thousand four hundred and fifty-eight dollars and sixty - 
three cents. 

Naval station, Port Koyal, South Carolina: One clerk, at one thou- 


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sand two hundred dollars; one rodman and inspector, at three dollars 
per diem; one messenger and janitor, at one dollar and fifty cents per 
diem, including Sundays; one master of tugs, one thousand two hun¬ 
dred dollars; one mail messenger, at two dollars per diem, includ¬ 
ing Sundays; one telegraph operator, at two dollars per diem, includ¬ 
ing Sundays; one electrician, at one thousand two hundred dollars; in 
all, six thousand five hundred and forty-six dollars and fifty cents. 

Navy-yard, Pensacola, Florida: For one clerk, at one thousand two 
hundred dollars; one mail messenger, at two dollars per diem, includ¬ 
ing Sundays; in all, one thousand nine hundred and thirty dollars. 

Naval station, Key West, Florida: For one mail messenger, at six 
hundred dollars. 

Navy-yard, Mare Island, California: For one clerk, at one thousand 
four hundred dollars; one writer, at one thousand and seventeen dol¬ 
lars and twenty-five cents; one foreman mason, at six dollars per 
diem; one foreman laborer, at five dollars and fifty cents per diem; 
one pilot, at one thousand five hundred dollars per annum: one drafts¬ 
man, at five dollars per diem; one mail messenger, at two dollars per 
diem, including Sundays; one messenger, at two dollars per diem; one 
electrician, at one thousand four hundred dollars; one quarterman 
joiner, at four dollars and fifty-six cents per diem; one telegraph 
operator, at three dollars and twenty-eight cents per diem; in all, 
fourteen thousand two hundred and ninety-one dollars and sixty-seven 
cents. 

Naval station, Puget Sound, Washington: One clerk, at one thou¬ 
sand two hundred dollars; one draftsman, at five dollars per diem; one 
messenger and janitor, at one dollar and seventy-six cents per diem, 
including Sundays; one master of tugs, at one thousand two hundred 
dollars; one copyist, at nine hundred dollars; one electrician, at one 
thousand two hundred dollars; in all, six thousand seven hundred and 
seven dollars and forty cents. 

Naval station, San Juan, Porto Rico: One clerk, one thousand two 
hundred dollars; one writer, commandant’s office, nine hundred and 
sixty dollars; one mail messenger, four hundred and twenty dollars; 
in all, two thousand five hundred and eighty dollars. 

Naval station, Hawaii: One writer, at three dollars and twenty-five 
cents per diem; one messenger, at two dollars per diem, including 
Sundays; in all, one thousand seven hundred and forty-seven dollars 
and twenty-five cents. 

Naval station, Cavite, Philippine Islands: One clerk, one thousand 
two hundred dollars; one time clerk, three hundred and seventy-five 
dollars; one writer, two hundred and fifty-five dollars; one messenger, 
one hundred and eighty.five dollars; one messenger, one hundred and 
fifty dollars; in all, two thousand one hundred and sixty-five dollars. 

In all, civil establishment, Bureau of Yards and Docks, one hundred 
and four thousand six hundred and seventy-nine dollars and eight 
cents; and no other fund appropriated by this Act shall be used in 
payment for such service. 

PUBLIC WORKS, BUREAU OF YARDS AND DOCKS, NAVY-YARDS AND STA¬ 
TIONS, NAVAL ACADEMY, AND NEW NAVAL OBSERVATORY. 

Navy-yard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire: Quay wall, to extend, 
fifty thousand dollars; grading, to continue, twenty-five thousand dol- 


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lars; railroad and rolling stock, additions, ten thousand dollars; sewer 
systems, extensions, nine thousand dollars; water systems, extensions, 
six thousand dollars; latrines, two thousand dollars; extension of office 
building for construction and repair, and for fireproof construction, 
twenty thousand dollars; floating derrick, twenty thousand dollars; 
coal storage at electric and dry dock plants, ten thousand dollars; 
repairing reservoir and cleaning ponds, two thousand dollars; recon¬ 
structing building numbered sixty for boat shop and storage, seventy 
thousand dollars; improvement to ship-fitters’ shop, numbered forty - 
five, twenty thousand dollars; coal storage near building numbered 
forty-six, eight thousand five hundred dollars; storehouse for general 
supplies (to cost not more than one hundred and fifty thousand dollars, 
for which contract is hereby authorized), seventy-five thousand dol¬ 
lars; office building for steam engineering, fifteen thousand dollars; 
elevators in storehouses numbered one and two, eight thousand dol¬ 
lars; improvements to ordnance building numbered twenty-two, ten 
thousand eight hundred and fifty dollars; tools for yards and docks, 
two thousand dollars; elevator, shelves, and so forth, for yard dispen¬ 
sary, five hundred dollars; to enable the Secretary of the Navy to 
prepare specifications and obtain proposals from responsible contractors 
for removing Henderson’s Point, so as to improve the approach to the 
navy-yard at Portsmouth, New Hampshire, to a depth of not exceed¬ 
ing thirty-five feet below mean low water for a distance of not exceeding 
three hundred and fifty feet, the proposals to be submitted to Congress 
at its next session, one thousand dollars; in all, three hundred and 
sixty-four thousand eight hundred and fifty dollars. 

Navy-yard, Boston, Massachusetts: Ship-fitters’ shop, toward 
completion, fifty thousand dollars; metal workers’ shop, toward com¬ 
pletion, fifty thousand dollars; refitting and improving machine shop 
numbered one, building forty-two, to complete, fifty thousand dollars; 
new piers and wffiarves, twenty-five thousand dollars; paving, twenty- 
live thousand dollars; dredging, twenty-five thousand dollars; electric 
elevators, t£n thousand dollars; smithery for construction and repair, 
toward completion, fifty thousand dollars; fire-protection system, fifty- 
two thousand dollars; sawmill and spar shed (to cost not more than 
two hundred thousand dollars, for which contract is hereby authorized), 
seventy-five thousand dollars; repairs to large chimney, building num¬ 
bered forty-two, eight thousand dollars; water-closets for building 
numbered forty-two, two thousand five hundred dollars; coal storage 
for steam engineering, five thousand dollars; central heating system, 
thirty-five thousand dollars; water system, extensions, ten thousand 
dollars; sewer system, extensions, five thousand dollars, electric-light 
plant, extensions, six thousand dollars; railroad system, extensions, 
six thousand dollars; coal-storage and coal-handling plant, extensions, 
thirty-five thousand dollars; extension of naval prison, to be immedi¬ 
ately available, twenty-six thousand five hundred dollars; in all, navy- 
yard, Boston, five hundred and fifty-one thousand dollars. 

Navy-yard, New York, New York: Reconstructing building num¬ 
bered twenty-one for boathouse, to complete, to be immediately avail¬ 
able, eighty-five thousand dollars; paving and grading, twenty thousand 
dollars; granite and concrete dry dock, to continue, three hundred 
thousand dollars; fire-protection cystem, sixty thousand dollars; dredg¬ 
ing, twenty-five thousand dollars; coal-storage and coal-handling plant, 
one hundred thousand dollars; railroad system, extensions, fifteen 


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thousand dollars; piers on Cob Dock, eighty-eight thousand dollars; 
ordnance storehouse on Cob Dock, ninety thousand dollars; slip for 
ordnance, Cob Dock, fifty thousand dollars; elevator and stair railings, 
oil storehouse numbered one hundred and twenty, three thousand five 
hundred dollars; electric motors for building numbered two, two thou¬ 
sand five hundred dollars; extending building numbered twenty-three, 
thirty thousand dollars; reconstructing building numbered nineteen 
(to cost not more than one hundred and eighty-five thousand dollars, 
for which contract is hereby authorized), one hundred thousand dollars; 
quay wall, Cob Dock, extension, forty thousand dollars; in all, navy- 
yard, New York, New York, one million and nine thousand dollars. 

Navy-yard, League Island, Pennsylvania: Extension of reserve 
basin, to continue dredging, fifty thousand dollars; electrical work¬ 
shop and storehouse for equipment, to complete, to be immediately 
available, thirty-three thousand dollars; to continue retaining wall 
about reserve basin, fifty thousand dollars; grading and paving, fifteen 
thousand dollars; machine shop for steam engineering, to complete, 
seventy-five thousand dollars; founds and coppersmith shop for steam 
engineering, to complete, fifty-eight thousand dollars; boiler and black¬ 
smith shop for steam engineering, to complete fifty-eight thousand 
dollars; plumbers and coppersmiths’ shop and foundry for construc¬ 
tion and repair, to complete, forty-three thousand eight hundred and 
eighty dollars; block, cooper, and spar shops for construction and 
repair, to complete, fifty-three thousand four hundred dollars; exten¬ 
sion of pier numbered two, fifty-nine thousand dollars; storehouse for 
naval supplies (to cost not more than two hundred and twenty-four 
thousand six hundred and forty dollars, for which contract is hereby 
authorized), seventy-five thousand dollars; workshop and boiler house 
for ordnance, to extend, forty-two thousand dollars; equipment for 
railroad, ten thousand dollars; sewers, eight thousand five hundred dol¬ 
lars; roadway and retaining wall at yard entrance, twenty-five thou¬ 
sand dollars; heating apparatus for building numbered eight, four 
thousand eight hundred dollars; railroad-track scales, three thousand 
four hundred dollars; extension of sea wall, eleven thousand dollars; 
parapet in front of officers’ quarters, three thousand dollars; electric 
elevators, seven thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; outbuild¬ 
ings and fences, officers’ quarters, two thousand dollars; garbage- 
incinerating plant, eight thousand dollars; in all, navy-yard, League 
Island, six hundred and ninety-five thousand two hundred and thirty 
dollars. 

Navy-yard, Washington, District of Columbia: Paving, twenty- 
five thousand dollars; underground conduit system, to complete, 
twenty-two thousand dollars; electric-light plant, to extend, twenty 
thousand dollars; miscellaneous shop for ordnance, eighty-six thousand 
three hundred dollars; seamen gunners’ shop, forty thousand dollars; 
alterations and new roof, ordnance boiler house, forty-two thousand 
six hundred dollars; fireproof storage for fuses, acids, paints, and so 
forth, nine thousand dollars; extension and remodeling of forge shop, 
seventy-three thousand three hundred and ten dollars; in all, navy- 
yard, Washington, three hundred and eighteen thousand two hundred 
and ten dollars. 

Navy-yard, Norfolk, Virginia: Concrete and granite dry dock, to 
continue, three hundred thousand dollars; paving and grading, to con¬ 
tinue, fifteen thousand dollars; sewers, five thousand dollars; quay wall 


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for fitting-out basin, to continue, seventy-five thousand dollars, to be 
immediately available; mooring slips at Saint Helena, forty thousand 
dollars; locomotive crane track, renewing, fifteen thousand dollars; 
railroad tracks, ten thousand dollars; alterations in plumbers’ shop, 
building numbered nine, ten thousand dollars; machinery and tools 
for 3 7 ards and docks, two thousand dollars; railroad rolling stock, three 
thousand dollars; telephone system, one thousand dollars; pattern shop 
and storehouse, thirty thousand dollars; bridge between buildings 
numbered thirty-two and thirty-three, seven hundred and sixty dol¬ 
lars; fireproof shed for painting and storage of canvass, five thousand 
dollars; shops and storehouse for equipment, eighty thousand dollars; 
anchor park, two thousand five hundred dollars; in all, navy-yard, 
Norfolk, Virginia, five hundred and ninety-four thousand two hun¬ 
dred and sixty dollars. 

Naval station, Key West, Florida : Storehouse for supplies and 
accounts, sixty thousand dollars; storehouse for oils, turpentine, and 
so forth, five thousand dollars; smith shop, for steam engineering, 
eight thousand dollars; elevated tank for storing fresh water, six thou¬ 
sand dollars; filling, grading, and fencing, ten thousand dollars; quay 
wall, fifty thousand dollars; fire-protection s} T stem, five thousand dol¬ 
lars; in all, naval station, Key West, one hundred and forty-four 
thousand dollars. 

Navy-yard, Mare Island, California : Joiner shop for construction 
and repair to complete, fifty thousand dollars; to continue quay wall, 
fifty thousand dollars; to continue dredging, fifty thousand dollars; 
paving, twenty-five thousand dollars; sewers and closets, five thousand 
dollars; storage shed for yards and docks, extension, five thousand dol¬ 
lars; storehouse for supplies and accounts, extension, forty thousand 
dollars; extension and renewal of railroad, five thousand dollars; offices 
for yards and docks, two thousand dollars; fire-protection system, forty- 
two thousand dollars; floor for building numbered fifty-two, five thou¬ 
sand dollars; improvements to forty-ton crane, three thousand dollars; 
drill room at receiving ship, nine thousand dollars; fence at northern 
end of } T ard, three thousand five hundred dollars; shelter roof for boats, 
improvements to, three thousand one hundred dollars; laboratory in 
building numbered fifty-one, one thousand five hundred dollars; new 
floor for building numbered fifty-three, two thousand dollars; improve¬ 
ments to building numbered sixty-nine, one thousand and fifty dollars; 
improvements to building numbered seventy-one, three thousand eight 
hundred and sixty dollars; testing room for construction and repair, 
six hundred and fifty dollars; pumping and fire boat, twenty-five thou¬ 
sand dollars; in all, navy-yard, Mare Island, three hundred and thirty- 
one thousand six hundred and sixty dollars. 

Naval station, Puget Sound, Washington: Sewers, extensions, 
four thousand dollars; to continue grading, twenty thousand dollars; 
coal shed and appliances, seventy-five thousand dollars; sick quarters, 
seven thousand dollars; carpenter and joiner shop for 3jards and docks, 
ten thousand dollars; machinery for carpenter and joiner shop, three 
thousand dollars; extension of dry dock boiler plant, twenty thousand 
dollars; stable and tool shed, six thousand five hundred dollars; fire- 
protection S3^stem, ten thousand dollars; electric-light plant, exten¬ 
sions, five thousand dollars; telephone system, extensions, three thou¬ 
sand dollars; railroad and equipment, extensions, two thousand dollars; 
clearing and stumping, five thousand dollars; roadway about dry dock, 


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six thousand dollars; dolphins, one thousand dollars; new skylight for 
construction and repair shop, four thousand dollars; joiner shop for 
construction and repair, seventy thousand dollars; water-closets and 
wash room for steam engineering, two thousand dollars; floor for 
steam-engineering shop, ten thousand dollars; storehouse for high 
explosives, ordnance, five thousand dollars; wharf crane for ordnance, 
one thousand five hundred dollars; quarters for gunner, three thou¬ 
sand dollars; in all, naval station, Puget Sound, Washington, two hun¬ 
dred and seventy-three thousand dollars. 

Naval station, San Juan, Porto Rico: Coaling facilities, exten¬ 
sions, forW thousand dollars. 

Navy-yard, Pensacola, Florida: Motor for building numbered 
nine, one thousand five hundred dollars; extension of permanent 
wharf, fifteen thousand dollars; coal-storage plant, increase, twenty- 
five thousand dollars; in all, navy-yard, Pensacola, forty-one thousand 
five hundred dollars. 

Naval station, Algiers, Louisiana: Shops and offices for equip¬ 
ment, eighty thousand dollars; coal-storage plant, one hundred and 
fifty thousand dollars; for purchase of land, one hundred thousand dol¬ 
lars; in all, naval station, Algiers, three hundred and thirty thousand 
dollars: Provided , That the Secretary of the Navy may, if he deems 
it for the best interests of the United States, proceed and acquire title 
to the land herein authorized to be purchased by condemnation thereof, 
by judicial proceedings to be commenced in the appropriate circuit 
court of the United States, which court shall, for the purpose of ascer¬ 
taining the true value of the said land and buildings, appoint three 
commissioners, who shall be competent and disinterested appraisers, 
and all the proceedings for the condemnation aforesaid shall be in 
accordance, except as herein provided, with the Act of Congress of 
August first, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, entitled “An Act to 
authorize condemnation of land for sites of public buildings, and for 
other purposes.” 

Dredging, Dry Tortugas, Florida: Dredging channel, one hun¬ 
dred thousand dollars. 

Four dry docks: Toward completion of dry docks at navy-yards: 
Portsmouth, New Hampshire; Boston, Massachusetts; League Island, 
Pennsylvania, and Mare Island, California, one million dollars. 

Naval Station, Hawaii: Machine shop, fifty thousand dollars; 
smithery and foundry, twenty-five thousand dollars; commandant’s 
house and stables, fifteen thousand dollars; extending office building, 
three thousand dollars; cottage for watchman, two thousand five hun¬ 
dred dollars; gradingand fencing, ten thousand dollars; ten-ton wharf 
crane, eight hundred dollars; water-pipe system, one thousand dollars; 
in all, naval station, Hawaii, one hundred and seven thousand three 
hundred dollars. 

Naval station, Tutuila: Coal-storage plant, extensions, two hun¬ 
dred thousand dollars; grading, twenty-five thousand dollars; in all, 
naval station, Tutuila, two hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars. 

Naval station, Charleston, South Carolina: Dry dock, author¬ 
ized by Act of June seventh, nineteen hundred, which shall be of con¬ 
crete and stone, to cost not more than one million two hundred and 
fifty thousand dollars, for which contract is hereby authorized, one 
hundred and fifty thousand dollars; and all appropriations for public 
works at the naval station, Port Royal, made prior to the Act of June 


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seventh, nineteen hundred, which have not been expended are hereby 
authorized to be expended for the transfer of such station to and the 
construction of public works at the naval station, Charleston, South 
Carolina, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Navy. 

Repairs and preservation at navy-yards and stations: For 
repairs and preservation at nav} r -yards and stations, five hundred thou¬ 
sand dollars. 

In all, public works, six million seven hundred and seventy-five 
thousand and ten dollars. 

The Secretary of the Navy may employ and pay out of appropria¬ 
tions for “Public Works, Navy-Yards, and Stations,” such additional 
expert aids, draftsmen writers, and copyists as ma} r be necessary for 
the preparation of plans and specifications. 

The Secretary of the Navy is hereby directed to have the coast and 
the waters of the island of Porto Rico examined into and to report to 
the next Congress upon the advisability of establishing a United 
States naval station on said coast; the most suitable place for the same, 
considering, among other things, the topographical and strategic situ¬ 
ation of this island with reference to the United States and the pro¬ 
posed Nicaragua Canal, and the estimated immediate cost of the same. 

The Secretary of the Navy is hereby directed to have the coast and 
the waters of the Philippine Islands examined into and to report to 
the next Congress upon the advisability of establishing a United 
States naval station on said coast and the most suitable place for the 
same. 

For establishing and marking the boundary line of the property of 
the Government on Blythe Island, in the State of Georgia, to lay^ out 
a rifle range upon the same, and construct a boat landing, two thou¬ 
sand dollars; and the Secretary of the Navy is hereby directed to 
report to the next Congress as to the condition and extent of any 
Government property at said Blythe Island, Georgia; whether the 
title to the same is good, and whether it is adapted to the necessary 
wants of the Navy Department. 

PUBLIC WORKS—BUREAU OF NAVIGATION. 

Naval Academy: Buildings and grounds, Naval Academy: Toward 
the construction of buildings, and for other necessary improvements, 
at the Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland, as authorized by the 
Act of Congress approved June seventh, nineteen hundred, and in 
accordance with the plans approved by the Secretary of the Navy, 
nineteen hundred, three million dollars. 

Provided , That the Secretary of the Navy may, if he deems it for 
the best interests of the United States, proceed and acquire title to the 
land and buildings authorized to be purchased under the Act of Con¬ 
gress approved June seventh, nineteen hundred, by condemnation 
thereof b}^ judicial proceedings to be commenced in the appropriate 
circuit court of the United States, which court shall, for the purpose of 
ascertaining the true value of the said land and buildings, appoint three 
commissioners, who shall be competent and disinterested appraisers, 
and ail the proceedings for the condemnation aforesaid shall be in 
accordance, except as herein provided, with the Act of Congress of 
August first, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, entitled “An Act to 
authorize condemnation of land for sites of public buildings, and for 
other purposes.” 


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Naval training station, California (buildings): Swimming tank, 
four thousand five hundred dollars; revetting main road, one thousand 
five hundred dollars; in all, six thousand dollars. 

Naval training station, Rhode Island (buildings): Extending 
and completing breakwater and sea wall, and filling in in front of new 
barracks, to be immediately available, nineteen thousand five hundred 
dollars; making roads and sidewalks, and paving approaches to new 
barracks, four thousand seven hundred dollars; coal shed and coal¬ 
handling appliances, three thousand five hundred dollars; reclaiming 
bay at south end of island, building sea wall, and repairing sea wall, 
and repairing and extending wharf, seven thousand nine hundred dol¬ 
lars; for erection of a house and necessary appurtenances over swim¬ 
ming tank, now under construction for apprentices, to be immediately 
available, three thousand five hundred dollars; for extending capacit}^ of 
storehouse to include fireproof oil rooms fitted with steel storage tanks, 
and to outfit building with lighting, plumbing, and heating systems and 
fireproof shelving, partitions, and lockers, to be immediately available, 
nine thousand eight hundred and sevent}* dollars; reclaiming two stag¬ 
nant water basins and leveling bank near the hospital, three thousand 
two hundred dollars; in all, naval training station, Rhode Island, fifty- 
two thousand one hundred and seventy dollars. 

In all, “Public Works, Bureau of Navigation,” three million fifty- 
eight thousand one hundred and seventy dollars. 

PUBLIC WORKS—BUREAU OF ORDNANCE. 

Naval magazine, Iona Island, New York: For additional build¬ 
ings, extension of railroad to northwestern end of island, grading, sea 
wall, and general improvements, one hundred thousand dollars. 

Naval magazine, Dover, New Jersey: Improvements at the naval 
magazine, Dover, New Jersey, including a fixed-ammunition house, a 
shell house, clearing and grading land, road building, and general 
improvements, including a compressed-air plant and air locomotive, 
sixty-five thousand dollars. 

Naval magazine, Fort Mifflin, Pennsylvania: For one magazine and 
one shell house at the naval magazine, Fort Mifflin, Pennsylvania, with 
track connections, lightning conductors, and the necessary appurte¬ 
nances, fifty-six thousand dollars. 

Naval magazine, Norfolk, Virginia: For improvements at the naval 
magazine, Saint Juliens Creek, near Norfolk, Virginia, namely: Shell 
house, store or issuing house, wharf, derrick, lightning conductors, 
cistern, railroad extension, grading, concreting, and other necessary 
objects to properly complete the work, sixty thousand five hundred 
dollars. 

Naval torpedo station, Newport, Rhode Island: One administration 
building for use in instruction of classes of enlisted men and officers, 
to contain offices, lecture rooms, overhauling room, and storeroom for 
torpedoes, to be immediately available, twenty-five thousand dollars; 
in all, naval torpedo station, Newport, Rhode Island, twenty-five 
thousand dollars. 

Naval proving ground, Indian Head, Maryland: One building for 
chronograph and record office, four thousand dollars; one building for 
surgeon’s office and dispensary, and equipment of same, seven thou- 


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sand six hundred dollars; in all, naval proving ground, Indian Head, 
eleven thousand six hundred dollars. 

In all, public works, Bureau of Ordnance, three hundred and eight¬ 
een thousand one hundred dollars. 

NAVAL OBSERVATORY. 

Naval Observatory: For grounds and roads: Continuing grading, 
extending roads and paths, clearing and improving grounds, ten thou¬ 
sand dollars; for the purchase of lands lying within the Observatory 
circle, as established by the joint resolution of August first, eighteen 
hundred and ninety-four, one hundred and forty-nine thousand five 
hundred and seventy-one dollars and eight cents; and the Secretary of 
the Navy is authorized to sell, at such time and in such manner as may 
be most advantageous, but at prices not less than those fixed in eight¬ 
een hundred and ninety .four, by the board of appraisers of which 
John W. Ross was chairman, such lands of the Naval Observatory 
reservation as are situated without the limits of said circle. 

For the expenses of the board of visitors to the Naval Observatory, 
two thousand dollars.. There shall be appointed by the President, by 
and with the advice and consent of the Senate, from persons not officers 
of the United States a board of six visitors to the Naval Observatory, 
four to be astronomers of high professional standing and two to be 
eminent citizens of the United States. Appointments to this board shall 
be made for periods of three years, but provision shall be made by 
initial appointments for shorter terms so that two members shall retire 
in each year. Members of this board shall serve without compensa¬ 
tion, but the Secretary of the Na'vy shall pay the actual expenses 
necessarity incurred by members of the board in the discharge of such 
duties as are assigned to them by the Secretary of the Navy or are 
otherwise imposed upon them. The board of visitors shall make an 
annual visitation to the Observatory at a date to be determined by the 
Secretary of the Navy, and may make such other visitations not exceed¬ 
ing two in number annual^ by the full board or by a duly appointed 
committee as may be deemed needful or expedient by a majority of 
the board. The board of visitors shall report to the Secretary of the 
Navy at least once in each year the result of its examinations of the 
Naval Observatory as respects the condition of buildings, instruments, 
and apparatus, and the efficiency with which its scientific work is prose¬ 
cuted, and shall also report as respects the expenditures in the admin¬ 
istration of the Observatory. The board of visitors shall prepare and 
submit to the Secretary of the Navy regulations prescribing the scope 
of the astronomical and other researches of the Observatory and the 
duties of its staff with reference thereto. When an appointment or 
detail is to be made to the office of astronomical director, director of 
the Nautical Almanac, astronomer, or assistant astronomer, the board 
of visitors may recommend to the Secretary of the Navy a suitable 
person to fill such office, but such recommendation shall be determined 
only by the majority vote of the members present at a regularly called 
meeting of the board held in the city of Washington. The Superin¬ 
tendent of the Naval Observatory shall be, until further legislation by 
Congress, a line officer of the Navy of a rank not below that of captain. 

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BUREAU OF MEDICINE AND SURGERY. 

Medical Department: For surgeons’ necessaries for vessels in 
commission, navy-yards, naval stations, Marine Corps, and Coast Sur¬ 
vey, and for the civil establishment at the several naval hospitals, 
navy-yards, naval laboratory, and department of instruction, museum 
of hygiene, and Naval Academy, ninety-five thousand dollars. 

Naval hospital fund: For maintenance of the naval hospitals at 
the various navy-yards and stations, and for care and maintenance of 
patients in other hospitals at home and abroad, forty thousand dollars. 

Contingent, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery: For freight, 
expressage on medical stores, tolls, ferriages, transportation of sick to 
hospital, transportation of insane patients; care, transportation, and 
burial of the dead; advertising; telegraphing; rent of telephones; 
purchase of books and stationery; binding of medical records, unbound 
books and pamphlets; postage and purchase of stamps for foreign 
service; expenses attending the medical board of examiners; rent of 
rooms for naval dispensary; hygienic and sanitary investigation and 
illustration; sanitary and hygienic instruction; purchase and repairs of 
wagons and harness; purchase of and feed for horses and cows; trees, 
plants, garden tools, and seeds; furniture and incidental articles for 
the museum of h} 7 giene, naval dispensary, Washington; naval labora¬ 
tory, sick quarters at Naval Academy and marine barracks, surgeons’ 
offices and dispensaries at navy-yards and naval stations; washing for 
medical department at museum of hygiene, naval dispensary, Washing¬ 
ton; naval laboratory and department of instruction, sick quarters at 
Naval Academy and marine barracks, dispensaries at navy-yards and 
naval stations and ships and rendezvous, and for minor repairs on 
buildings and grounds of the United States Naval Museum of Hygiene, 
for the care, maintenance, and treatment of the insane of the Navy and 
Marine Corps on the Pacific coast, and all other necessary contingent 
expenses, thirty-five thousand dollars. 

Repairs, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery: For necessary repairs 
of naval laboratory and department of instruction, naval hospitals and 
appendages, including roads, wharfs, outhouses, sidewalks, fences, gar¬ 
dens, farms, and cemeteries, twenty thousand dollars. 

Naval hospital, Newport, Rhode Island: Filling pond, grading 
grounds, and additional appropriation for addition to naval hospital at 
naval-training station, Newport, Rhode Island, twenty thousand dol¬ 
lars, to be immediately available. 

SUPPLIES AND ACCOUNTS. 

Provisions, Navy: For provisions and commuted rations for the 
seamen and marines, which commuted rations may be paid to caterers 
of messes, in cases of death or desertion, upon orders of the command¬ 
ing officer; commuted rations for officers on sea duty (other than com¬ 
missioned officers of the line, medical and pay corps and chief boat¬ 
swains, chief gunners, chief sailmakers, chief carpenters) and naval 
cadets, and commuted rations stopped on account of sick in hospital 
and credited to the naval hospital fund; subsistence of officers and men 
unavoidably detained or absent from vessels to which attached under 
orders (during which subsistence rations to be stopped on board ship 
and no credit for commutation therefor to be given); labor in general 
storehouses and paymasters’ offices in navy-yards, including naval sta- 


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tions maintained in island possessions under the control of the United 
States, and expenses in handling stores purchased under the naval- 
supply fund; one chemist, at two thousand five hundred dollars per 
annum, and two chemists, at two thousand dollars each per annum, 
three million two hundred and fifty thousand dollars. 

Contingent, Bureau of Supplies and Accounts: For freight and 
express charges, fuel, books and blanks, stationery, advertising, furni¬ 
ture for general storehouses and pay offices in navy-yards; expenses 
of naval clothing factory and machinery for same, postage, telegrams, 
telephones, tolls, ferriages, yeoman’s stores, safes, newspapers, ice, 
transportation of stores purchased under the naval-supply fund, and 
other incidental expenses, two hundred thousand dollars. 

Civil establishment, Bureau of Supplies and Accounts : Navy- 
yard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire: In general storehouses: Two book¬ 
keepers, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; one assistant 
bookkeeper, at seven hundred and twenty dollars; one bill clerk, at 
one thousand dollars; one assistant clerk, at seven hundred and twenty 
dollars; one shipping and receiving clerk, at one thousand dollars; in 
all, five thousand eight hundred and forty dollars. 

Navy-yard, Boston, Massachusetts: In general storehouses: One 
bookkeeper, at one thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five 
cents; one shipping clerk, at one thousand dollars; one receiving clerk, 
at one thousand dollars; one bookkeeper, at one thousand two hun¬ 
dred dollars. In yard pay office: One writer, at one thousand and 
seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents; in all, five thousand two hun¬ 
dred and thirty-four dollars and fifty cents. 

Nav} r -yard, New York, New York: In office of board of inspection: 
One writer, nine hundred dollars. In general storehouses: Three 
bookkeepers, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; one assistant 
bookkeeper, at one thousand dollars; one assistant bookkeeper, at 
seven hundred and twenty dollars; three receiving clerks, at four dol¬ 
lars each per diem; one assistant receiving clerk, at one thousand and 
ninety-nine dollars; three shipping clerks, at one thousand dollars 
each; one bill clerk, at one thousand dollars; one assistant bill clerk, 
at seven hundred and twenty dollars; two leading men, at two dollars 
and fifty cents each per diem; five pressmen, at two dollars and seventy- 
six cents each per diem; one superintendent of coffee mills, at three 
dollars per diem; one box maker, at three dollars per diem; one engine 
tender, at three dollars and twenty-six cents per diem; one coffee 
roaster, at two dollars and fifty cents per diem; one fireman, at two 
dollars per diem; one messenger, at two dollars and twenty-five cents 
per diem; one writer, one thousand dollars; one storeman, nine hun¬ 
dred dollars. In yard pay office: One writer, at one thousand and 
seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents; one messenger, at two dollars 
and twenty-five cents per diem; in all, thirty thousand three hundred 
and twelve dollars and three cents. 

Navy-} r ard, League Island, Pennsylvania: In general storehouse: 
One bookkeeper, at one thousand two hundred dollars; one assistant 
bookkeeper, at seven hundred and twenty dollars; one bookkeeper, at 
one thousand two hundred dollars; one bill clerk, at one thousand dol¬ 
lars; one receiving clerk, at one thousand dollars; one shipping clerk, 
at one thousand dollars. In yard pay office: One writer, at one thou¬ 
sand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents; in all, seven thousand 
one hundred and thirty-seven dollars and twenty-five cents. 

Navy-yard, Washington, District of Columbia: In general store- 


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house: One bookkeeper, at one thousand two hundred dollars; one 
clerk, at one thousand two hundred dollars; one receiving clerk, at 
one thousand dollars; one bill clerk, at one thousand dollars; one ship¬ 
ping clerk, at one thousand dollars. In yard pay office: One writer, 
at one thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents; in all, six 
thousand four hundred and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents. 

Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland: In general storehouse: One 
bookkeeper, at one thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five 
cents; one receiving and shipping clerk, at one thousand dollars; in 
all, two thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents. 

Naval station, Newport, Rhode Island: In general storehouse: One 
clerk, at one thousand two hundred dollars. In general storehouse 
(torpedo station): One clerk; at one thousand two hundred dollars; in 
all, two thousand four hundred dollars. 

Navy-yard, Mare Island, California: In general storehouses: Two 
bookkeepers, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; two assistant 
bookkeepers, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; one receiving 
clerk, at one thousand dollars; one shipping clerk, at one thousand 
dollars; one bill clerk, at one thousand dollars; one clerk, at one thou¬ 
sand dollars; one assistant clerk, at one thousand dollars. In yard pay 
office: One writer, at one thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty- 
five cents; in all, nine thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven dollars 
and twenty-five cents. 

Navy-yard, Norfolk, Virginia: In general storehouses: Two book¬ 
keepers, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; two assistant 
bookkeepers, at one thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five 
cents each; one bill clerk, at one thousand dollars; one assistant bill 
clerk, at seven hundred and twenty dollars; one receiving clerk, at 
nine hundred and forty-two dollars; one assistant receiving clerk, at 
seven hundred and twenty dollars. In yard pay office: One writer, at 
one thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents; in ail, eight 
thousand eight hundred and thirty-three dollars and seventy-five cents. 

Naval station, Cavite, Philippine Islands: In general storehouses: 
One clerk, at one thousand six hundred dollars; one bookkeeper, at 
one thousand four hundred dollars; three assistant bookkeepers, at 
one thousand two hundred dollars each, three thousand six hundred 
dollars; one shipping and bill clerk, at one thousand two hundred 
dollars; three storekeepers, at one thousand dollars each, three thou¬ 
sand dollars; one receiving clerk, at one thousand two hundred dollars; 
one shipping clerk, at one thousand dollars; one assistant clerk, at 
one thousand dollars; two storemen, at nine hundred dollars each; in 
all, fifteen thousand eight hundred dollars. 

In all, civil establishment, Bureau of Supplies and Accounts, ninety - 
three thousand eight hundred and forty-nine dollars and twenty-eight 
cents; and no other fund appropriated by this Act shall be used in 
payment for such service. 

BUREAU OF CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR. 

Construction and repair of vessels: For preservation and com¬ 
pletion of vessels on the stocks and in ordinal; purchase of materials 
and stores of all kinds; steam steerers, pneumatic steerers, steam cap¬ 
stans, steam windlasses, and all other auxiliaries; labor in navy-yards 
and on foreign stations; purchase of machinery and tools for use in 


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shops; carrying on work of experimental model tank; designing naval 
vessels; wear, tear, and repair of vessels afloat; general care, increase, 
and protection of the Navy in the line of construction and repair; 
incidental expenses, such as advertising, freight, foreign postage, tele¬ 
grams, telephone service, photographing, books, professional maga¬ 
zines, plans, stationery, and instruments for drafting room, seven 
million dollars: Provided , That no part of this sum shall be applied to 
the repair of any wooden ship when the estimated cost of such repairs, 
to be appraised by a competent board of naval officers, shall exceed 
ten per centum of the estimated cost, appraised in like manner, of a 
new ship of the same size and like material. 

The Secretary of the Navy is hereby directed to have the coast and 
the waters of the Philippine Islands examined into and to report to 
the next Congress upon the advisability of establishing a United States 
naval station on said coast and the most suitable place for the same. 

Improvement of construction plants: Repairs to and improve¬ 
ment of plant at navy-yard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, fifty thou¬ 
sand dollars. 

Construction plant, navy-yard, Boston, Massachusetts: Repair to 
and improvement of construction plant at navy-yard, Boston, Massa¬ 
chusetts, fifty thousand dollars. 

Construction plant, navy-yard, New York, New York: Repairs to 
and improvement of construction plant at navy-yard, New York, New 
York, twenty-five thousand dollars. 

Construction plant, navy^ard, League Island, Pennsylvania: Repairs 
to and improvement of construction plant at navy-yard, League Island, 
Pennsylvania, fifty thousand dollars. 

Construction plant, navy-yard, Norfolk, Virginia: Repairs to and 
improvement of construction plant at navy-yard, Norfolk, Virginia, 
fifty thousand dollars. 

Construction plant, navy-yard, Pensacola, Florida: Repairs to and 
improvement of construction plant at navy-yard, Pensacola, Florida, 
fifteen thousand dollars. 

Repairs to and improvement of construction plant at navyward, 
Mare Island, California, fifty thousand dollars. 

Construction plant, naval station, Puget Sound, Washington: 
Repairs to and improvement of construction plant at Puget Sound 
Naval Station, Washington, thirty thousand dollars. 

Construction plant, naval station, Algiers, Louisiana: Construction 
plant at naval station, Algiers, Louisiana, fifteen thousand dollars. 

Civil establishment, Bureau of Construction and Repair: 
Navy-yard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire: One clerk to naval con¬ 
structor, at one thousand four hundred dollars; two writers, at one 
thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents each; in all, 
three thousand four hundred and thirty-four dollars and fifty cents. 

Navy-yard, Boston, Massachusetts: One clerk to naval constructor, 
at one thousand four hundred dollars; two writers, at one thousand 
and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents each; in all, three thou¬ 
sand four hundred and thirty-four dollars and fifty cents. 

Navy-yard, New York, New York: One clerk to naval constructor, 
at one thousand four hundred dollars; three writers, at one thousand 
and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents each; in all, four thousand 
four hundred and fiftv-one dollars and seventy-five cents. 


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Navy-yard, League Island, Pennsylvania: One clerk to naval con¬ 
structor, at one thousand four hundred dollars; one writer, at one 
thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty-live cents; in all, two thou¬ 
sand four hundred and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents. 

Navy-yard, Washington, District of Columbia: One clerk to naval 
constructor, at one thousand four hundred dollars. 

Navy-yard, Norfolk, Virginia: One clerk to naval constructor, at 
one thousand four hundred dollars; two writers, at one thousand and 
seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents each; in all, three thousand 
four hundred and thirty-four dollars and fifty cents. 

Navy-yard, Pensacola, Florida: One writer, at one thousand and 
seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents. 

Naval station, Port Royal, South Carolina: One clerk to naval con¬ 
structor, at one thousand four hundred dollars. 

Navy-yard, Mare Island, California: One clerk to naval constructor, 
at one thousand four hundred dollars; two writers, at one thousand 
and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents each; in all, three thou¬ 
sand four hundred and thirty-four dollars and fifty cents. 

Puget Sound Naval Station, Washington: One clerk to naval con¬ 
structor, one thousand four hundred dollars. 

In all, civil establishment, Bureau of Construction and Repair, twenty- 
five thousand eight hundred and twenty-four dollars and twenty-five 
cents; and no other fund appropriated b} r this Act shall be used in pay¬ 
ment for such service. 


STEAM ENGINEERING. 

Steam machinery: For completion, repairing, and preservation of 
machinery and boilers of naval vessels, including cost of new boilers; 
distilling, refrigerating, and auxiliary machinery; preservation of and 
small repairs to machinery and boilers in vessels in ordinaiy, receiving 
and training vessels, repair and care of machinery of yard tugs and 
launches, two million one hundred and twenty thousand dollars: Pro¬ 
vided , That no part of the said sum shall be applied to the engines, 
boilers, and machinery of wooden ships where the estimated cost of 
such repairs shall exceed ten per centum of the estimated cost of new 
engines and machinery of the same character and power, nor shall 
new boilers be constructed for wooden ships. 

For purchase, handling, and preservation of all material and stores, 
purchase, fitting, repair, and preservation of machinery and tools in 
navy-yards and stations, and running yard engines, one million one 
hundred and ten thousand dollars. 

For incidental expenses for navy vessels, yards, and the Bureau, 
such as foreign' postage, telegrams, advertising, freight, photograph¬ 
ing, books, stationery, office furnishings, and instruments, fifteen 
thousand dollars. 

In all, steam machinery, three million two hundred and forty-five 
thousand dollars. 

Contingent, Bureau of Steam Engineering: For contingencies, 
drawing materials, and instruments for the drafting room, one thou¬ 
sand dollars. 

Machinery plant: Navy-yard, League Island, Pennsylvania: To 
equip the entire new system of steam engineering shops, being con¬ 
structed under appropriation made to the Bureau of Yards and Docks, 


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for building and repairing modern marine machinery, including the 
power plant and necessar}" machine tools, cranes, and appliances for 
handling work, to cost not more than two hundred and thirty thousand 
dollars, one hundred thousand dollars. 

Machinery Plant: Navy-yard, Mare Island, California: To equip 
the entire new system of steam engineering shops being constructed 
under appropriation made to the Bureau of Yards and Docks, for 
building and repairing modern marine machinery, including the power 
plant and necessary machine tools, cranes, and appliances for handling 
work, to cost not more than one hundred and eighty thousand dollars, 
one hundred thousand dollars. 

Civil establishment, Bureau of Steam Engineering: Navy-yard, 
Portsmouth, New Hampshire: One clerk to department, at one thou¬ 
sand two hundred dollars; one messenger, at six hundred dollars; in 
all, one thousand eight hundred dollars; 

Navy-yard, Boston, Massachusetts: One clerk to department, one 
thousand four hundred dollars; 

Navy-yard, New York, New York: One clerk to department, at one 
thousand four hundred dollars; one writer, at one thousand dollars; one 
messenger, at six hundred dollars; in all, three thousand dollars; 

Navy-yard, League Island, Pennsylvania: One clerk to department, 
at one thousand two hundred dollars; 

Navy-yard, Norfolk, Virginia: One clerk to department, at one 
thousand three hundred dollars; one messenger, at six hundred dollars; 
in all, one thousand nine hundred dollars; 

Navy-yard, Pensacola, Florida: One writer, at one thousand dollars; 

Navy-yard, Mare Island, California: One clerk to department, at 
one thousand four hundred dollars; one writer, at one thousand dol¬ 
lars; one messenger, at six hundred dollars; in all, three thousand 
dollars; 

Naval station, Port Ro} r al, South Carolina: One clerk to depart¬ 
ment, one thousand two hundred dollars; 

Naval station, Puget Sound, Washington: One clerk to department, 
one thousand two hundred dollars; 

Navy-vard, Washington, District of Columbia: One clerk to depart¬ 
ment, one thousand two hundred dollars; 

In all, civil establishment, Bureau of Steam Engineering, sixteen 
thousand nine hundred dollars; and no other fund appropriated by 
this Act shall be used in payment for such service. 

NAVAL ACADEMY. 

Pay of professors and others, Naval Academy: One professor 
of mathematics, one of chemistry, one of physics, and one of English, 
at two thousand five hundred dollars each; four professors, namely, 
one of English, two of French, and one of drawing, at two thousand 
two hundred dollars each; one assistant professor of Spanish, at one 
thousand eight hundred dollars; one sword master, at one thousand 
five hundred dollars, and two assistants, at one thousand dollars each; 
one instructor in gymnastics, at one thousand two hundred dollars; 
one assistant librarian, at one thousand eight hundred dollars; one 
secretary to the Naval Academy, at one thousand eight hundred dol¬ 
lars; two clerks to the Superintendent, at one thousand two hundred 
dollars each; one clerk to the commandant of cadets, at one thousand 


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two hundred dollars; one clerk to the paymaster, at one thousand two 
hundred dollars; one dentist, at one thousand six hundred dollars; one 
baker, at six hundred dollars; one mechanic in department of physics, 
at seven hundred and thirty dollars; one cook, at three hundred and 
twenty-five dollars and fifty cents; one messenger to the Superintend¬ 
ent, at six hundred dollars; one armorer, at six hundred and forty- 
nine dollars and fifty cents; one chief gunner’s mate, at five hundred 
and twenty-nine dollars and fifty cents; one quarter gunner, .at four 
hundred and sixty-nine dollars and fifty cents; one coxswain, at four 
hundred and sixty-nine dollars and fifty cents; one seaman in the 
department of seamanship, at three hundred and ninety-seven dollars 
and fifty cents; one attendant in the department of navigation and one 
in the department of physics, at three hundred dollars each; six attend¬ 
ants at recitation rooms, library, store, chapel, and offices, at three 
hundred dollars each; one bandmaster, at one thousand and eighty 
dollars; twenty-one first-class musicians, at four hundred and twenty 
dollars each; seven second-class musicians, at three hundred and 
sixty dollars each; services of organist at chapel, three hundred dol¬ 
lars; in all, fifty-five thousand one hundred and ninety-one dollars. 

Pay of watchmen, mechanics, and others, Naval Academy: Cap¬ 
tain of the watch and weigher, at two dollars and fifty cents per diem; 
five watchmen, at two dollars each per diem; foreman of steam heating 
works of the Academy, at five dollars per diem; labor at power house, 
for masons, carpenters, and other mechanics and laborers; and for care 
of buildings, grounds, wharves, and boats, thirt}^-eight thousand four 
hundred and twelve dollars and forty-five cents; in all, forty-four thou¬ 
sand seven hundred and ninety-nine dollars and ninety-five cents. 

Pay of steam employees, Naval Academy: Pay of mechanics and 
others in department of steam engineering, seven thousand eight hun¬ 
dred and twenty-four dollars and fifty cents. 

For special course of study and training of naval cadets, as author¬ 
ized b} r Act of Congress approved August fifth, eighteen hundred and 
eighty-two, three thousand dollars. For the purchase or construction 
of catboats for the special instruction of cadets, one thousand five hun¬ 
dred dollars; in all, four thousand five hundred dollars. 

Repairs, Naval Academy: Necessary repairs of public buildings, 
wharves, and walls inclosing the grounds of the Naval Acaderity, 
improvements, repairs, furniture and fixtures, and temporary quar¬ 
ters and recitation rooms for cadets, fifty-one thousand dollars, to be 
immediate^ available. 

Heating and lighting, Naval Academy: Fuel, oil, waste, and 
other materials for the operation, repair, and maintenance of the 
plant; heating and lighting apparatus and tools; for heating and light¬ 
ing the Academy and bandsmen’s quarters, twenty thousand dollars. 

Contingent, Naval Academy: Purchase of books for the library 
(to be purchased in open market on the written order of the Superin¬ 
tendent), two thousand dollars; stationery, blank books, models, maps, 
and text-books for use of instructors, two thousand dollars; expenses 
of the Board of Visitors of the Naval Academy, being mileage and 
five dollars per diem for each member for expenses during actual 
attendance at the Academj' and for supplying necessary outfit for the 
board house, three thousand dollars; purchase of chemicals, apparatus, 
and instruments in the department of physics, and for repairs of the 
same, two thousand dollars; purchase of gas and steam machinery, 
steam pipes and fittings, rent of buildings for the use of the Academy, 


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freight, cartage, water, music, musical and astronomical instruments, 
uniforms for the bandsmen, telegraphing, feed and maintenance of 
teams, current expenses, and repairs of all kinds, and for incidental 
labor and expenses not applicable to any other appropriation, thirty- 
two thousand dollars; stores in the departments of steam engineering, 
eight hundred dollars; materials for repairs in steam machinery, one 
thousand dollars; for contingencies for the Superintendent of the 
Academy, to be expended in his discretion, one thousand dollars; in 
all, forty-three thousand eight hundred dollars. 

Whenever, in view of the vacancies in the grade of ensign on July 
thirtieth of any year untilled by graduates of the Naval Academy, the 
Secretary of the Navy shall so recommend, the President may appoint 
to that grade, as of July thirtieth, from among the boatswains, gun¬ 
ners, or warrant machinists, not exceeding six in any one calendar 
year. No person shall be so appointed who is over thirty-five years 
of age; who has served less than six years as a warrant officer; who is 
not recommended by a commanding officer under whom he has served; 
nor until he shall have passed such competitive examination as may 
be prescribed by the Navy Department. 

MARINE CORPS. 

Pay, Marine Corps: For pay and allowances prescribed by law of 
officers on the active list, four hundred and sixteen thousand nine 
hundred dollars. 

Pa} 7 of officers on the retired list: For three colonels, three lieuten¬ 
ant-colonels, one adjutant and inspector, two quartermasters, four 
majors, nine captains, three first lieutenants, and three second lieu¬ 
tenants, sixty-three thousand four hundred and twenty dollars. 

Pay of noncommissioned officers, musicians, and privates, as pre¬ 
scribed by law, and the number of enlisted men shall be exclusive of 
those undergoing imprisonment with sentence of dishonorable dis¬ 
charge from the service at expiration of such confinement, and for 
the expenses of clerks of the United States Marine Corps traveling 
under orders, one million one hundred and twelve thousand five hun¬ 
dred and forty-eight dollars. 

Pay and allowance of retired enlisted men: For one sergeant-major, 
two drum-majors, two gunnery-sergeants, six first-class musicians, four¬ 
teen first sergeants, twenty six sergeants, five corporals, one drummer, 
two lifers, and forty-eight privates, and for those who may be retired 
during the year, thirty-seven thousand dollars. 

Undrawn clothing: For payment to discharged soldiers for clothing 
undrawn, thirty thousand dollars. 

Mileage: For mileage of officers traveling under orders without 
troops, sixteen thousand dollars. 

For commutation of quarters to officers on duty without troops 
where there are no public quarters, eight thousand dollars. 

In all, for pay of Marine Corps, one million six hundred and eighty- 
three thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight dollars. 

Pay of civil force: In the office of the brigadier-general comman¬ 
dant: One chief clerk, at one thousand five hundred and forty dollars 
and eighty cents; one clerk at one thousand two hundred dollars; one 
messenger, at nine hundred and seventy-one dollars and twenty-eight 
cents; 


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In the office of the paymaster: One chief clerk, at one thousand six 
hundred dollars; one clerk, at one thousand four hundred and ninety- 
six dollars and fifty-two cents; one clerk, at one thousand two hundred 
and fifty-seven dollars and twelve cents; one clerk, at one thousand 
two hundred dollars; 

In the office of the assistant paymaster: One clerk, at one thousand 
four hundred dollars; 

In the office of the adjutant and inspector: One chief clerk, at one 
thousand five hundred and forty dollars and eighty cents; one clerk, 
at one thousand four hundred and ninety-six dollars and fifty-two cents; 

In the office of the assistant adjutant and inspector: One clerk, at 
one thousand two hundred dollars; 

In the office of the quartermaster: One chief clerk, at one thousand 
five hundred and forty dollars and eighty cents; one clerk, at one thou¬ 
sand four hundred and ninety-six dollars and fifty-two cents; one clerk, 
at one thousand two hundred and fifty-seven dollars and twelve cents; 

In the office of the assistant quartermaster, Washington, District of 
Columbia, or San Francisco, California: One clerk, at one thousand 
four hundred dollars; 

In the office of the assistant quartermaster, Philadelphia, Pennsyl¬ 
vania: One clerk, at one thousand four hundred dollars; one messen¬ 
ger, at one dollar and seventy-five cents per diem; 

In all, for pa}^ of civil force, twent} 7 -two thousand six hundred and 
thirty-six dollars and twenty-three cents, and the money herein spe¬ 
cifically appropriated for pay of the Marine Corps shall be disbursed 
and accounted for in accordance with existing law as pay of the Marine 
Corps, and for that purpose shall constitute one fund. 

Provisions, Marine Corps: For noncommissioned officers, musi¬ 
cians, and privates serving ashore, for commutation of rations to 
enlisted men regularly detailed as clerks and messengers, for payment 
of board and lodging of recruiting parties, and for ice for preservation 
of rations, three hundred and seventy-one thousand and seventy-one 
dollars and fifty cents; and no law shall be construed to entitle marines 
on shore duty to any rations, or commutation therefor, other than such 
as now are or may hereafter be allowed to enlisted men in the Army: 
Provided , however , That when it is impracticable or the expense is 
found greater to supply marines serving on shore duty in the island 
possessions and on foreign stations with the army ration, such marines 
may be allowed the navy ration or commutation therefor. 

Clothing, Marine Corps: For noncommissioned officers, musicians, 
and privates authorized by law, two hundred and ninety thousand 
one hundred and ninety-nine dollars and fifty-four cents. 

Fuel, Marine Corps: For heating barracks and quarters, for ranges 
and stoves for cooking, fuel for enlisted men, for sales to officers, 
maintaining electric lights, and for hot-air closets, thirty thousand 
dollars. 

Military stores, Marine Corps: For pay of chief armorer, at 
three dollars per day; three mechanics, at two dollars and fifty cents 
each per day; for purchase of military equipments, such as rifles, 
revolvers, cartridge boxes, bayonet scabbards, haversacks, blanket 
bags, knapsacks, canteens, musket slings, swords, drums, trumpets, 
flags, waist belts, waist plates, cartridge belts, sashes for officer of the 
day, spare parts for repairing muskets, purchase and repair of tents 
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of music and musical accessories, purchase and marking of medals for 
excellence in gunnery and rifle practice, good-conduct badges; for 
incidental expenses of the school of application, purchase of signal 
equipment and stores, for the establishment and maintenance of targets 
and ranges, and renting ranges, and for procuring, preserving, and 
handling ammunition and other necessary military supplies, forty-six 
thousand two hundred and ninety-seven dollars. 

Transportation and recruiting, Marine Corps: For transporta¬ 
tion of troops, including ferriage, and the expense of the recruiting 
service, seventy thousand dollars. 

For repairs of barracks, Marine Corps: Repairs and improve¬ 
ments to barracks and quarters at Portsmouth, New Hampshire; Bos¬ 
ton, Massachusetts; Newport, Rhode Island; New York, New York; 
League Island, Pennsylvania; Annapolis, Maryland; headquarters 
and navy-yard, District of Columbia; Norfolk, Virginia; Port Royal, 
South Carolina; Pensacola, Florida; Mare Island, California; Bremer¬ 
ton, Washington; and Sitka, Alaska; for the renting, leasing, improve¬ 
ment, and erection of buildings in Porto Rico, the Philippine Islands, 
at Guam, and at such other places as the public exigencies require; 
and for per diem to enlisted men employed under the direction of the 
Quartermaster’s Department on the repair of barracks, quarters, and 
other public buildings, twenty thousand dollars. 

For rent of building used for manufacture of clothing, storing of 
supplies, and office of assistant quartermaster, Philadelphia, Pennsyl¬ 
vania, four thousand dollars. 

Forage, Marine Corps: For forage in kind for horses of the quar¬ 
termasters’ department, and the authorized number of officers’ horses, 
six thousand dollars. 

Hire of quarters, Marine Corps: For hire of quarters for officers 
serving with troops where there are no public quarters belonging to 
the Government, and where there are not sufficient quarters possessed 
by the United States to accommodate them; for hire of quarters for 
enlisted men employed as clerks and messengers in the offices of the 
commandant, adjutant and inspector, paymaster, and quartermaster, 
and the offices of the assistant adjutant and inspector, the assistant 
paymaster, and the assistant quartermasters, at twenty-one dollars 
each per month, and for enlisted men employed as messengers in said 
offices, at ten dollars each per month, fourteen thousand seven hun¬ 
dred and forty-eight dollars. 

Contingent, Marine Corps: For freight, tolls, cartage, advertis¬ 
ing, washing of bed sacks, mattress covers, pillowcases, towels, and 
sheets, funeral expenses of marines, stationery and other paper, tele¬ 
graphing, rent of telephones, purchase and repair of typewriters, 
apprehension of stragglers and deserters, per diem of enlisted men 
employed on constant labor for a period of not less than ten days, 
employment of civilian labor, repair of gas and water fixtures, office 
and barracks furniture, camp and garrison equipage and implements, 
mess utensils for enlisted men, such as bowls, plates, spoons, knives, 
and forks, tin cups, pans, and pots, and so forth; packing boxes, wrap¬ 
ping paper, oilcloth, crash, rope, twine, quarantine fees, camphor and 
carbolized paper, carpenters’ tools, tools for police purposes, iron safes, 
purchase and repair of public wagons, purchase and repair of public 
harness, purchase of public horses, services of veterinary surgeons and 
medicines for public horses, purchase and repair of hose, purchase and 


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repair of fire extinguishers, purchase of fire hand grenades, purchase 
and repair of carts, wheelbarrows, and lawn mowers; purchase and' 
repair of cooking stoves, ranges, stoves, and furnaces where there are 
no grates; purchase of ice, towels, soap, combs, and brushes for offices; 
postage stamps for foreign postage; purchase of books, newspapers, 
and periodicals; improving parade grounds, repair of pumps and 
wharves, laying drain, water, and gas pipes, water, introducing gas, 
and for gas, gas oil, and introduction and maintenance of electric lights; 
straw for bedding, mattresses, mattress covers, pillows, sheets; wire 
bunk bottoms for enlisted men at various posts; furniture for Gov¬ 
ernment- quarters and repair of same, and for all emergencies and 
extraordinary expenses arising at home and abroad, but impossible to 
anticipate or classify, sixty-one thousand seven hundred dollars. 

Construction of marine barracks on the land attached to the Naval 
Academy, Annapolis, Maryland, seventy-five thousand dollars. 

Construction of commanding officer’s and junior officers quarters 
on the land attached to the Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland, ten 
thousand dollars. 

Construction of fireproof building for offices, headquarters Marine 
Corps, Washington, District of Columbia, fifty thousand dollars. 

Construction of a marine barracks and officers’ quarters at the naval 
station, Algiers, Louisiana, fifteen thousand dollars. 

Construction of a boiler house, lavatory, and connecting bridge, 
installation of steam heat, and addition of a third story over two wings 
of marine barracks, nav} r -yard, Brooklyn, New York, twenty-eight 
thousand dollars. 

In all, public works, Marine Corps, one hundred and seventy-eight 
thousand dollars. 

That hereafter the enlistments into the Marine Corps shall be for a 
period of not less than four years. 

INCREASE OF THE NAVY. 

That, for the purpose of further increasing the naval establishment 
of the United States, in accordance with the latest improvements in 
the construction of ships and the production of armor and armament 
therefor, the Secretary of the Navy is hereby directed to prepare the 
plans and specifications of two seagoing battle ships and two armored 
cruisers, carrying the most suitable armor and armament for vessels 
of their class, and to submit to Congress a general description of such 
battle ships and cruisers on the first Monday in December next; and 
said Secretary, in preparing said plans and description, shall review 
and further consider the questions whether said ships should be 
sheathed or unsheathed; what should be the weight and extent of the 
armor therefor; what should be the form and location of the turrets; 
whether any changes should be made in the number and kind of guns 
of the various sizes heretofore constituting the armament of similar 
ships; what, if any, torpedo tubes should be built into large ships; to 
what extent electricity should be used for auxiliary purposes, and ail 
other questions which have arisen and are now pending among naval 
architects and ordnance experts concerning the construction of battle 
ships and cruisers under modern conditions; and said Secretary shall, 
to such an extent *as he may deem expedient, report to Congress in 
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tions; and the Secretary of the Navy is hereby authorized to exercise 
his discretion as to the sheathing and coppering of naval vessels herein 
and heretofore authorized to be built. 

That the Secretary of the Navy is hereby authorized and directed 
to remit to the Iowa Iron Works, of Dubuque, Iowa, the time penal¬ 
ties exacted by the Navy Department under the contract with said 
company for the construction of the torpedo boat Ericsson, the Gov¬ 
ernment having suffered no damage by the delay in the construction, 
and a sum sufficient for that purpose is hereby appropriated, out of 
any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, not exceeding, 
however, the sum of seventeen thousand two hundred and twenty-five 
dollars. 

Construction and machinery: On account of the hulls and outfits 
of vessels and steam machinery of vessels heretofore authorized, 
twenty-one million dollars. 

Armor and armament: Toward the armament and armor of domestic 
manufacture for the vessels authorized by the Act of June tenth, 
eighteen hundred and ninety-six; those authorized by the Act of March 
third, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven; for those authorized by the 
Act of May fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight; for those 
authorized by the Act of March third, eighteen hundred and ninety- 
nine and for those authorized by the Act of June seventh, nineteen 
hundred, four million dollars. 

Equipment: Toward the completion of the equipment outfit of the 
new vessels heretofore authorized, four hundred thousand dollars. 

That the President of the United States be, and he is hereby, author¬ 
ized to establish, and from time to time to modify, as the needs of the 
service may require, a classification of vessels of the Navy, and to for¬ 
mulate appropriate rules governing assignments to command of vessels 
and squadrons. 

Approved, March 3, 1901. 



FIFTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS, FIRST SESSION—JULY 1, 1902. 

[Public —No. 234.] 

An Act Making appropriations for the naval service for the fiscal 
year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and three, and for other purposes. 

^ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled , That the followi ng sums be, 
and they are hereby, appropriated, to be paid out of any money in 
the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the naval service of the 
Government for the year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and 
three, and for other purposes. 

PAY OF THE NAVY. 

Pay and allowances prescribed by law or’ officers on sea duty; 
officers on shore and other duty; officers on waiting orders; officers 
on the retired list; clerks to commandants of yards and stations; 
clerks to paymasters at yards and stations; general storekeepers, 
receiving ships and other vessels; commutation of quarters for officers 
on shore not occupying public quarters, including boatswains, gunners, 
carpenters, sailmakers, warrant machinists, pharmacists, and mates; 
pay of enlisted men on the retired list; extra pay to men reenlisting 
under honorable discharge; interest on deposits by men; pay of petty 
officers, seamen, landsmen, and apprentice boys, including men in the 
engineers’ force, and for the Fish Commission, twenty-live thousand 
five hundred men and two thousand five hundred apprentices under 
training at training stations and on board training ships, and for men 
detailed for duty with naval militia, at the pay prescribed by law, 
sixteen million one hundred and thirty-eight thousand one hundred 
and ninety-nine dollars. 


PAY, MISCELLANEOUS. 

For commissions and interest; transportation of funds; exchange; 
mileage to officers while traveling under orders in the United States, 
and for actual personal expenses of officers while traveling abroad 
under orders, and for traveling expenses of civilian employees, and 
for actual and necessary traveling expenses of midshipmen while pro¬ 
ceeding from their homes to the Naval Academy for examination and 
appointment as midshipmen; for rent and furniture of buildings and 
offices not in navy-yards; expenses of courts-martial, prisoners and 
prisons, and courts of inquiry, boards of inspection, examining boards, 
with clerks’ and witnesses’ fees, and traveling expenses and costs; 
stationery and recording; expenses of purchasing-paymasters’ offices 
of the various cities, including clerks, furniture, fuel, stationery, and 
incidental expenses; newspapers and advertising; foreign postage; tele¬ 
graphing. foreign and domestic; telephones; copying; care of library, 
including the purchase of books, photographs, prints, manuscripts, 
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and periodicals; ferriage, tolls, and express fees; costs of suits; com¬ 
missions, warrants, diplomas, and discharges; relief of vessels in dis¬ 
tress; recovery of valuables from shipwrecks; quarantine expenses; 
reports; professional investigation; cost of special instruction, at home 
or abroad, in maintenance of students and attaches and information 
from abroad, and the collection and classification thereof, and other 
necessary and incidental expenses, six hundred thousand dollars: Pro¬ 
vided, That hereafter in cases where orders are given to officers of the 
Navy or Marine Corps for travel to be performed repeatedly between 
two or more places in such vicinity as in the discretion of the Secre¬ 
tary of the Navy is appropriate, he may direct that actual and neces¬ 
sary expenses only be allowed. 

Contingent, Navy: For all emergencies and extraordinary expenses 
arising at home or abroad, but impossible to be anticipated or classi¬ 
fied, exclusive of personal services in the Navy Department or any of 
its subordinate bureaus or offices at Washington, District of Columbia, 
ten thousand dollars. And that the unexpended balance of the appro¬ 
priation of ten thousand dollars made in the Act approved June seventh, 
nineteen hundred, to enable the Secretary of the Navy, in his discre¬ 
tion, to cause to be transported to their homes the remains of officers 
and enlisted men of the Navy and Marine Corps who die or are killed 
in action, ashore or afloat, outside of the continental limits of the 
United States, be, and the same is hereby, made available until used. 

EMERGENCY FUND, NAVY DEPARTMENT. 

To meet unforeseen contingencies for the maintenance of the Navy 
constantly arising, to be expended at the discretion of the President, 
one hundred thousand dollars: Provided , That the accounting officers 
of the Treasury are hereby authorized and directed to allow, in the 
settlement of the accounts of disbursing officers involved, payments 
made under the appropriation “Emergency fund” to civilian employees 
appointed by the Navy Department for duty in and serving at naval 
stations maintained in the island possessions during the fiscal year 
nineteen hundred and two, and until such time as Congress shall make 
specific appropriation for the pay of such employees. 

The Secretary of the Navy, in his discretion, is authorized to pay 
all civilian emplo} r ees appointed for duty in the Philippine, Hawaiian, 
and Samoan islands, the island of Guam, and the island of Porto Rico, 
from the date of their sailing from the United States until they report 
for duty to the officer under whom they are to serve, and while return¬ 
ing to the United States by the most direct route and with due expe¬ 
dition, a per diem compensation corresponding to their pay while actu¬ 
ally emplo 3 ^ed; and in cases where the appointee is not to fill an existing 
vacancy his pay while traveling may be charged to the annual appro¬ 
priation of the bureau concerned. 

BUREAU OF NAVIGATION. 

Transportation, recruiting, and contingent: Expenses of recruit¬ 
ing for the naval service; rent of rendezvous and expenses of main¬ 
taining the same; advertising for men and boys, and all other expenses 
attending the recruiting for the naval service, and for the transporta¬ 
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subsistence en route to their homes, if residents of the United States, 
of enlisted men and apprentices discharged on medical survey; trans¬ 
portation and subsistence en route to the places of enlistment, if resi¬ 
dents of the United States, of enlisted men and apprentices discharged 
on account of expiration of enlistment; for heating apparatus for 
receiving and training ships, and extra expenses thereof; for freight, 
telegraphing on public business, postage on letters sent abroad, ferri¬ 
age, ice, apprehension of deserters and stragglers, continuous-service 
certificates, discharges, good-conduct badges and medals for men and 
boys, schoolbooks for training apprentices and landsmen, maintenance 
of gunnery class, packing boxes and materials, and other contingent 
expenses and emergencies arising under cognizance of the Bureau of 
Navigation, unforeseen and impossible to classify, two hundred and 
seventy-live thousand dollars. 

Gunnery exercises: Prizes for excellence in gunnery exercises 
and target practice; diagrams and reports of target practice; for the 
establishment and maintenance of targets and ranges; for hiring estab¬ 
lished ranges, and for transportation to and from ranges, twelve thou¬ 
sand dollars. 

Outfits for naval apprentices: Outfits for two thousand five hundred 
naval apprentices and one hundred hospital apprentices, at forty-five 
dollars each, one hundred and seventeen thousand dollars. 

Outfits for landsmen: Outfits for five thousand landsmen under train¬ 
ing for seamen, at forty-five dollars each, two hundred and twenty-five 
thousand dollars. 

Outfits on first enlistment: Outfits for all enlisted men of the Navy 
on first enlistment, other than naval apprentices, hospital apprentices, 
and landsmen under training for seamen, three thousand men, at forty- 
five dollars each, one hundred and thirty-five thousand dollars. 

Maintenance of colliers: Pay, transportation, shipping, and sub¬ 
sistence of civilian officers and crews of naval colliers, and all expenses 
connected with naval colliers employed in emergencies which can not 
be paid from other appropriations, three hundred and fifty thousand 
dollars. 

Naval training station, California: Maintenance of naval appren¬ 
tice training station, Yerba Buena Island, California, namely: Labor 
and material; buildings and wharves; general care, repairs, and 
improvements of grounds, buildings, and wharves; wharfage, ferriage, 
ana street-car fare; purchase and maintenance of live stock, and 
attendance on same; wagons, carts, implements, and tools, and repairs 
to same; fire engines and extinguishers; boats and gymnastic imple¬ 
ments; models and other articles needed in instruction of apprentices; 
printing outfit and materials, and maintenance of same; heating, light¬ 
ing, and furniture; stationery, books, and periodicals; fresh water, 
ice, and washing; freight and expressage; packing boxes and mate¬ 
rials; postage and telegraphing; telephones, and all other contingent 
expenses, thirty thousand dollars. 

Naval training station, Rhode Island: Maintenance of naval 
apprentice training station, Coasters Harbor Island, Rhode Island, 
namely: Labor and material; buildings and wharves; dredging chan¬ 
nels; extending sea wall; repairs to causeway and sea wall; general 
care, repairs, and improvements of grounds, buildings, and wharves; 
wharfage, ferriage, and street-car fare; purchase and maintenance of 
live stock, and attendance on same; wagons, carts, implements, and 


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tools, and repairs to same; lire engines and extinguishers; boats and 
gymnastic implements; models and other articles needed in instruction 
of apprentices; printing outfit and materials, and maintenance of same; 
heating, lighting, and furniture; books, tools, and necessary appliances 
for petty officers’ school; stationery, books, and periodicals; fresh 
water, ice, and washing; freight and expressage; packing boxes and 
materials; postage and telegraphing; telephones, and all other con¬ 
tingent expenses, fifty-five thousand dollars. 

Naval training station, Great Lakes: The Secretary of the Navy 
is hereby directed to appoint a board, composed of naval officers, whose 
duty it shall be to select on the Great Lakes a suitable site for an addi¬ 
tional naval training station, and, having selected such site, if upon 
private lands, to estimate its value and ascertain, as nearly as practi¬ 
cable, the cost for which it can be purchased or acquired, and of their 
proceedings and actions to make full and detailed report to the Secre¬ 
tary, who shall transmit such report with his recommendations thereon 
to Congress for its action. And to defray the expenses of said board 
the sum of five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be neces¬ 
sary, to be immediately available, is hereby appropriated, out of any 
moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. 

Naval War College, Rhode Island: For maintenance of the 
Naval War College on Coasters Harbor Island, and care of grounds 
for same, eight thousand dollars; one draftsman, at one thousand two 
hundred dollars per year; general repairs to woodwork, and so forth, 
minor alterations in quarters, and necessary renewals of furniture, two 
thousand six hundred dollars; installing lightning protection for col¬ 
lege building, four hundred and forty-six dollars and twenty-five cents; 
services of a lecturer on international law, to be immediately available, 
one thousand dollars; services of civilian lecturers rendered at the 
War College, to be immediately available, six hundred dollars; pur¬ 
chase of books of reference, four hundred dollars; in all, fourteen 
thousand two hundred and forty-six dollars and twenty-five cents. 

Naval Home, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: One superintendent 
of grounds, at seven hundred and twenty dollars; one steward, at four 
hundred and eighty dollars; one matron, at three hundred and sixty 
dollars; one chief cook, at three hundred and sixty dollars; one assist¬ 
ant cook, at two hundred and forty dollars; one assistant cook, at one 
hundred and eighty dollars; one chief laundress, at one hundred and 
ninety-two dollars; five laundresses, at one hundred and sixty-eight 
dollars each; four scrubbers, at one hundred and sixty-eight dollars 
each; one head waitress, at one hundred and ninety-two dollars; eight 
waitresses, at one hundred and sixty-eight dollars each; one kitchen 
servant, at two hundred dollars; eight laborers, at two hundred and 
forty dollars each; one stable keeper and driver, at three hundred and 
sixty dollars; one master at arms, at four hundred and eighty dollars; 
two house corporals, at three hundred dollars each; one barber, at 
three hundred and sixty dollars; one carpenter, at eight hundred and 
forty-five dollars; one painter, at eight hundred and forty-five dollars; 
one engineer for elevator and machinery, six hundred dollars; three 
laborers, at three hundred and sixty dollars each; three laborers, at 
three hundred dollars each; total for employees, thirteen thousand 
seven hundred and seventy dollars. Miscellaneous: Water rent and 
lighting, two thousand one hundred dollars; cemetery, burial expenses, 
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grounds, seven hundred and eighty dollars; repairs to buildings, boil¬ 
ers, furnaces, furniture, eight thousand dollars; music in chapel, six 
hundred dollars; transportation of indigent and destitute beneficiaries 
to the Naval Home, one hundred dollars; support of beneficiaries, 
fifty r thousand seven hundred and twenty-five dollars; in all, for Naval 
Home, seventy-six thousand four hundred and twenty-live dollars, 
which sum shail be paid out of the income from the naval pension fund. 

BUREAU OF ORDNANCE. 

Ordnance and ordnance stores: For procuring, producing, pre¬ 
serving, and handling ordnance material; for the armament of ships; 
for fuel, material, and labor to be used in the general work of the Ord¬ 
nance Department; for watchmen at magazines, powder factories, and 
powder depots; for furniture in ordnance buildings at navy-yards and 
stations; for maintenance of the proving ground and powder factory; 
and for target practice, eight hundred thousand dollars. 

Reserve supply of ammunition, five hundred thousand dollars. 

Conversion of ordinary six-inch guns to rapid fire, twenty-five 
thousand dollars. 

Purchase and manufacture of smokeless powder, five hundred thou¬ 
sand dollars. 

New and improved battery for the Newark, one hundred and seventy- 
five thousand dollars. 

New and improved batteries for the New Orleans and Albany, two 
hundred thousand dollars. 

Equipment of new storehouse already authorized on the ordnance 
dock at the New York Navy-Yard, including crane supports and run¬ 
ways, traveling crane, freight elevators, gun skids and appliances for 
handling guns, eleven thousand dollars. 

Erection of a steel-casting plant at the naval gun factory, Washing¬ 
ton, District of Columbia, ten thousand dollars. 

Equipments for the chemical and physical laboratory at the naval 
gun factory, Washington, District of Columbia, five thousand dollars. 

Purchase and installation of machine tools for ordnance purposes at 
the navy-yard, Pensacola, Florida, twelve thousand dollars. 

Purchase and installation of machine tools and motive power in 
ordnance workshops already authorized at navy-yard, Puget Sound, 
Bremerton, Washington, fifty thousand dollars. 

Purchase of new and improved machinery for existing shops of the 
naval gun factory at the Washington Navy-Yard, fifty thousand dollars. 

Reserve guns for auxiliary cruisers: Toward the armament of 
modern guns for auxiliary cruisers mentioned in the Act approved 
March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, and in section four of 
the Act approved May tenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, two 
hundred and fifty thousand dollars: Provided , That the Secretary of 
the Navy may, in his discretion, purchase by contract all or any part 
of such guns. 

Reserve guns for ships of the Navy: The purchase and manu¬ 
facture of reserve guns for ships of the Navy, two hundred and fifty 
thousand dollars. 

That the unexpended balance remaining in the Treasury on June 
thirtieth, nineteen hundred and two, from the appropriation “Ord¬ 
nance and ordnance stores,” nineteen hundred, or so much thereof as 


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maybe necessary, is hereby reappropriated and made available during 
the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and three, for 
expenditure in fulfillment of contracts heretofore made and properly 
chargeable to said appropriation. 

Torpedo station, Newport, Rhode Island: For labor, material, 
freight, and express charges; general care of and repairs to grounds, 
buildings, and wharves; boats, instruction, instruments, tools, furni¬ 
ture, experiments, and general torpedo outfits, sixty-five thousand 
dollars. 

Arming and equipping Naval Militia: For arms, accouterments, 
signal outfits, boats and their equipment, repairs to vessels loaned to 
States in accordance with law, and the printing or purchase of the 
necessary books of instruction for the Naval Militia of the various 
States, under such regulations as the Secretary of the Navy may pre* 
scribe, sixty thousand dollars. 

Repairs, Bureau of Ordnance: For necessary repairs to ordnance 
buildings, magazines, gun parks, boats, lighters, wharves, machinery, 
and other items of like character, thirty thousand dollars. 

Miscellaneous, Bureau of Ordnance: For miscellaneous items, 
namely: Freight to foreign and home stations, advertising, cartage 
and express charges, repairs to fire engines; gas and water pipes, gas 
and water tax at magazines, tolls, ferriage, foreign postage, and tele¬ 
grams to and from the Bureau, technical books, and incidental expenses 
attending inspection of ordnance material, seventy-five thousand 
dollars. 

Civil establishment, Bureau of Ordnance: Navy-yard, Ports¬ 
mouth, New Hampshire: For one writer, at one thousand dollars; 

Navy-yard, Boston, Massachusetts: For one writer, at one thousand 
dollars; 

Navy-yard, New York, New York: For one clerk, at one thousand 
four hundred dollars; 

Navy-yard, League Island, Pennsylvania: For one clerk, at one 
thousand two hundred dollars; 

Navy-yard, Washington, District of Columbia: For one chemist, at 
two thousand five hundred dollars; two foremen of gun factory, at two 
thousand two hundred dollars each; one chief clerk, at one thousand 
six hundred dollars; one clerk, at one thousand four hundred dollars; 
one clerk, at one thousand two hundred dollars; one clerk, at one thou¬ 
sand one hundred dollars; three writers, at one thousand and seventeen 
dollars and twenty-five cents each; one draftsman, at one thousand 
eight hundred dollars; three draftsmen, atone thousand and eighty-one 
dollars each; one assistant draftsman, at seven hundred and seventy- 
two dollars; two copyists, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; 
one telegraph operator and copyist, at one thousand dollars: in all, 
twenty-three thousand five hundred and six dollars and seventy-five 
cents. 

Smokeless-powder factory: For one chemist, at two thousand five 
hundred dollars; one assistant chemist, at one thousand six hundred 
dollars; in all, four thousand one hundred dollars; 

Navy-yard, Norfolk, Virginia: For one clerk, at one thousand two 
hundred dollars; 

Navy-yard, Mare Island, California: For one writer, at one thousand 
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Naval proving ground, Indian Head, Maryland: For one writer, at 
one thousand two hundred dollars; 

Naval torpedo station, Newport, Rhode Island: For one chemist, at 
two thousand five hundred dollars; one clerk, at one thousand two 
hundred dollars; one draftsman, at one thousand five hundred dollars; 
in all, five thousand two hundred dollars; 

In all, civil establishment, Bureau of Ordnance, forty-one thousand 
and six dollars and seventy-five cents; and no other fund appropriated 
by this Act shall be used in payment for such service. 

BUREAU OF EQUIPMENT. 

Coal and transportation: For purchase of coal for steamers’ and 
ships’ use, and other equipment purposes, including expenses of trans¬ 
portation, storage, and handling the same, two million five hundred 
thousand dollars. 

Equipment of vessels: For hemp, wire, iron, and other materials 
for the manufacture of cordage, anchors, cables, galleys, and chains; 
canvas for the manufacture of sails, awnings, hammocks, and other 
work; water for all purposes on board naval vessels, including the 
expenses of transportation and storage of the same; stationery for 
commanding and navigating officers of ships, equipment officers on 
shore and afloat, and for the use of courts-martial on board ship; the 
removal and transportation of ashes from ships of war; interior appli¬ 
ances and tools for equipment buildings in navy-yards and naval sta¬ 
tions, and for the purchase of all other articles of equipment at home 
and abroad, and for the payment of labor in equipping vessels and 
manufacture of equipment articles in the several navy-yards; all pilot¬ 
age and towage of ships of war; canal tolls, wharfage, dock and port 
charges, and other necessary incidental expenses of a similar nature; 
services and materials in repairing, correcting, adjusting, and testing 
compasses on shore and on board ship; nautical and astronomical 
instruments, and repairs to same; libraries for ships of war; profes¬ 
sional books and papers, and drawings and engravings for signal books; 
naval signals and apparatus, namely, signals, lights, lanterns, rockets, 
and running lights; compass fittings, including binnacles, tripods, and 
other appendages of ships’ compasses; logs and other appliances for 
measuring the ship’s way, and leads and other appliances for sounding; 
lanterns and lamps, and their appendages for general use on board 
ship for illuminating purposes, and oil and candles used in connection 
therewith; bunting and other materials for making and repairing flags 
of all kinds; photographs, photographic instruments, and materials; 
musical instruments and music; installing, maintaining, and repairing 
interior and exterior signal communications and all electrical appli¬ 
ances of whatsoever nature on board naval vessels, except range 
finders, battle order and range transmitters and indicators, and motors 
and their controlling apparatus used to operate the machinery belong¬ 
ing to other bureaus, two million dollars. 

Ocean and lake surveys: For hydrographic surveys, and for the 
purchase of nautical books, charts, and sailing directions, and freight 
and express charges on the same, one hundred thousand dollars. 

Depots for coal: To enable the Secretary of the Navy to execute 
the provisions of section fifteen hundred and fifty-two of the Revised 


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Statutes, authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to establish, at such 
places as he may deem necessary, suitable depots for coal and other 
fuel, for the supply of steamships of war, including the purchase of 
necessary land, six hundred and forty thousand dollars: Provided , 
That the accounting officers of the Treasury Department are hereby 
authorized and directed to allow, in the settlement of the accounts of 
disbursing officers of the Government, all expenditures heretofore 
made for land purchased for use as naval coal depots. 

Contingent, Bureau of Equipment: For freight and transporta¬ 
tion of equipment stores, packing boxes and materials, printing, adver¬ 
tising, telegraphing, books, and models; stationery; furniture for 
equipment offices in navy-yards; postageon letters sent abroad; ferriage, 
ice, and emergencies arising under cognizance of the Bureau of Equip¬ 
ment unforeseen and impossible to classify, thirty-five thousand dollars. 

Civil Establishment. 

Bureau of Equipment: Navy-yard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire: 
For one clerk, at one thousand two hundred dollars; one writer, nine 
hundred and fifty dollars; in all, two thousand one hundred and fifty 
dollars; 

Navy-yard, Boston, Massachusetts: For one superintendent of rope- 
walk, at one thousand eight hundred and seventy-five dollars; one 
clerk, at one thousand four hundred dollars; one clerk, at one thou¬ 
sand three hundred dollars; two writers, at nine hundred and fifty 
dollars each; in all, six thousand four hundred and seventy-five dollars; 

Navy-yard, New York, New York: For one clerk, at one thousand 
four hundred dollars; one clerk, at one thousand two hundred dollars; 
two writers, at nine hundred and fifty dollars each; one clerk in charge 
of distribution of books at one thousand two hundred dollars; in all, 
five thousand seven hundred dollars; 

Navy-yard, League Island, Pennsylvania: For one clerk, at one 
thousand four hundred dollars; one clerk, at one thousand dollars; in 
all, two thousand four hundred dollars; 

Navy-yard, Norfolk, Virginia: For two clerks, at one thousand two 
hundred dollars each; one writer, at nine hundred and fifty dollars; in 
all, three thousand three hundred and fifty dollars; 

Navy-yard, Mare Island, California: For one clerk, at one thousand 
two hundred dollars; one clerk, at one thousand dollars; one writer, 
at nine hundred and fifty dollars; in all, three thousand one hundred 
and fifty dollars; 

Navy-yard, Washington, District of Columbia: For one clerk, who 
snail also perform the clerical duties for the board of labor employ¬ 
ment at said navy-yard, one thousand six hundred dollars; 

Cavite, Philippine Islands: For one electrician, at five dollars and 
four cents per diem; one clerk, at one thousand dollars; in all, two 
thousand five hundred and seventy-seven dollars and fifty-two cents; 

Navy-yard, Pensacola, Florida: One clerk, one thousand dollars; 

Naval station, Port Royal, South Carolina: One clerk, one thousand 
dollars; 

Naval station, Key West, Florida: One clerk, one thousand dollars; 

Navy-yard, Puget Sound, Washington: One clerk, one thousand 
dollars; 

In all, civil establishment, Bureau of Equipment, thirty-one thou¬ 
sand four hundred and two dollars and fifty-two cents. 


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BUREAU OF YARDS AND DOCKS. 

Maintenance of yards and docks: For general maintenance of 
yards and docks, namely: For freight, transportation of materials aad 
stores; books, maps, models, and drawings; purchase and repair of 
lire engines; fire apparatus and plants; machinery; purchase and 
maintenance of oxen, horses, and driving teams; carts, timber wheels, 
and all vehicles for use in the navy-yards; tools and repairs of the 
same; postage on letters and other mailable matter on public service 
sent to foreign countries, and telegrams; stationery; furniture for 
Government houses and offices in navy-yards; coal and other fuel, 
candles, oil, and gas; attendance on light and power plants; cleaning 
and clearing up yards and care of buildings; attendance on fires, lights, 
fire engines, and tire apparatus and plants; incidental labor at navy- 
yards; water-tax, tolls, and ferriage; pay of watchmen in navy-yards; 
awnings and packing boxes, and advertising for yards and docks and 
other purposes; and for rent of wharf and storehouse at Erie, 
Pennsylvania, for use and accommodation of United States steamer 
Michigan, six hundred thousand dollars. 

Contingent, Bureau of Yards and Docks: For contingent 
expenses that may arise at navy-yards and stations, forty thousand 
dollars. 

Civil establishment, Bureau of Yards and Docks: Navy-yard, 
Portsmouth, New Hampshire: For one clerk, at one thousand four 
hundred dollars; one mail messenger, at two dollars per diem, includ¬ 
ing Sundays; one messenger, at six hundred dollars; one foreftian 
laborer and head teamster, at four dollars per diem, including Sundays; 
one janitor, at six hundred dollars; one pilot, at three dollars per diem, 
including Sundays; one draftsman, at four dollars per diem; one 
electrician, one thousand two hundred dollars; in all, eight thousand 
three hundred and thirty-seven dollars. 

Navy-yard, Boston, Massachusetts: For one clerk, at one thousand 
four hundred dollars; one foreman laborer, at four dollars per diem; 
one messenger to commandant, at two dollars per diem; one messenger, 
at two dollars per diem; one mail messenger, at two dollars per diem, 
including Sundays; one writer, at one thousand and seventeen dollars 
and twenty-five cents; one draftsman, at five dollars per diem; one 
master of tugs, at one thousand two hundred dollars; one electrician, 
at one thousand four hundred dollars; in all, nine thousand eight hun¬ 
dred and sixteen dollars and twenty-five cents. 

Navy-yard, New York, New York: For one clerk, at one thousand 
four hundred dollars; one writer, at one thousand and seventeen dol¬ 
lars and twenty-five cents; one yard pilot, two thousand dollars; two 
masters of tugs, at one thousand five hundred dollars each; two writers, 
at nine hundred dollars each; one foreman laborer, at four dollars and 
fifty cents per diem; one mail messenger, at two dollars per diem, 
including Sundays; two messengers, at two dollars and twenty-five 
cents per diem each; one draftsman, at five dollars per diem; one quar- 
terman, at three dollars per diem; one superintendent of teams, or 
quarter man, at four dollars per diem; one messenger to commandant, 
at two dollars and twenty-five cents per diem, including Sundays; one 
messenger, yards and docks, at two dollars and twenty-five cents per 
diem; one stenographer and typewriter, at three dollars and twenty- 
six cents per diem; one electrician, at one thousand four hundred dol¬ 
lars; one bookkeeper, or accountant, at one thousand two hundred 


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dollars; in all, twenty-one thousand six hundred and sixty-six dollars 
and thirteen cents. 

Naval station, Sacketts Harbor, New York: For one ship keeper, at 
three hundred and sixty-five dollars per annum. 

Navy-yard, League Island, Pennsylvania: For one clerk, at one 
thousand four hundred dollars; one writer and telegraph operator, at 
one thousand dollars; one messenger, at two dollars per diem; one 
foreman laborer, at four dollars per diem; one master of tugs, at one 
thousand two hundred dollars; one draftsman, at five dollars per diem; 
one electrician, at one thousand two hundred dollars; one mail messen¬ 
ger, at two dollars per diem, including Sundays; one master of tugs, 
at one thousand dollars; in all, nine thousand nine hundred and 
seventy-three dollars. 

Navy-yard, Washington, District of Columbia: For one clerk, at one 
thousand four hundred dollars; one messenger, at two dollars per diem; 
one foreman laborer, at four dollars per diem; one electrician, at one 
thousand four hundred dollars; one writer, at one thousand and seven¬ 
teen dollars and twenty-five cents; in all, five thousand six hundred 
and ninety-five dollars and twenty-five cents. 

Navy-yard, Norfolk, Virginia: For one clerk, at one thousand four 
hundred dollars; one writer, at one thousand and seventeen dollars 
and twenty-five cents; one writer, at one thousand dollars; one fore¬ 
man laborer, at four dollars per diem; one electrician, at one thousand 
two hundred dollars; one mail messenger, at two dollars per diem, 
including Sundays; two messengers, at two dollars per diem each; 
one pilot, at two dollars and twenty-six cents per diem; one master of 
tugs, at one thousand two hundred dollars; one draftsman, one thou¬ 
sand five hundred dollars; one bookkeeper, one thousand two hundred 
dollars; in all, twelve thousand four hundred and fifty-eight dollars 
and sixty-three cents. 

Navy-yard, Pensacola, Florida: For one clerk, at one thousand two 
hundred dollars; one mail messenger, at two dollars per diem, includ¬ 
ing Sundays; in all, one thousand nine hundred and thirty dollars. 

Naval station, Port Royal, South Carolina: For one clerk, one thou¬ 
sand two hundred dollars; one rodman and inspector, three dollars per 
diem; one messenger and janitor, one dollar and fifty cents per diem; 
one master of tugs, one thousand two hundred dollars; one mail mes¬ 
senger, including Sundays, two dollars per diem; one telegraph 
operator, including Sundays, two dollars per diem; one electrician, 
one thousand two hundred dollars; in all, six thousand five hundred 
and forty-six dollars and fifty cents. 

Naval station, Key West, Florida: For one mail messenger, at six 
hundred dollars. 

Navy-yard, New Orleans, Louisiana: For one clerk, at one thousand 
two hundred dollars; one rodman and inspector, at three dollars per 
diem; one messenger and janitor, at one dollar and fifty cents per diem, 
including Sundays; in all, two thousand six hundred and eighty-six 
dollars and fifty cents. 

Navy-yard, Mare Island, California: For one clerk, at one thousand 
four hundred dollars; one writer, at one thousand and seventeen dol¬ 
lars and twenty-five cents; one foreman mason, at six dollars per diem; 
one foreman laborer, at five dollars and fifty cents per diem; one pilot, 
at one thousand five hundred dollars per annum; one draftsman, at 
five iollars per diem; one mail messenger, at two dollars per diem. 


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including Sundays; one messenger, at two dollars per diem; one elec¬ 
trician, at one thousand four hundred dollars; one quarterman joiner, 
at four dollars and fifty-six cents per diem; one telegraph operator, 
at three dollars and twenty-eight cents per diem; in all, fourteen 
thousand two hundred and ninet}^-one dollars and sixty-seven cents. 

Navy-yard, Puget Sound, Washington: One clerk, at one thousand 
two hundred dollars; one draftsman, at five dollars per diem; one mes¬ 
senger and janitor, at one dollar and seventy-six cents per diem, includ¬ 
ing Sundays; one master of tugs, at one thousand two hundred dollars; 
one copyist, at nine hundred dollars; one electrician, at one thousand 
two hundred dollars; one writer and telegraph operator, nine hundred 
dollars; in all, seven thousand six hundred and seven dollars and forty 
cents. 

Naval station, San Juan, Porto Rico: One clerk, one thousand two 
hundred dollars; one writer, commandant’s office, nine hundred and 
sixty dollars; one mail messenger, four hundred and twenty dollars; 
in all, two thousand five hundred and eighty dollars. 

Naval station, Hawaii: One writer, at three dollars and twenty-five 
cents per diem; one messenger, at two dollars per diem, including 
Sunda}^s; in all, one thousand seven hundred and forty-seven dollars' 
and twenty-five cents. 

Naval station, Cavite, Philippine Islands: One clerk, one thousand 
two hundred dollars; one time clerk, four hundred and eighty dollars; 
one writer, three hundred and sixty dollars; one messenger, two hun¬ 
dred and forty dollars; one messenger, one hundred and eighty dollars; 
in all, two thousand four hundred and sixty dollars. 

In all, civil establishment, Bureau of Yards and Docks, one hun¬ 
dred and eight thousand seven hundred and sixty dollars and fifty-eight 
cents; and no other fund appropriated by this Act shall be used in pay¬ 
ment for such service. 

That the appointment of six additional civil engineers is hereby au¬ 
thorized, three to be appointed during the present calendar year, and 
the other three in the calendar year of nineteen hundred and three. 

PUBLIC WORKS, BUREAU OF YARDS AND DOCKS, NAVY-YARDS AND STA¬ 
TIONS, NAVAL ACADEMY, AND NEW NAVAL OBSERVATORY. 

Navy-yard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire: Quay wall, to extend, 
seventy-five thousand dollars; grading, to continue, fifty thousand 
dollars; railroad and rolling stock, additions, ten thousand dollars; 
sewer systems, extensions, four thousand dollars; water systems, 
extensions, four thousand dollars; latrines, six thousand dollars; 
storehouse for general supplies, to complete, seventy-five thousand 
dollars; tools for yards and docks, four thousand dollars; locom¬ 
otive crane and track, thirty-five thousand dollars; electric plant, 
extensions, twenty-five thousand dollars; telephone system, exten¬ 
sions, one thousand five hundred dollars; central heating plant, 
twenty-two thousand dollars; piers and slips, fifty thousand dollars, 
landing floats, one thousand eight hundred dollars; underground 
conduit system, to continue, twenty thousand dollars; office, draft¬ 
ing, and testing rooms for yards and docks, four thousand dollars; 
machine shop for equipment, extension of, thirteen thousand seven 
hundred and seventy-five dollars; chain shed and rigging loft for 
equipment, fifty thousand dollars; machine shop for steam engineering, 


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extension of, fifty thousand dollars; power house and stack for steam 
engineering, thirty-five thousand dollars; steel-plant building for con¬ 
struction and repair (to cost not to exceed one hundred and fifty thou¬ 
sand dollars), fifty thousand dollars; new floor in building numbered 
seven, thirty thousand dollars; elevator and fittings, machine shop for 
equipment, six thousand dollars; fire-protection system, to complete, 
fifty thousand dollars; to enable the Secretary of the Navy to make an 
examination concerning the fresh-water supply at the Portsmouth 
Navy-Yard, five hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be 
needed, said examination to include a survey of the ponds which con¬ 
stitute the sources of the aqueduct, an ascertainment of the quality of 
the water, an inquiry as to its sufficiency for all future needs, and an 
estimate of the value of the aqueduct, dams, and ponds; and said Sec¬ 
retary shall consider the desirability of controlling, by purchase or 
otherwise, solely for the use of the Government, the whole water sup¬ 
ply, and he shall make such recommendations on the subject as he may 
deem expedient to Congress at its next session; for the removal of 
Hendersons Point, near the navy-yard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, 
in accordance with the project recommended in House Document Num¬ 
bered Two hundred and forty-three, Fifty-seventh Congress, first ses¬ 
sion, two hundred thousand dollars, to be expended under the direction 
of the Secretary of the Navy: Provided , That a contract or contracts 
may be entered into by the Secretary of the Navy for such materials 
and work as may be necessary to prosecute said project, to be paid for 
as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed 
in the aggregate five hundred and forty-nine thousand dollars, exclu¬ 
sive of the amounts herein and heretofore appropriated; in all, eight 
hundred and seventy-two thousand five hundred and seventy-five dollars. 

Navy-yard, Boston, Massachusetts: Ship-fitters’ shop, to com¬ 
plete, fifty thousand dollars; metal workers’ shop, to complete, fifty 
thousand dollars; piers and wharves, extensions, sevent3 T -five thou¬ 
sand dollars; smithes for construction and repair, to complete, fifty 
thousand dollars; sawmill and spar shed, to complete, one hundred 
and twenty-five thousand dollars; water-closets for building numbered 
forty-two, additional, two thousand five hundred dollars; water system, 
extensions, ten thousand dollars; sewer system, extensions, ten thou¬ 
sand dollars; electric-light plant, extensions, ten thousand dollars; 
extension of naval prison, sixty thousand dollars; electric crane, steam 
engineering brass foundry, ten thousand dollars; culvert between dry 
docks, forty-one thousand two hundred dollars; forty-ton locomotive 
crane, forty thousand dollars; track for traveling crane, fifty-five 
thousand dollars; water-closets, additional, two thousand five hundred 
dollars; underground conduit system, forty-two thousand five hundred 
dollars; crane for yards and docks power house, seven thousand dol¬ 
lars; dispensary, twelve thousand dollars; fireproof floor in anchor 
and chain shed, twenty thousand dollars; forge shop, interior fittings 
for, five thousand dollars; erecting one-hundred-ton shears, five thou¬ 
sand dollars; paving, to continue, twenty thousand dollars; in all, 
navy-yard, Boston, seven hundred and two thousand seven hundred 
dollars. 

Naval Station, New London, Connecticut: Sea wall, sixteen thou¬ 
sand dollars; coaling plant, extensions, twenty-five thousand dollars; 
in all, forty-one thousand dollars. 


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Navy-yard, New York, New York: Paving and grading, to con¬ 
tinue, twenty thousand dollars; dredging, to continue, twenty-five 
thousand dollars; coal-storage and coal-handling plant, extensions, one 
hundred thousand dollars; railroad system, extensions, fifteen thou¬ 
sand dollars; extending building numbered forty-one, sixty thousand 
dollars; locomotive and car shed, twenty-five thousand dollars; improve¬ 
ments to building numbered one hundred and twenty, twenty-two 
thousand dollars; fittings for building numbered thirty-three, six 
thousand dollars; fittings and electric tower, building numbered 
twenty-two, twenty-seven thousand dollars; extending locomotive- 
crane track, twenty thousand dollars; electric plant, extensions, forty 
thousand dollars; electric-light system, extensions on cob dock, twenty- 
eight thousand dollars; rebuilding crane track, dry dock numbered 
three, seventeen thousand dollars; extending building numbered one 
hundred and sixteen, ten thousand dollars; coal pocket and machinery 
for construction and repair, six thousand dollars; electric wiring, 
building numbered twenty-eight, six thousand dollars; storehouse for 
naval supply fund stores, to complete, fifty thousand dollars; new roof 
for steam-engineering foundry, twenty-two thousand dollars; to com¬ 
plete building numbered nineteen, sixty thousand dollars; extension to 
dispensary building, one thousand five hundred dollars; in all, navy- 
yard, New York, New York, five hundred and sixty thousand five hun¬ 
dred dollars. 

Navy-yari>, League Island, Pennsylvania: To continue retaining 
wall about reserve basin, fifty thousand dollars; grading and paving, 
to continue, twenty-five thousand dollars; sewer system, extensions, 
five thousand dollars; electric plant, extensions, forty thousand dollars; 
railroad system, extensions, fifteen thousand dollars; officers’ quarters, 
additional, eight thousand dollars; power house for construction and 
repair, fifty thousand dollars; angle smitherv for construction and 
repair, to complete, fifteen thousand dollars; plate-bending shop for 
construction and repair, to complete, twenty-five thousand dollars; 
piers, extensions, sixty thousand dollars; locomotive-crane track, 
extensions, thirty thousand dollars; machinery foundations* steam 
engineering buildings, thirty-eight thousand eight hundred dollars; 
power house for steam engineering, forty-six thousand dollars; dredg¬ 
ing, to continue, twenty-five thousand dollars; water-closets, addi¬ 
tional, two thousand five hundred dollars; water system, extension, 
twelve thousand dollars; towards storehouse for naval supplies, seventy- 
five thousand dollars; in all, navy-yard, League Island, five hundred 
and twenty-two thousand three hundred dollars. 

Navy-yard, Washington, District of Columbia: Gunners’ store¬ 
house, eighty-eight thousand dollars; coppersmith shop, thirty-two 
thousand dollars; bronzing and plating house, twenty thousand dol¬ 
lars; purchase of land, one hundred thousand dollars; in all, navy-yard, 
Washington, two hundred and forty thousand dollars. 

Navy-yard, Norfolk, Virginia: Paving and grading, to continue, 
fifteen thousand dollars; sewers, extensions, five thousand dollars; 
quay wall for fitting-out basin, to continue, one hundred and fifty 
thousand dollars; locomotive-crane track, to renew, fifteen thousand 
dollars; railroad tracks, extensions, six thousand dollars; machinery 
and tools for yards and docks, additional, three thousand dollars; rail¬ 
road rolling stock, three thousand dollars; telephone system, exten- 


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sions, one thousand five hundred dollars; locomotive crane, five thou¬ 
sand dollars; fittings for ordnance storehouse, thirty-five thousand 
dollars; fire-protection system, fifteen thousand dollars; fittings for 
yard dispensary, five hundred dollars; heating system, additions, five 
thousand dollars; electric plant, extensions, ten thousand dollars; 
remodeling machine shop for steam engineering, to complete, twenty- 
five thousand dollars; electric capstans for dry docks, five thousand dol¬ 
lars; electric drainage pump for dry docks, ten thousand dollars; 
steel storage building, thirty thousand dollars; construction of a bridge 
for naval hospital, five thousand dollars; in all, navy-} 7 ard, Norfolk, 
Virginia, three hundred and forty-four thousand dollars. 

Condemnation of land adjacent to the Norfolk Navy-Yard.— 
The Secretary of the Navy be, and he is hereby, authorized, in his dis¬ 
cretion, to cause to be commenced, within three months after the pas¬ 
sage of this Act, proceedings for the condemnation of the following 
tract of land, or so much thereof as he may deem necessary, for the 
use of the United States for the Norfolk Navy-Yard, and for other 
naval purposes, namely, a tract of land known as the Schmolles prop¬ 
erty, containing some two hundred and seventy-two and four-tenths 
acres, more or less, in Norfolk County, Virginia, and adjacent to the 
Norfolk Navy-Yard, under the Act of Congress approved August first, 
eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, entitled “An Act to authorize the 
condemnation of lands for sites of public buildings, and for other pur¬ 
poses,” and other laws of the United States, so as to completely vest in 
the United States the title of said land. And all such proceedings shall 
be reported to Congress at its next session by the Secretary of the 
Navy. 

Naval station, Key West, Florida: Quay wall, to continue, fifty 
thousand dollars; coaling pier, to complete, twenty-three thousand 
dollars; concrete cisterns, twenty thousand dollars; to complete pur¬ 
chase of land heretofore condemned and partially appropriated for, 
twenty-five thousand nine hundred and fifty dollars; in all, naval 
station, Key West, one hundred and eighteen thousand nine hundred 
and fifty dollars. 

Navy-yard, Mare Island, California: To continue quay wall, 
fifty thousand dollars; paving and grading, to continue, twenty-five 
thousand dollars; sewers and closets, additional, eight thousand dol¬ 
lars; railroad system, extensions, five thousand dollars; heating sys¬ 
tem, extension, six thousand dollars; machine shop numbered two, 
construction and repair, to complete, fifty thousand dollars; auxiliary 
machine shop, steam engineering, five thousand dollars; naval prison, 
extension, ten thousand dollars; dry dock water-closets and bath house, 
five thousand dollars; coal-handling machinery, thirty-two thousand 
dollars; improvements to building numbered fort} 7 -five, two thousand 
dollars; electric plant, extension, fifteen thousand dollars; telephone 
system, extension, one thousand dollars; boiler and pump for new 
caisson, three thousand five hundred dollars; improvements to build¬ 
ing for storing and handling guns, six thousand dollars; to complete 
sawmill, boiler house, and steel chimney, two thousand dollars; in all, 
navy-yard, Mare Island, two hundred and twenty-five thousand five 
hundred dollars. 

Navy-yard, Puget Sound, Washington: Sewers, extensions, five 
thousand dollars; to continue grading, thirty thousand dollars; coal 
shed and appliances, including pier extensions, one hundred and fifty 


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thousand dollars; fire-protection system, extensions, three thousand 
five hundred dollars; electric-light plant, extensions, twenty thousand 
dollars; telephone system, extensions, two thousand dollars; railroad 
and equipment, extensions, twenty thousand dollars; purchase of land, 
four thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary; smith - 
ery for construction and repair, extension, forty thousand dollars; 
plate metal shop for construction and repair, fifty thousand dollars; 
addition to storehouse for supplies and accounts, fifty thousand dollars; 
boat shop for construction and repair (to cost*not to exceed one hun¬ 
dred and fifty thousand dollars, for which contract is hereby authorized), 
fifty thousand dollars; water-closets, two thousand five hundred dol¬ 
lars; power house for construction and repair, seventy thousand dol¬ 
lars; storehouse for steel, thirty-six thousand dollars; piers, seventy-five 
thousand dollars; roads and walks, fifteen thousand dollars; water 
system, extensions, five thousand dollars; locomotive crane, eight 
thousand five hundred dollars; foundry and coppersmith’s shop (to 
cost not to exceed one hundred thousand dollars, for which contract is 
hereby authorized), fifty thousand dollars; boiler and blacksmith shop 
(to cost not to exceed one hundred thousand dollars, for which contract 
is hereby authorized), fifty thousand dollars; heating-system exten¬ 
sions, four thousand dollars; boiler stack and fittings for equipment 
shop, ten thousand dollars; quay wall, sixty thousand dollars; in all, 
navy-yard, Puget Sound, Washington, eight hundred and ten thousand 
five hundred dollars. 

Naval station, San Juan, Porto Rico: Coaling facilities, exten¬ 
sions, fifty thousand dollars; in all, San Juan, Porto Rico, fifty thou¬ 
sand dollars. 

Navy-yard, Pensacola, Florida: Track scales, two thousand five 
hundred dollars; in all, navy-yard, Pensacola, two thousand five hun¬ 
dred dollars. 

Naval station, New Orleans, Louisiana: Shops and offices for 
yards and docks, eighty thousand dollars; power house and plant, 
seventy-five thousand dollars; office building, thirty-five thousand 
dollars; quarters for commandant, ten thousand dollars; two officers’ 
quarters, fourteen thousand dollars; storehouse, one hundred thou¬ 
sand dollars; sewer system, fifteen thousand dollars; water system, ten 
thousand dollars; in all. naval station, New Orleans, Louisiana, three 
hundred and thirty-nine thousand dollars. 

Four dry docks: To complete dry docks at navy-yards: Ports¬ 
mouth, New Hampshire; Boston, Massachusetts; League Island, Penn¬ 
sylvania, and Mare Island, California, one million and fifty thousand 
dollars. 

Naval station, Tutuila: One officers’ quarters, five thousand dol¬ 
lars; office building, ten thousand dollars; roads and walks, five 
thousand dollars; grading and filling, thirty thousand dollars; telephone 
system, two thousand dollars; light-house, Aunuu Island, one thousand 
dollars; waterworks and accessories, five thousand dollars; purchase 
of additional land at Samoa, thirty-five thousand dollars; in all, naval 
station, Tutuila, ninety-three thousand dollars. 

Port Royal naval station, South Carolina: The Secretary of 
the Navy is directed to investigate and report to the next session of 
Congress the state and condition of the Government property at Port 
Royal, South Carolina; its value and the practicability of its removal 
to another navy-yard; also to what uses, if any, said buildings and 


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property can be devoted; what changes would be necessary for such 
purpose, and an estimate of cost therefor; also upon the advisability 
of selling and finally disposing of said property, and what price could 
probably be realized from such sale. 

Navy-yard, Charleston, South Carolina: Stone and concrete 
dry dock (toward completion), two hundred and fifty thousand dollars: 
Provided , That the amount authorized in the Act of June seventh, 
nineteen hundred, to be expended for the purchase of a site for a naval 
station at or in the vicinity of Charleston, South Carolina, from the 
appropriation for a new naval station and a dock be increased from 
one hundred thousand dollars to one hundred and six thousand dollars, 
and six thousand dollars are hereby appropriated; office building for 
the commandant, thirty-five thousand dollars; quarters for the com¬ 
mandant, twelve thousand dollars; quarters for civil engineer, seven 
thousand five hundred dollars; landing and wharves, fifty thousand 
dollars; grading and drainage, ten thousand dollars; workshop (to 
cost eighty thousand dollars), fifty thousand dollars; storehouse and 
storekeepers’ office, fifty thousand dollars; equipment building (to 
cost one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars), sixty-two thousand 
five hundred dollars; machine shop for steam engineering (to cost one 
hundred and seventy-four thousand dollars), eighty thousand dollars; 
foundry and copper shop for steam engineering (to cost one hundred 
and eighteen thousand dollars), sixty thousand dollars; power house 
(to cost fifty thousand dollars), twenty-five thousand dollars; work¬ 
shop for ordnance, forty thousand three hundred dollars; ship fitters’ 
shop with mold loft and furnace shed for construction and repair (to 
cost two hundred thousand dollars), fifty r thousand dollars; power 
house and fuel storage for construction and repair (to cost eighty thou¬ 
sand dollars), thirty-five thousand dollars; machine shop for construc¬ 
tion and repair (to cost one hundred and twenty thousand dollars), 
forty thousand dollars; joiner shop for construction and repair (to cost 
one hundred and twenty thousand dollars), thirty thousand dollars; 
foundry for construction and repair (to cost seventy-five thousand 
dollars), twenty thousand dollars; in all, navy-yard, Charleston, nine 
hundred and thirteen thousand three hundred dollars. 

In all cases where buildings and structures are provided for in this 
Act and where appropriations in full are not made for the same, 
authority is hereby given to the Secretary of the Navy, in his discre¬ 
tion, to enter into contracts for the entire construction of such build¬ 
ings and structures, with the limit of cost as fixed in this Act. 

Repairs and preservation at navy-yards and stations: For 
repairs and preservation at navy-yards and stations, five hundred 
thousand dollars. 

Naval station, Cavite. rmr.TPPTNE Islands: Tools and appliances 
for yards and docks, five thousand dollars; fire-protection system 
and apparatus, twelve thousand dollars; railroad system, improve¬ 
ments and extensions, nine thousand dollars; fitting up coal sheds, 
seven thousand five hundred dollars; toward the purchase or con¬ 
struction of a floating steel dry dock (of American manufacture) (to 
cost not to exceed one million two hundred and twenty-five thousand 
dollars), two hundred thousand dollars; in all, two hundred and thirty- 
three thousand five hundred dollars. 

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tion of plans and specifications for public works, including such expert 
aids, draftsmen, writers, and copyists as the Secretary of the Navy 
may deem necessary, thirty thousand dollars. 

In all, public works, seven million six hundred and forty-nine thou¬ 
sand three hundred and twenty-five dollars. 

PUBLIC WORKS—BUREAU OF NAVIGATION. 

Naval Academy: Buildings and grounds, Naval Academy: Toward 
the construction of buildings, and for other necessary improvements, 
at the Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland, as authorized by the 
Act of Congress approved June seventh, nineteen hundred, and in 
accordance with the plans approved by the Secretary of the Navy, 
October third, nineteen hundred, and toward the construction of a 
hospital (to cost not more than one hundred thousand dollars), to be 
built upon plans approved by the Secretary of the Navy, three hun¬ 
dred thousand dollars; for dredging up to and in front of the Naval 
Academy, two hundred thousand dollars; in all, five hundred thousand 
dollars, the amount hereby appropriated to constitute a part of the 
eight million dollars’ limit fixed for the total cost of said buildings 
and improvements: Provided, That the Secretary of the Navy may, 
in his discretion, continue the said improvements at the Naval 
Academy, either by contract or day labor, or both, as he may deem 
necessary or for the best interests of the Government. 

Naval training station, California (buildings): Two officers’ 
quarters, twelve thousand dollars; sinking artesian wells and water 
supply, seven thousand five hundred dollars; roads and grounds, three 
thousand five hundred dollars; purchase of tools and fitting up 
machine shop, two thousand five hundred dollars; installation of cold- 
storage room, originally planned, three thousand five hundred dollars; 
building boathouse and carpenter shop on wharf, two thousand five 
hundred dollars; in all, thirty-one thousand five hundred dollars. 

Naval training station, Rhode Island (buildings): Completing 
breakwater and extending sea wall, twenty-seven thousand five hun¬ 
dred dollars; completing roads and sidewalks, and paving approaches 
to new barracks, seven thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars; 
assembly, lecture, and reading room, twelve thousand five hundred 
dollars; three double sets officers’ quarters, thirty-six thousand dollars; 
carpenter shop and boathouse for repairs, storage, and preservation 
of steam launches and boats, eleven thousand seven hundred and 
eighty dollars; retaining wall on causeway leading from mainland to 
station, with guardhouses, iron-picket fence, gates, gatehouse, and 
appurtenances and for filling and macadamizing road, and repairs to 
bridge, fifteen thousand five hundred dollars; for constructing fifteen- 
foot mole at storehouse for discharging and loading boats and lighters, 
three thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; in all, naval training 
station, Rhode Island, one hundred and fourteen thousand two hundred 
and eighty dollars. 

Naval War College, Rhode Island: Buildings: Building and 
furnishing a fireproof annex to the college, with a covered connecting 
bridge, sixty thousand dollars. 

In all, “Public works, Bureau of Navigation,” seven hundred and 
five thousand seven hundred and eighty dollars. 

S. Doc. 100-25 


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PUBLIC WORKS—BUREAU OF ORDNANCE. 

Naval magazine, Iona Island, New York: Roads and walks; 
grading and filling in; wall on west side of reservation; ice house; 
extension of railroad tracks; magnetic-clock system for watch service, 
and general improvements, forty-nine thousand five hundred dollars. 

Naval magazine, Dover, Lake Denmark, New Jersey: For the pur¬ 
chase of additional land (about seventy-five acres) to secure control of 
a water supply, and expenses incident to said purchase; two powder 
magazines; pump house; two magazines for high explosives; carpen¬ 
ter’s shop, and equipments therefor; coal sheds; extension of railroad 
tracks; rolling stock for local service; grading; road making; walls; 
fences, and general improvements; quarters for gunner, and quarters 
for watchmen and principal employees, eighty thousand dollars. 

Naval magazine, Fort Mifflin, Pennsylvania: Storehouse for ammu¬ 
nition, five thousand dollars. 

Naval magazine, Norfolk, Virginia: Fireproof building, and the 
equipment thereof, for magazine workshop; one filling house; exten¬ 
sion of railroad tracks; extension of fire and water service; for the 
purchase of additional land and expenses attending such purchase; 
for quarters for watchmen and principal employees; in all, forty-six 
thousand five hundred dollars. 

Naval torpedo station, Newport, Rhode Island: Renewing sea wall 
on east side of Goat Island, filling in and grading; erection and equip¬ 
ment of a carpenter’s shop and one set of quarters, twenty-eight thou¬ 
sand dollars; in all, naval torpedo station, Newport, Rhode Island, 
twenty-eight thousand dollars. 

Naval proving ground, Indian Head, Maryland: Powder magazine, 
roads, walks, walls, fences, grading, draining, filling in, and two sets 
of quarters for officers; in all, naval proving ground, Indian Head, 
twenty-three thousand dollars. 

Quarters, Rose Island, Narragansett Bay: Quarters for watchmen 
and gunners, five thousand two hundred dollars. 

Naval magazine, Fort Lafayette, New York Harbor: Enlargement 
of shipping house; office building; dredging channel; repairs to sea 
wall, and general improvements, twenty-five thousand dollars. 

Naval magazine, Mare Island, California: For new water mains and 
fire service at magazines; repairs to magazine wharf; steel shed for 
storage purposes; carpenters’ shop; extension of shell house num¬ 
bered four; repairs to magazine numbered one, injured by fire; three 
magazines for smokeless powder; one magazine for black powder, and 
one magazine for small-arm ammunition, eighty thousand dollars. 

Naval magazine, Puget Sound, Washington: For the purchase of 
land for a site for a naval magazine at or near Bremerton, Washing¬ 
ton, and toward the erection thereon of the necessary buildings; for 
clearing said grounds; for grading and filling in; for building roads 
and walks; for the necessary wharves and cranes; for railroad tracks 
and rolling stock for local service; for fire and water service, and for 
the equipment of the establishment, fifty thousand dollars, or as much 
thereof as may be necessary; and the Secretary of the Navy may 
employ and pay, out of the appropriation hereby authorized, such 
additional expert aids, architects, superintendents of construction, or 
draftsmen as may be necessary for the preparation of the plans and 
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not to exceed five thousand dollars; in all, naval magazine, Bremer¬ 
ton, Washington, fifty thousand dollars. 

In all, public works, Bureau of Ordnance, three hundred and ninety- 
two thousand two hundred dollars. 

NAVAL OBSERVATORY. 

Naval Observatory: For grounds and roads; continuing grading, 
extending roads and paths, clearing and improving grounds, five 
thousand dollars. 

Publication of the American Ephemeris and Nautical Almanac: 
Hereafter there shall be published of the American Ephemeris and 
Nautical Almanac two thousand five hundred copies, five hundred of 
which shall be for the use of the Senate, one thousand for the use of the 
House of Representatives, and one thousand for distribution or sale 
by the Navy Department. 

bureau of medicine and surgery. 

Medical Department: For surgeons’ necessaries for vessels in 
commission, navy-yards, naval stations, Marine Corps, and for the civil 
establishment at the several naval hospitals, navy-yards, naval labora- 
toiy, and department of instruction, museum of hygiene, and Naval 
Academy, one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars. 

Naval hospital fund: For maintenance of the naval hospitals at 
the various navy-yards and stations, and for care and maintenance of 
patients in other hospitals at home and abroad, forty thousand dollars. 

Contingent, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery: For freight, 
expressage on medical stores, tolls, ferriages, transportation of sick 
enlisted persons to hospital, transportation of insane patients; care, 
transportation, and burial of the dead; advertising; telegraphing; 
rent of telephones; purchase of books and stationery; binding of 
medical records, unbound books, and pamphlets; postage and pur¬ 
chase of stamps for foreign service; expenses attending the medical 
board of examiners; rent of rooms for naval dispensary; hygienic 
and sanitary investigation and illustration; sanitary and hygienic 
instruction; purchase and repairs of wagons and harness; purchase of 
and feed for horses and cows; trees, plants, garden tools, and seeds; 
furniture and incidental articles for the museum of hygiene, naval 
dispensary, Washington; naval laboratory, sick quarters at Naval 
Academy and marine barracks, surgeons’ offices and dispensaries at 
navy-yards and naval stations; washing for medical department at 
museum of hygiene, naval dispensary, Washington; naval laboratory 
and department of instruction, sick quarters at Naval Academy and 
marine barracks, dispensaries at navv-yards and naval stations and 
ships and rendezvous, and for minor repairs on buildings and grounds 
of the United States Naval Museum of Hygiene; for the care, main¬ 
tenance, and treatment of the insane of the Navy and Marine Corps 
on the Pacific coast, and all other necessary contingent expenses, thirty- 
five thousand dollars. 

Repairs, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery: For necessarv repairs 
of naval laboratory and department of instruction, naval hospitals and 
appendages, including roads, wharves, outhouses, sidewalks, fences, 
gardens, farms, and cemeteries, thirty thousand dollars. 


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Naval hospital, Mare Island, California: Repairs and improve¬ 
ments in fitting up old buildings and building new; for changing offi¬ 
cers’ quarters into wards for enlisted men and building quarters for 
officers outside naval hospital, twenty thousand dollars; for construc¬ 
tion of a contagious-disease hospital, ten thousand dollars; in all, thirty 
thousand dollars. 

Naval hospital, Canacao, Philippine Islands: Repairs and 
improvements in fitting up old buildings and building new; building 
wharf, roads, and preparing grounds, and establishing a naval hos¬ 
pital at Canacao, Philippine Islands, to take the place of the present 
temporary hospital at Cavite, and for the transfer of public property 
from the old buildings to the new, fifty thousand dollars. 

SUPPLIES AND ACCOUNTS. 

Provisions, Navy: For yirovisions and commuted rations for the 
seamen and marines, which commuted rations may be paid to caterers 
of messes, in cases of death or desertion, upon orders of the com¬ 
manding officer; commuted rations for officers on sea duty (other than 
commissioned officers of the line, medical and pay corps and chief 
boatswains, chief gunners, chief sailmakers, chief carpenters) and 
midshipmen, and commuted rations stopped on account of sick in hospi¬ 
tal and credited to the naval hospital fund; subsistence of officers and 
men unavoidably detained or absent from vessels to which attached 
under orders (during which subsistence rations to be stopped on board 
ship and no credit for commutation therefor to be given); labor in gen¬ 
eral storehouses and paymasters’ offices in navy-yards, including naval 
stations maintained in island possessions under the control of the 
United States, and expenses in handling stores purchased under the 
naval-supply fund; one chemist, at two thousand five hundred dollars 
per annum, and two chemists, at two thousand dollars each per annum, 
three million five hundred thousand dollars. 

That section fifteen hundred and eighty of the Revised Statutes of 
the United States be, and the same is hereby, amended so as to read 
as follows: 

4 4 Sec. 1580. The Navy ration shall consist of the following daily 
allowance of provisions to each person: One pound and a quarter salt 
or smoked meat, with three ounces of dried or six ounces of canned 
fruit, and three gills of beans or peas, or twelve ounces of flour; or 
one pound of preserved meat, with three ounces of dried or six ounces 
of canned fruit, and twelve ounces of rice or eight ounces of canned 
vegetables or four ounces of desiccated vegetables; together with one 
pound of biscuit, two ounces of butter, four ounces of sugar, two 
ounces of coffee or cocoa or one-half ounce of tea and one ounce of 
condensed milk or evaporated cream; and a weekly allowance of one- 
half pound of macaroni, four ounces of cheese, four ounces of toma¬ 
toes, one-half pint of vinegar, one-half pint of pickles, one-half pint 
of molasses, four ounces of salt, one-quarter ounce of pepper, and one- 
half ounce of dry mustard. Five pounds of lard or a suitable substi¬ 
tute shall be allowed for every hundred pounds of flour issued as 
bread, and such quantities of yeast as may be necessary.” 

That section fifteen hundred and eighty-one of the Revised Statutes 
of the United States be, and the same is hereby, amended so as to read 
as follows: 

“Sec. 1581. The following substitution for the components of the 


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ration may be made when deemed necessary by the senior officer pres¬ 
ent in command: 

4 4 For one and one-quarter pounds of salt or smoked meat or one 
pound of preserved meat, one and three-quarters pounds of fresh meat; 
in lieu of the article usually issued with salt, smoked, or preserved 
meat, fresh vegetables of equal value; for one pound of biscuit, one and 
one-quarter pounds of soft bread, or eighteen ounces of flour; for 
three gills of beans or peas, twelve ounces of flour or rice or eight 
ounces of canned vegetables, and for twelve ounces of flour or rice 
or eight ounces of canned vegetables, three gills of beans or peas.” 

That an extra allowance of one ounce of coffee or cocoa, two ounces 
of sugar, four ounces of hard bread or its equivalent, and four ounces 
of preserved meat or its equivalent shall be allowed to enlisted men of 
the engineer and dynamo force when standing night watches between 
eight o’clock postmeridian and eight o’clock antemeridian under steam. 

That section fifteen hundred and eighty-four of the Revised Statutes 
of the United States, and so much of the Act of May third, eighteen 
hundred and eighty, 44 making appropriations for the naval service for 
the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-one, 
and for other purposes,” as authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to 
substitute desiccated tomatoes for desiccated potatoes, are hereby 
repealed. 

That money accruing from the rations of enlisted men commuted 
for the benefit of any mess may be paid on public bills to the commis¬ 
sary officer by the pay officer having their accounts. 

Contingent, Bureau of Supplies and Accounts. For freight and 
express charges, fuel, books and blanks, stationery, advertising, fur¬ 
niture for general storehouses and pay offices in navy-yards; expenses 
of naval clothing factory and machinery for same, postage, telegrams, 
telephones, tolls, ferriages, yeoman’s stores, safes, newspapers, ice, 
transportation of stores purchased under the naval-supply fund, and 
other incidental expenses, two hundred thousand dollars. 

Civil establishment, Bureau of Supplies and Accounts: Navy- 
yard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire: In general storehouses: Two 
bookkeepers, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; one assistant 
bookkeeper, at seven hundred and twenty dollars; one bill clerk, at 
one thousand dollars; one assistantclerk, at seven hundred and twenty 
dollars; one shipping and receiving clerk, at one thousand dollars; in 
all, five thousand eight hundred and forty dollars. 

Navy-yard, Boston, Massachusetts: In general storehouses: One 
bookkeeper, at one thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five 
cents; one shipping clerk, at one thousand dollars; one receiving clerk, 
at one thousand dollars; one bookkeeper, at one thousand two hundred 
dollars. In yard pay office: One writer, at one thousand and seven¬ 
teen dollars and twenty-five cents; in all, five thousand two hundred 
and thirty-four dollars and fifty cents. 

Navy-yard, New York, New York: In office of board of inspection: 
One writer, nine hundred dollars. In general storehouses: Three 
bookkeepers, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; one assistant 
bookkeeper, at one thousand dollars; one assistant bookkeeper, at 
seven hundred and twenty dollars; two receiving clerks, at four dollars 
each per diem; one assistant receiving clerk, at one thousand and 
ninety-nine dollars; three shipping clerks, at one thousand dollars 
each; one bill clerk, at one thousand dollars; one assistant bill clerk, 
at seven hundred and twenty dollars; two leading men, at two dollars 


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and fifty cents each per diem; five pressmen, at two dollars and seventy- 
six cents each per diem; one box maker, at three dollars per diem; one 
engine tender, at three dollars and twenty-six cents per diem; one 
coffee roaster, at two dollars and fifty cents per diem; one fireman, at 
two dollars per diem; one messenger, at two dollars and twenty-five 
cents per diem; one writer, one thousand dollars; one storeman, nine 
hundred dollars; one principal clerk, provisions and clothing section, 
one thousand four hundred dollars; one principal clerk, supply fund 
section, one thousand four hundred dollars; one cloth inspector, one 
thousand two hundred and fifty-two dollars. In yard pay office: One 
writer, at one thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents; 
one messenger, at two dollars and twenty-five cents per diem; in all, 
thirty-two thousand one hundred and seventy-three dollars and three 
cents. 

Navy-yard, League Island, Pennsylvania: In general storehouse: 
Two bookkeepers, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; one 
assistant bookkeeper, at seven hundred and twenty dollars; one bill 
clerk, at one thousand dollars; one receiving clerk, at one thousand 
dollars; one shipping clerk, at one thousand dollars. In yard pay 
office: One writer, at one thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty - 
five cents; in all, seven thousand one hundred and thirty-seven dollars 
and twenty-five cents. 

Navy-yard, Washington, District of Columbia: In general store¬ 
house: One bookkeeper, at one thousand two hundred dollars; one 
clerk, at one thousand two hundred dollars; one receiving clerk, at 
one thousand dollars; one bill clerk, at one thousand dollars; one ship¬ 
ping clerk, at one thousand dollars. In yard pay office: One writer, 
at one thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents; in all, six 
thousand four hundred and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents. 

Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland: In general storehouse: One 
bookkeeper, at one thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five 
cents; one receiving and shipping clerk, at one thousand dollars; in 
all, two thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents. 

Naval station, Newport, Rhode Island: In general storehouse (train¬ 
ing station): One clerk, at one thousand two hundred dollars. In 
general storehouse (torpedo station): One clerk, at one thousand two 
hundred dollars; in all, two thousand four hundred dollars. 

Navy-yard, Mare Island, California: In general storehouses: Two 
bookkeepers, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; two assistant 
bookkeepers, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; one receiving 
clerk, at one thousand dollars; one shipping clerk, at one thousand 
dollars; one bill clerk, at one thousand dollars; one clerk, at one thou¬ 
sand dollars; one assistant clerk, at one thousand dollars. In yard 
pay office: One writer, at one thousand and seventeen dollars and 
twenty-five cents; in all, nine thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven 
dollars and twenty-five cents. 

Navy-yard, Norfolk, Virginia: In general storehouses: Two book¬ 
keepers, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; two assistant 
bookkeepers, at one thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five 
cents each; one bill clerk, at one thousand dollars; one assistant bill 
clerk, at seven hundred and twenty dollars; two receiving clerks, at 
nine hundred and forty-two dollars each. In yard pay office: One 
writer, at one thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents; 
in all, nine thousand and fifty-five dollars and seventy-five cents. 


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Naval station, Cavite, Philippine Islands: In general storehouses: 
One clerk, at one thousand six hundred dollars; one bookkeeper, at 
one thousand four hundred dollars; three assistant bookkeepers, at one 
thousand two hundred dollars each, three thousand six hundred dollars; 
one shipping and bill clerk, at one thousand two hundred dollars; three 
storekeepers, at one thousand dollars each, three thousand dollars; one 
receiving clerk, at one thousand two hundred dollars; one shipping 
clerk, at one thousand dollars; one assistant clerk, at one thousand 
dollars; two storemen, at nine hundred dollars each; in all, fifteen 
thousand eight hundred dollars. 

Navy-yard, Puget Sound, Washington: In general storehouses: One 
principal clerk, one thousand four hundred dollars; two bookkeepers, 
at one thousand two hundred dollars each, two thousand four hundred 
dollars; one bill clerk, one thousand dollars; one receiving clerk, one 
thousand dollars; one shipping clerk, one thousand dollars; in all, six 
thousand eight hundred dollars. 

Naval station, Key West, Florida: One clerk, one thousand two hun¬ 
dred dollars; in all, one thousand two hundred dollars. 

In all, civil establishment, Bureau of Supplies and Accounts, one 
hundred and three thousand nine hundred and thirty-two dollars and 
twenty-eight cents; and no other fund appropriated by this Act shall 
be used in payment for such service. 

BUREAU OF CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR. 

Construction and repair of vessels: For preservation and com¬ 
pletion of vessels on the stocks and in ordinary; purchase of materials 
and stores of all kinds; steam steerers, pneumatic steerers, steam cap¬ 
stans, steam windlasses, and all other auxiliaries; labor in navy-yards 
and on foreign stations; purchase of machinery and tools for use in 
shops; carrying on work of experimental model tank; designing naval 
vessels; construction and repair of yard craft, lighters and barges for 
use at home stations; wear, tear, and repair of vessels afloat; general 
care, increase, and protection of the Navy in the line of construction 
and repair; incidental expenses, such as advertising, freight, foreign 
postage, telegrams, telephone service, photographing, books, profes¬ 
sional magazines, plans, stationery, and instruments for drafting room, 
eight million dollars: Provided , That no part of this sum shall be 
applied to the repair of any wooden ship when the estimated cost of 
such repairs, to be appraised by a competent board of naval officers, 
shall exceed ten per centum of the estimated cost, appraised in like 
manner, of a new ship of the same size and like material. 

Improvement of construction plants: Repairs to and improve¬ 
ment of plant at navy-yard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, thirty thou¬ 
sand dollars. 

Construction plant, navy-yard, Boston, Massachusetts: Repair to 
and improvement of construction plant at navy-yard, Boston, Massa¬ 
chusetts, fifty thousand dollars. 

Construction plant, navy-yard, New York, New York: Repairs to 
and improvement of construction plant at navy-yard, New York, New 
York, fifty thousand dollars. 

Construction plant, navy-yard, League Island, Pennsylvania: Repairs 
to and improvement of construction plant at navy-yard, League Island, 
Pennsylvania, fifty thousand dollars. 


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Construction plant, navy-yard, Norfolk, Virginia: Repairs to and 
improvement of construction plant at navy-yard, Norfolk. Virginia, 
fifty thousand dollars. 

Repairs to and improvement of construction plant at navy-yard, 
1 Mare Island, California, fifty thousand dollars. 

Construction plant, navy-yard, Puget Sound, Washington: Repairs 
to and improvement of construction plant at Puget Sound Navy-Yard, 
Washington, seventy five thousand dollars. 

Construction plant, naval station, New Orleans, Louisiana: Con¬ 
struction plant at naval station, New Orleans, Louisiana, fifteen thou¬ 
sand dollars. 

Construction plant, naval station, Cavite, Philippine Islands: Con¬ 
struction plant at naval station, Philippine Islands, fifty thousand 
dollars. 

Steel tugs, general service: Two steel tugs for general service, each 
seventy thousand dollars, one hundred and forty thousand dollars. 

Civil establishment, Bureau of Construction and Repair: 
Navy-yard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire: One clerk to naval con¬ 
structor, at one thousand four hundred dollars; two writers, at one 
thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents each; in all, 
three thousand four hundred and thirty-four dollars and fifty cents. 

Navv-yard, Boston, Massachusetts: One clerk to naval constructor, 
at one thousand four hundred dollars; two writers^ at one thousand 
and seventeen dollars and twentj^-five cents each; in all, three thousand 
four hundred and thirty-four dollars and fifty cents. 

Navy-yard, New York, New York: One clerk to naval constructor, 
at one thousand four hundred dollars; three writers, at one thousand 
and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents each; in all, four thousand 
four hundred and fifty-one dollars and seventy-five cents. 

Navy-yard, League Island, Pennsylvania: One clerk to naval con¬ 
structor, at one thousand four hundred dollars; one writer, at one 
thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents; in all, two 
thousand four hundred and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents. 

Navy-yard, Washington, District of Columbia: One clerk to naval 
constructor, at one thousand four hundred dollars. 

Navy-yard, Norfolk, Virginia: One clerk to naval constructor, at 
one thousand four hundred dollars; two writers, at one thousand and 
seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents each; in all, three thousand 
four hundred and thirty-four dollars and fifty cents. 

Navv-yard, Pensacola, Florida: One writer, at one thousand and 
seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents. 

Naval station, Port Royal, South Carolina: One clerk to naval 
constructor, at one thousand four hundred dollars. 

Navy-yard, Mare Island, California: One clerk to naval constructor, 
at one thousand four hundred dollars; two writers, at one thousand 
and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents each; in all, three thousand 
four hundred and thirty-four dollars and fifty cents. 

Puget Sound Navy-Yard, Washington: One clerk to naval con¬ 
structor, one thousand four hundred dollars. 

In all, civil establishment, Bureau of Construction and Repair, 
twenty-five thousand eight hundred and twenty-four dollars and 
twenty-five cents; and no other fund appropriated by this Act shall 
be used in payment for such service. 


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That, in addition to the number of naval constructors and assistant 
naval constructors now authorized, the appointment of six assistant 
naval constructors is hereby authorized, two to be appointed during 
the present calendar year and the remaining four in the calendar year 
of nineteen hundred and three. 

STEAM ENGINEERING. 

Steam machinery: For completion, repairing, and preservation of 
machinery and boilers of naval vessels, including cost of new boilers; 
distilling, refrigerating, and auxiliary machinery; preservation of and 
small repairs to machinery and boilers in vessels in ordinary, receiving 
and training vessels, repair and care of machinery of yard tugs and 
launches, two million one hundred and ninety thousand dollars. 

For purchase, handling, and preservation of all material and stores; 
purchase, fitting, repair, and preservation of machinery and tools in 
navy-yards and stations, and running yard engines, one million two 
hundred thousand dollars. 

For incidental expenses for navy vessels, yards, and the bureau, 
such as foreign postage, telegrams, advertising, freight, photograph¬ 
ing, books, stationery, office furnishings, and instruments, fifteen 
thousand dollars. 

In all, steam machinery, three million four hundred and five thousand 
dollars. 

Tests of liquid fuel for naval purposes: For extended tests of liquid 
fuel from the California and Texas oil fields, under the direction of 
the Bureau of Steam Engineering, Navy Department, twenty thousand 
dollars. 

Machinery plant: Navy-yard, League Island, Pennsylvania: To 
complete equipment of the entire new system of steam engineering 
shops being constructed under appropriation made to the Bureau of 
Yards and Docks for building and repairing modern marine machinery, 
including the power plant and necessary machine tools, cranes, and 
appliances for handling work, to cost not more than two hundred and 
thirty thousand dollars, one hundred and thirty thousand dollars. 

Machinery plant: Navy-yard, Norfolk, Virginia: For some neces¬ 
sary modern machine tools, twenty-five thousand dollars. 

Machinery plant: Navy-yard, Mare Island, California: To com¬ 
plete equipment of the entire new system of steam engineering shops 
being constructed under appropriation made to the Bureau of Yards 
and Docks for building and repairing modern marine machinery, includ¬ 
ing the power plant and necessary machine tools, cranes, and appliances 
for handling work (to cost not more than one hundred and eighty 
thousand dollars), eighty thousand dollars. 

Machinery plant: Navy-yard, Puget Sound, Washington: To con¬ 
tinue the equipment of the steam engineering shops being constructed 
under appropriation made to Bureau of Yards and Docks for building 
and repairing modern marine machinery, including the power plant 
and necessary machine tools, cranes, and appliances for handling 
work, one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars. 

Civil establishment. Bureau of Steam Engineering: Navy- 
yard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire: One clerk to department, at one 
thousand two hundred dollars; one messenger, at six hundred dollars; 
in all, one thousand eight hundred dollars. 


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NAVAL APPROPRIATION LAWS. 


Navy-yard, Boston, Massachusetts: One clerk to department, one 
thousand four hundred dollars; in all, one thousand four hundred dol¬ 
lars. 

Navy-yard, New York, New York: One clerk to department, at one 
thousand four hundred dollars; one writer, at one thousand dollars; 
one messenger, at six hundred dollars; in all, three thousand dollars; 

Navy-} r ard, League Island, Pennsylvania: One clerk to department, 
at one thousand two hundred dollars; 

Navy-yard, Norfolk, Virginia: One clerk to department, at one thou¬ 
sand three hundred dollars; one messenger, at six hundred dollars; in 
all, one thousand nine hundred dollars; 

Navy-yard, Pensacola, Florida: One writer, one thousand dollars; 

Navy-yard, Mare Island, California: One clerk to department, at 
one thousand four hundred dollars; one writer, at one thousand dol¬ 
lars; one messenger, at six hundred dollars; in all, three thousand 
dollars; 

Naval station, Port Royal, South Carolina: One clerk to department, 
one thousand two hundred dollars; 

Navy-yard, Puget Sound, Washington: One clerk to department, one 
thousand two hundred dollars; one writer, one thousand dollars; in all, 
two thousand two hundred dollars; 

Navy-yard, Washington, District of Columbia: One clerk to depart¬ 
ment, one thousand two hundred dollars; 

In all, civil establishment, Bureau of Steam Engineering, seventeen 
thousand nine hundred dollars; and no other fund appropriated by this 
Act shall be used in payment for such service. 

NAVAL ACADEMY. 

Pay of professors and others, Naval Academy: One professor 
of mathematics, one of chemistry, one of physics, and one of English, 
at two thousand five hundred dollars each; four professors, namely, 
one of English, two of French, and one of drawing, at two thousand 
two hundred dollars each; one assistant professor of Spanish, at one 
thousand eight hundred dollars; one sword master, at one thousand 
five hundred dollars, and two assistants, at one thousand dollars each; 
one instructor in gymnastics, at one thousand two hundred dollars; 
one assistant librarian, at one thousand eight hundred dollars; one 
secretary to the Naval Academy, at one thousand eight hundred dol¬ 
lars; two clerks to the Superintendent, at one thousand two hundred 
dollars each; one clerk to the commandant of midshipmen, at one 
thousand two hundred dollars; one clerk to the paymaster, at one 
thousand two hundred dollars; one dentist, at one thousand six hun¬ 
dred dollars; one baker, at six hundred dollars; one mechanic in 
department of physics, at seven hundred and thirty dollars; one cook, 
at three hundred and twenty-five dollars and fifty cents; one messen¬ 
ger to the Superintendent, at six hundred dollars; one armorer, at six 
hundred and forty-nine dollars and fifty cents; one chief gunner’s 
mate, at five hundred and twenty-nine dollars and fifty cents; one 
quarter gunner, at four hundred and sixty-nine dollars and fifty cents; 
one coxswain, at four hundred and sixty-nine dollars and fifty cents; 
one seaman in the department of seamanship, at three hundred and 
ninety-seven dollars and fifty cents; one attendant in the department 
of navigation and one in the department of physics, at three hundred 


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dollars each; six attendants at recitation rooms, library, store, chapel, 
and offices, at three hundred dollars each; one bandmaster, at one 
thousand and eighty dollars; twenty-one first-class musicians, at four 
hundred and twenty dollars each; seven second-class musicians, at three 
hundred and sixty dollars each; services of organist at chapel, three 
hundred dollars; in all, fifty-five thousand one hundred and ninety-one 
dollars. 

Pay of watchmen, mechanics, and others, Naval Academy: 
Captain of the watch and weigher, at two dollars and fifty cents per 
diem; seven watchmen, at two dollars each per diem; foreman of 
steam heating works of the Academy, at five dollars per diem; labor 
at power house, for masons, carpenters, and other mechanics and 
laborers; and for care of buildings, grounds, wharves, and boats, 
thirty-eight thousand four hundred and twelve dollars and forty-five 
cents; in all, forty-six thousand two hundred and fifty-nine dollars 
and ninety-five cents. 

Pay of steam employees, Naval Academy: Pay of mechanics 
and others in department of steam engineering, eleven thousand one 
hundred and fifty-four dollars and eighty-two cents. 

For special course of study and training of midshipmen, as author¬ 
ized by Act of Congress approved August fifth, eighteen hundred and 
eighty-two, three thousand dollars. 

For the purchase or construction of catboats for the special instruc¬ 
tion of midshipmen, one thousand five hundred dollars; in all, four 
thousand five hundred dollars. 

Repairs, Naval Academy: Necessary repairs of public buildings, 
wharves, and walls inclosing the grounds of the Naval Academy, 
improvements, repairs, furniture and fixtures, thirty-one thousand 
dollars. 

Heating and lighting, Naval Academy: Fuel, oil, waste, and 
other materials for the operation, repair, and maintenance of the 
plant; heating and lighting apparatus and tools; for heating and light¬ 
ing the Academy and bandsmen’s quarters, twenty thousand dollars. 

Contingent, Naval Academy: Purchase of books for the library 
(to be purchased in open market on the written order of the Superin¬ 
tendent), two thousand dollars; stationery, blank books, models, maps, 
and text-books, for use of instructors, two thousand dollars; expenses 
of the Board of Visitors of the Naval Academy, being mileage and 
five dollars per diem for each member for expenses during actual 
attendance at the Academy and for supplying necessary outfit for the 
board house, and for clerk hire, carriages, and other incidental and 
necessary expenses of the Board, three thousand dollars; purchase of 
chemicals, apparatus, and instruments in the department of physics, 
and for repairs of the same, two thousand dollars; purchase of gas and 
steam machinery, steam pipes and fittings, rent of buildings for the use 
of the Academy, freight, cartage, water, music, musical and astronom¬ 
ical instruments, uniforms for the. bandsmen, telegraphing, feed and 
maintenance of teams, current expenses, and repairs of all kinds, and 
for incidental labor and expenses not applicable to any other appropria¬ 
tion, forty-two thousand dollars; stores in the departments of steam 
engineering, eight hundred dollars; materials for repairs in steam 
machinery, one thousand dollars; for contingencies for the Superin¬ 
tendent of the Academy, to be expended in his discretion, one thou¬ 
sand dollars; apparatus for the instruction of midshipmen in the 


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department of marine engineering and naval construction, five thou¬ 
sand dollars; purchase of sextants for the instruction of midshipmen 
in the department of navigation, three thousand dollars: Provided , 
That the Superintendent of the Naval Academy is authorized to^ pay 
Mr. Walter L. Steward, from the appropriation “Contingent, Naval 
Academy,” the sum of forty dollars to reimburse him for damage 
done to his crops during a battalion drill of the midshipmen; in all, 
sixty-one thousand eight hundred dollars. 

The title “naval cadet” is hereby changed to “midshipman.” 

That until the year nineteen hundred and fourteen, in addition to the 
naval cadets now authorized by law (the title having been changed by 
this Act to midshipmen), the President shall appoint five midshipmen, 
and there shall be appointed from the States at large, upon the recom¬ 
mendation of Senators, two midshipmen for each State. 

In all, Naval Academy, two hundred and twenty-nine thousand nine 
hundred and five dollars and seventy-seven cents: Provided , however , 
That no part of the money appropriated in this paragraph or elsewhere 
in this bill shall be expended in the purchase of any history of the 
Spanish-American war written by Edgar Stanton Maclay, for use at 
the Naval Academy, in ships’ libraries, or in any other part of the 
naval establishment of the United States. 

MARINE CORPS. 

Pay, Marine Corps: For pay and allowances prescribed by law of 
officers on the active list, four hundred and sixteen thousand nine hun¬ 
dred dollars. 

That from and after the date of the approval of this Act, the com¬ 
mandant of the Marine Corps shall have the rank, pay, and allowances 
of a major-general in the Army, and when a vacancy shall occur in the 
office of commandant of the corps, on the expiration of the service of 
the present incumbent, by retirement or otherwise, the commandant 
of the Marine Corps shall thereafter have the rank, pay, and allow¬ 
ances of a brigadier-general. 

Pay of officers on the retired list: For three colonels, three lieu¬ 
tenant-colonels, one adjutant and inspector, one quartermaster, three 
majors, nine captains, three first lieutenants, and three second lieuten¬ 
ants, fifty-seven thousand seven hundred and sixty-five dollars. 

Pay of noncommissioned officers, musicians, and privates, as pre¬ 
scribed by law, and the number of enlisted men shall be exclusive of 
those undergoing imprisonment with sentence of dishonorable discharge 
from the service at expiration of such confinement, and for the expenses 
of clerks of the United States Marine Corps traveling under orders, one 
million two hundred and thirty-six thousand and twenty-eight dollars. 

In addition to the enlisted force of the Marine Corps now authorized 
by law there may be enlisted ten gunnery-sergeants, forty sergeants, 
sixty corporals, ten drummers, ten trumpeters, and six hundred and 
% twenty privates. 

Pay and allowance of retired enlisted men: For one sergeant-major, 
one drum-major, four gunnery-sergeants, eight first-class musicians, 
eleven first sergeants, twenty-nine sergeants, four corporals, one 
drummer, two fifers, and forty-two privates, and for those who may 
be retired during the year, thirty-seven thousand dollars. 

Undrawn clothing: For payment to discharged soldiers for clothing 
undrawn, thirty thousand dollars. 


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Mileage: For mileage of officers traveling under orders without 
troops, twenty thousand dollars. 

For commutation of quarters to officers on duty without troops 
where there are no public quarters, eight thousand dollars. 

Pay of civil force: In the office of the brigadier-general com¬ 
mandant: One chief clerk, at one thousand five hundred and forty 
dollars and eighty cents; one clerk, at one thousand two hundred dol¬ 
lars; one messenger, at nine hundred and seventy-one dollars and 
twenty-eight cents; 

In the office of the paymaster: One chief clerk, at one thousand six 
hundred dollars; one clerk, at one thousand four hundred and ninety- 
six dollars and fifty-two cents; one clerk, at one thousand two hun¬ 
dred and fiftj^-seven dollars and twelve cents; one clerk, at one thou¬ 
sand two hundred dollars; 

In the office of the assistant paymaster: One clerk, at one thousand 
four hundred dollars; 

In the office of the adjutant and inspector: One chief clerk, at one 
thousand five hundred and forty dollars and eighty cents; one clerk, 
at one thousand four hundred and ninety-six dollars and fifty-two 
cents; 

In the office of the assistant adjutant and inspector: One clerk, at 
one thousand two hundred dollars; 

In the office of the quartermaster: One chief clerk, at one thousand 
five hundred and forty dollars and eighty cents; one clerk, at one 
thousand four hundred and ninety-six dollars and fifty-two cents; one 
clerk, at one thousand two hundred and fifty-seven dollars and twelve 
cents; 

In the office of the assistant quartermaster, Washington, District of 
Columbia, or San Francisco, California: One clerk, at one thousand 
four hundred dollars; two clerks, additional, for duty in the Philip¬ 
pines—one in Pay and one in Quartermaster’s Department, at one 
thousand four hundred dollars each; 

In the office of the assistant quartermaster, Philadelphia, Pennsyl¬ 
vania: One clerk, at one thousand four hundred dollars; one messen¬ 
ger, at one dollar and seventy-five cents per diem; 

In all, for pay of civil force, twenty-five thousand four hundred and 
thirty-six dollars and twenty-three cents, and the money herein specifi¬ 
cally appropriated for pay of the Marine Corps shall be disbursed and 
accounted for in accordance with existing law as pay of the Marine 
Corps, and for that purpose shall constitute one fund; 

In all, pay Marine Corps, one million eight hundred and thirty-one 
thousand one hundred and twenty-nine dollars and twenty-three cents. 

Provisions, Marine Corps: For noncommissioned officers, musi¬ 
cians, and privates serving ashore, for commutation of rations to 
enlisted men regularly detailed as clerks and messengers, for payment 
of board and lodging of recruiting parties, transportation of provisions 
and for ice for preservation thereof, four hundred and forty-five thou¬ 
sand and seventy-one dollars and fifty cents; and no law shall be con¬ 
strued to entitle marines on shore duty to any rations, or commutation 
thereof, other than such as now are or may hereafter be allowed to 
enlisted men in the Army: Provided , however , That when it is impracti¬ 
cable or the expense is found greater to supply marines serving on shore 
duty in the island possessions and on foreign stations with the army 
ration, such marines may be allowed the navy ration or commutation 
therefor. 


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NAVAL APPROPRIATION LAWS. 


Clothing, Marine Corps: For noncommissioned officers, musicians, 
and privates authorized by law, three hundred and eighty-two thou¬ 
sand dollars. 

Fuel, Marine Corps: For heating barracks and quarters, for 
ranges and stoves for cooking, fuel for enlisted men, for sal^s to offi¬ 
cers, maintaining electric lights, and for hot-air closets, thirty-five 
thousand dollars. 

Military stores, Marine Corps: For pay of chief armorer, at 
three dollars per day; three mechanics, at two dollars and fifty cents 
each per day; for purchase of military equipments, such as rifles, 
revolvers, cartridge boxes, bayonet scabbards, haversacks, blanket 
bags, knapsacks, canteens, musket slings, swords, drums, trumpets, 
flags, waist belts, waist plates, cartridge belts, sashes for officer of 
the day, spare parts for repairing muskets, purchase and repair of 
tents and field ovens, purchase and repair of instruments for band, 
purchase of music and musical accessories, purchase and marking of 
medals for excellence in gunnery and rifle practice, good-conduct 
badges; for incidental expenses of the school of application, purchase 
of signal equipment and stores, for the establishment and maintenance 
of targets and ranges, and renting ranges, and for procuring, pre¬ 
serving, and handling ammunition and other necessary military sup¬ 
plies, fifty thousand two hundred and ninety-seven dollars. 

Transportation and Recruiting, Marine Corps: For transporta¬ 
tion of troops, including ferriage, and the expense of the recruiting 
service, one hundred and ten thousand dollars. 

For repairs of barracks, Marine Corps: Repairs and improve¬ 
ments to barracks and quarters at Portsmouth, New Hampshire; 
Boston, Massachusetts; Newport, Rhode Island; New York, New York; 
League Island, Pennsylvania; Annapolis, Maryland; headquarters and 
navy-yard, District of Columbia; Norfolk, Virginia; Port Royal, South 
Carolina; Pensacola, Florida; Dry Tortugas, Florida; Mare Island, 
California; Bremerton, Washington; and Sitka, Alaska; for the rent¬ 
ing, leasing, improvement, and erection of buildings in Porto Rico, 
the Philippine Islands, at Guam, and at such other places as the public 
exigencies require; and for per diem to enlisted men employed under 
the direction of the Quartermaster’s Department on the repair of bar¬ 
racks, quarters, and other public buildings, forty-five thousand dollars. 

For rent of building used for manufacture of clothing, storing of 
supplies, and office of assistant quartermaster, Philadelphia, Pennsyl¬ 
vania, five thousand five hundred dollars. 

Forage, Marine Corps: For forage in kind for horses of the quar¬ 
termasters’ department, and the authorized number of officers’ horses, 
eleven thousand dollars. 

Hire of quarters, Marine Corps : For hire of quarters for officers 
serving with troops where there are no public quarters belonging to 
the Government, and where there are not sufficient quarters possessed 
by the United States to accommodate them; for hire of quarters for 
enlisted men employed as clerks and messengers in the offices of t*he 
commandant, adjutant and inspector, paymaster, and quartermaster, 
and the offices of the assistant adjutant and inspector, the assistant 
paymaster, and the assistant quartermasters, at twenty-one dollars 
each per month, and for enlisted men employed as messengers in said 
offices, at ten dollars each per month, twenty thousand seven hundred 
and forty-eight dollars. 


NAVAL APPROPRIATION LAWS. 


395 


Contingent, Marine Corps: For freight, tolls, cartage, advertis¬ 
ing, washing of bed sacks, mattress covers, pillowcases, towels, and 
sheets, funeral expenses of marines, stationery and other paper, tele¬ 
graphing, rent of telephones, purchase and repair of typewriters, 
apprehension of stragglers and deserters, per diem of enlisted men 
employed on constant labor for a period of not less than ten days, 
employment of civilian labor, repair of gas and water fixtures, office 
and barracks furniture, camp and garrison equipage and implements, 
mess utensils for enlisted men, such as bowls, plates, spoons, knives, 
and forks, tin cups, pans, and pots, and so forth; packing boxes, 
wrapping paper, oilcloth, crash, rope, twine, quarantine fees, camphor 
and carbolized paper, carpenters’ tools, tools for police purposes, iron 
safes, purchase and repair of public wagons, purchase ana repair of 
public harness, purchase of public horses, services of veterinary sur¬ 
geons and medicines for public horses, purchase and repair of hose, pur¬ 
chase and repair of fire extinguishers, purchase of fire hand grenades, 
purchase and repair of carts, wheelbarrows, and lawn mowers; pur¬ 
chase and repair of cooking stoves, ranges, stoves, and furnaces where 
there are no grates; purchase of ice, towels, soap, combs, and brushes 
for offices; postage stamps for foreign postage; purchase of books, news¬ 
papers, and periodicals; improving parade grounds, repair of pumps 
and wharves, laying drain, water, and gas pipes, water, introducing 
gas, and for gas, gas oil, and introduction and maintenance of electric 
lights; straw for bedding, mattresses, mattress covers, pillows, sheets; 
wire bunk bottoms for enlisted men at various posts; furniture for 
Government quarters and repair of same, and for all emergencies and 
extraordinary expenses arising at home and abroad, but impossible to 
anticipate or classify, one hundred and three thousand seven hundred 
dollars. 

PUBLIC WORKS—MARINE CORPS. 

Barracks and Quarters, Marine Corps: Construction of a fireproof 
marine barracks, navy-yard, Norfolk, Virginia, and necessary sewer¬ 
age and grading, one hundred thousand dollars; construction of a 
veranda on enlisted men’s quarters, navy-yard, Pensacola, Florida, 
three thousand five hundred dollars; installation of an electric lighting 
plant, marine barracks, navy-yard, New York, New York, three thou¬ 
sand five hundred dollars; installation of electric lights, marine bar¬ 
racks, navy-yard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, one thousand dollars; 
improvements, sewers, plumbing, and so forth, marine barracks, 
navy-yard, Boston, Massachusetts, one thousand five hundred dollars; 
construction of a marine barracks, naval training station, San Fran¬ 
cisco, California, thirty thousand dollars; officers’ quarters, Sitka, 
Alaska, erection of officers’ quarters at Sitka, Alaska, two thousand 
five hundred dollars, and the unexpended appropriations of two thou¬ 
sand five hundred dollars authorized in Act of June tenth, eighteen hun¬ 
dred and ninety-six, and one thousand dollars authorized in Act of June 
seventh, nineteen hundred, respectively, are hereby reappropriated for 
the erection of officers’ quarters at Sitka, Alaska, two thousand five 
hundred dollars; for the erection of light frame buildings for the 
accommodation and protection of officers and enlisted men of the 
Marine Corps stationed on the island of Culebra, Porto Rico, five 
thousand dollars; in all, public works under Marine Corps, one hun¬ 
dred and forty-seven thousand dollars. 


396 


NAVAL APPROPRIATION LAWS. 


All contracts of the Carnegie Steel Company, Limited, heretofore 
made between it and the United States, shall be completed by its suc¬ 
cessor, the Carnegie Steel Company, or its lawful successor, which has 
acquired and assumed, or may acquire and assume, all of its assets and 
all of its liabilities under the said contracts. And the said Carnegie 
Steel Company, or its lawful successor, upon giving security in proper 
form and amount, conditioned for the performance by it of the said 
contracts according to the true intent and meaning thereof, shall be 
substituted therein for the said Carnegie Steel Company, Limited, and 
be entitled to exercise all rights thereunder which the said Carnegie 
Steel Company, Limited, had or would have had if it had continued in 
existence. 

INCREASE OF THE NAVY. 

That for the purpose of further increasing the naval establishment 
of the United States, the President is hereby authorized to have con¬ 
structed by contract two first-class battle ships carrying the heaviest 
armor and most powerful ordnance for vessels of their class upon a trial 
displacement of not more than sixteen thousand tons, and to have the 
highest practicable speed and great radius of action, and to cost, exclu¬ 
sive of armor and armament, not exceeding four million two hundred 
and twelve thousand dollars each; two first-class armored cruisers of not 
more than fourteen thousand five hundred tons trial displacement, 
carrying the heaviest armor and most powerful armament for vessels 
of their class, and to have the highest practicable speed and great 
radius of action, and to cost, exclusive of armor and armament, not 
exceeding four million six hundred and fift}^-nine thousand dollars 
each; two gunboats of about one thousand tons trial displacement, to cost, 
when built, exclusive of armament, not exceeding three hundred and 
eighty-two thousand dollars each, and the contract for the con¬ 
struction of each of said vessels shall be awarded, by the Secretary 
of the Navy, to the lowest best responsible bidder, having in view 
the best results and most expeditious delivery; and in the construc¬ 
tion of all of said vessels the provisions of the Act of August third, 
eighteen hundred and eighty-six, entitled u An Act to increase the 
naval establishment,” as to materials for said vessels, their engines, 
boilers, and machinery, the contracts under which they are built, the 
notice of any proposals for the same, the plans, drawings, specifica¬ 
tions therefor, and the method of executing said contracts shall be 
observed and followed, and, subject to the provisions of this Act, all 
said vessels shall be built in compliance with the terms of said Act, and 
in all their parts shall be of domestic machinery; and the steel material 
shall be of domestic manufacture, and of the quality and characteristics 
best adapted to the various purposes for which it may be used, in accord¬ 
ance with specifications approved by the Secretary of the Navy; and 
not more than two of the six battle ships, armored cruisers, and gun¬ 
boats provided for in this Act shall be built by one contracting party. 

One battle ship or one armored cruiser herein provided for shall be 
built on or near the coast of the Pacific Ocean or the waters connecting 
therewith; but if it shall appear to the satisfaction of the President 
from the bidding for such contracts that said vessel can not be con¬ 
structed on or near the coast of the Pacific Ocean at a cost not exceed¬ 
ing four per centum above the lowest accepted bid for the corresponding 
vessel provided for in this Act, he shall authorize the construction of 


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said vessel elsewhere in the United States, subject to the limitations as 
to cost hereinbefore provided: Provided , That the Secretary of the 
Navy shall build one of the battle ships authorized by this Act in such 
navy-yard as he may designate: Provided , further. That the Secretary 
of the Navy shall build all the vessels herein authorized in such navy- 
yards as he may designate, should it reasonably appear that the persons, 
firms or corporations or the agents thereof, bidding for the construc¬ 
tion of any of said vessels, have entered into any combination, agree¬ 
ment or understanding, the effect, object or purpose of which is to 
deprive the Government of fair, open and unrestricted competition 
in letting contracts for the construction of any of said vessels. 

The Secretary of the Navy is hereby instructed to keep an accurate 
account of the cost of inspection and construction of vessels provided 
for in this Act, whether built in Government yards or by contract, and 
report thereon to Congress, at each session, the progress of work and 
cost thereof, including the inspection of all the material goinginto the 
construction of said vessels, and, upon the completion thereof, to 
report a full and detailed statement showing the relative cost of inspec¬ 
tion and construction in Government yards and by contract. And for 
the purpose of preparing and equipping such navy-yard or navy-yards 
as may be so designated for the construction of any such vessels, the 
sum of one hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars, or so much 
thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated for each of the 
navy-yards in which the Secretary of the Navy may direct any such 
vessels to be built. 

Construction and machinery: On account of the hulls and outfits 
of vessels and steam machinery of vessels heretofore authorized, thir¬ 
teen million three hundred and three thousand and ten dollars. 

Armor and armament: Toward the armament and armor of domes¬ 
tic manufacture for the vessels heretofore authorized, nine million 
dollars. 

Equipment: Toward the completion of the equipment outfit of the 
new vessels authorized, four hundred thousand dollars. 

Approved, July 1, 1902. 

S. Doc. 100-26 


FIFTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION—MARCH 3, 1903. 

[Public— No. 160.] 

An Act Making appropriations for the naval service for the fiscal 
year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and four, and for other purposes. 

Be it enacted by tJui Senate and House of Representatives of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled , That the following sums be, 
and they are hereby, appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the 
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the naval service of the 
Government for the year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and 
four, and for other purposes. 


PAY OF THE NAVY. 

Pay and allowances prescribed by law of officers on sea duty; officers 
on shore and other duty; officers on waiting orders; officers on the 
retired list; clerks to commandants of yards and stations; clerks to 
paymasters at yards and stations; general storekeepers; receiving ships 
and other vessels; commutation of quarters for officers on shore not 
occupying public quarters, including boatswains, gunners, carpenters, 
sailmakers, warrant machinists, pharmacists, and mates, and also naval 
constructors and assistant naval constructors; pay of enlisted men on 
the retired list; extra pay to men reenlisting under honorable discharge; 
interest on deposits by men; pay of petty officers, seamen, landsmen, 
and apprentices, including men in the engineers’ force, and men 
detailed for duty with Naval Militia, and for the Fish Commission, 
twenty-eight thousand five hundred men, the three thousand additional 
men herein authorized may be recruited upon the passage of this Act, 
and two thousand five hundred apprentices under training at training 
stations and on board training ships, at the pay prescribed by law, 
seventeen million seven hundred and six thousand and ninety-nine 
dollars. 

PAY, MISCELLANEOUS. 


For commissions and interest; transportation of funds; exchange; 
mileage to officers while traveling under orders in the United States, 
and for actual personal expenses of officers while traveling abroad under 
orders, and for traveling expenses of civilian employees, and for actual 
and necessary traveling expenses of midshipmen while proceeding from 
their homes to the Naval Academy for examination and appointment 
as midshipmen; for rent and furniture of buildings and offices not in 
navy-yards; expenses of courts-martial, prisoners and prisons, and 
courts of inquiry, boards of inspection, examining boards, with clerks’ 
and witnesses’ fees, and traveling expenses and costs; stationery and 
recording; expenses of purchasing-paymasters’ offices of the various 
cities, including clerks, furniture, fuel, stationery, and incidental 
expenses; newspapers and advertising; foreign postage; telegraphing, 
foreign and domestic; telephones; copying; care of library, including 
the purchase of books, photographs, prints, manuscripts, and period¬ 
icals; ferriage, tolls, and express fees; costs of suits; commissions, 
warrants, diplomas, and discharges; relief of vessels in distress; recovery 

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of valuables from shipwrecks; quarantine expenses; reports; profes¬ 
sional investigation; cost of special instruction, at home and abroad, in 
maintenance of students and attaches and information from abroad, and 
the collection and classification thereof, and other necessary and inci¬ 
dental expenses, six hundred thousand dollars. 

Contingent, Navy: For all emergencies and extraordinary expenses, 
exclusive of personal services in the Navy Department or any of its 
subordinate bureaus or the offices at Washington, District of Columbia, 
arising at home or abroad, but impossible to be anticipated or classi¬ 
fied, to be expended on the approval and authority of the Secretary 
of the Navy and for such purposes as he ma}^ deem proper, fifteen 
thousand dollars. 

EMERGENCY FUND, NAVY DEPARTMENT. 

To meet unforeseen contingencies for the maintenance of the Navy 
constantly arising, to be expended at the discretion of the President, 
twenty-five thousand dollars. 

BUREAU OF NAVIGATION. 

Transportation, recruiting, and contingent: Transportation: 
For the transportation of enlisted men and apprentices at home and 
abroad; transportation and subsistence en route to their homes, if resi¬ 
dents of the United States, of enlisted men and apprentices discharged 
on medical survey; transportation and subsistence en route to the 
places of enlistment, if residents of the United States, of enlisted men 
and apprentices discharged on account of expiration of enlistment; 
apprehension and delivery of deserters and stragglers, and for railway 
guides and other expenses incident to transportation, two hundred and 
twenty-one thousand four hundred and twenty-nine dollars. 

Recruiting: Expenses of recruiting for the naval service; rent of 
rendezvous and expenses of maintaining the same; advertising for and 
obtaining men and apprentices, and all other expenses attending the 
recruiting for the naval service, eighty-eight thousand five hundred 
and seventy-one dollars. 

Contingent: Freight, telegraphing on public business, postage on 
letters sent abroad, ferriage, ice, continuous-service certificates, dis¬ 
charges, good-conduct badges and medals for men and boys, books for 
training apprentices and landsmen, maintenance of gunnery and other 
training classes, packing boxes and materials, and other contingent 
expenses and emergencies arising under cognizance of the Bureau of 
Navigation unforeseen and impossible to classify, twenty-seven thou¬ 
sand six hundred and seventy-nine dollars. 

Gunnery exercises: Prizes for excellence in gunnery exercises and 
target practice; diagrams and reports of target practice; for the estab¬ 
lishment and maintenance of targets and ranges; for hiring established 
ranges, and for transportation to and from ranges, one hundred and 
twenty thousand dollars. 

Outfits on first enlistment: Outfits for all enlisted men and 
apprentices of the Navy on first enlistment, ten thousand men and 
apprentices, at forty-five dollars each, four hundred and fifty thousand 
dollars. 

Maintenance of colliers: Pay, transportation, shipping, and sub- 


NAVAL APPROPRIATION LAWS. 


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sistence of civilian officers and crews of naval colliers, and all expenses 
connected with naval colliers employed in emergencies which can not 
be paid from other appropriations, two hundred and twenty-nine thou¬ 
sand five hundred dollars. 

Naval training station, California: Maintenance of naval appren¬ 
tice training station, Yerba Buena Island, California, namely: Labor 
and material; buildings and wharves; general care, repairs, and improve¬ 
ments of grounds, buildings, and wharves; wharfage, ferriage, and 
street-car fare; purchase and maintenance of live stock, and attendance 
on same; wagons, carts, implements, and tools, and repairs to same; 
fire engines and extinguishers; boats and gymnastic implements; models 
and other articles needed in instruction of apprentices; printing outfit 
and materials, and maintenance of same; heating, lighting, and furni¬ 
ture; stationery, books, and periodicals; fresh water, ice, and washing; 
freight and expressage; packing boxes and materials; postage and tele¬ 
graphing; telephones and all other contingent expenses, forty thousand 
dollars. 

Naval training station, Rhode Island: Maintenance of naval 
apprentice training station, Coasters Harbor Island, Rhode Island, 
namely: Labor and material; buildings and wharves; dredging chan¬ 
nels; extending sea wall; repairs to causeway and sea wall; general 
care, repairs, and improvements of grounds, buildings, and wharves; 
wharfage, ferriage, and street-car fare; purchase and maintenance of 
live stock, and attendance on same; wagons, carts, implements, and 
tools, and repairs to same; fire engines and extinguishers; boats and 
gymnastic implements; models and other articles needed in instruction 
of apprentices; printing outfit and materials, and maintenance of same; 
heating, lighting, and furniture; books, tools, and necessary appliances 
for petty officers’ school; stationery, books, and periodicals; fresh 
water, ice, and washing; freight and expressage; packing boxes and 
materials; postage and telegraphing; telephones, and all other contin¬ 
gent expenses, fifty-five thousand dollars. 

Naval War College, Rhode Island: For maintenance of the 
Naval War College on Coasters Harbor Island, and care of grounds 
for same, eight thousand dollars; one draftsman, at one thousand two 
hundred dollars per year; services of a lecturer on international law, 
to be immediately available, one thousand dollars; services of civilian 
lecturers rendered at the War College, to be immediately available, six 
hundred dollars; purchase of books of reference, four hundred dollars; 
in all, eleven thousand two hundred dollars. 

Naval Home, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: One superintendent 
of grounds, at seven hundred and twenty dollars; one steward, at four 
hundred and eighty dollars; one matron, at three hundred and sixty 
dollars; one chief cook, at three hundred and sixty dollars; one 
assistant cook, at two hundred and forty dollars; one assistant cook, 
at one hundred and eighty dollars; one chief laundress, at one hundred 
and ninety-two dollars; five laundresses, at one hundred and sixty-eight 
dollars each; four scrubbers, at one hundred and sixty-eight dollars 
each; one head waitress, at one hundred and ninety-two dollars; 
eight waitresses, at one hundred and sixty-eight dollars each; one 
kitchen servant, at two hundred dollars; eight laborers, at two hun¬ 
dred and forty dollars each; one stable keeper and driver, at three 
hundred and sixty dollars; one master at arms, at four hundred 
and eighty dollars; two house corporals, at three hundred dollars 


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each; one barber, at three hundred and sixty dollars; one carpenter, 
at eight hundred and forty-five dollars; one painter, at eight hundred 
and forty-five dollars; one engineer fo.r elevator and machinery, six 
hundred^ dollars; three laborers, at three hundred and sixty dollars 
each; three laborers, at three hundred dollars each; total for employees, 
thirteen thousand seven hundred and seventy dollars. Miscellaneous: 
Water rent and lighting, two thousand one hundred dollars; cemetery, 
including the sum of nine hundred and nineteen dollars, to put the 
Government plot in Mount Moriah Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsyl¬ 
vania, in proper condition, and for its care during the fiscal year end¬ 
ing June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and four, burial expenses, and 
headstones, one thousand two hundred and sixty-nine dollars; improve¬ 
ment of grounds, seven hundred and eighty dollars; repairs to build¬ 
ings, boilers, furnaces, furniture, eight thousand dollars; music in 
chapel, six hundred dollars; transportation of indigent and destitute 
beneficiaries to the Naval Home, one hundred dollars; support of bene¬ 
ficiaries, fifty thousand seven hundred and twenty-five dollars; in all, 
for Naval Home, sevent}^-seven thousand three hundred and forty-four 
dollars; which sum shall be paid out of the income from the naval 
pension fund. 

BUREAU OF ORDNANCE. 

Ordnance and ordnance stores: For procuring, producing, pre¬ 
serving, and handling ordnance material; for the armament of ships; 
for fuel, material, and labor to be used in the general work of the 
Ordnance Department; for watchmen at magazines, powder factory 
and powder depots; for furniture in ordnance buildings at navy-yards 
and stations; for maintenance of the proving ground and powder 
factory; and for target practice, one million five hundred thousand 
dollars: Provided , That the unexpended balances remaining in the 
Treasury on June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and three, from the 
appropriations “Ordnance and ordnance stores,” nineteen hundred and 
nineteen hundred and one, or so much thereof as may be necessary, 
are hereby reappropriated and made available during the fiscal year 
ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and four, for expenditure in 
fulfillment of contracts heretofore made and properly chargeable to 
said appropriations. 

Reserve supply of ammunition, five hundred thousand dollars. 

Conversion of ordinary six-inch guns to rapid fire, twenty-five thou¬ 
sand dollars. 

Purchase and manufacture of smokeless powder, five hundred thou¬ 
sand dollars. 

To enlarge smokeless-powder factory at Indian Head, Maryland, 
fifty-five thousand dollars. 

New and improved battery for the New York, one hundred thousand 
dollars. 

Navy-yard, Washington, District of Columbia: New boiler plant, 
including foundations, economizers, conduits, connections, and auxil¬ 
iaries for proposed power house, eighty thousand dollars. 

New and improved machinery for existing shops, fifty thousand 
dollars. 

Extension of steel-casting plant, five thousand dollars. 

Converting large gun lathes from steam to electric drive, twenty- 
five thousand dollars. 


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Torpedo station, Newport, Rhode Island: For labor, material, 
freight, and express charges; general care of and repairs to grounds, 
buildings, and wharves; boats, instruction, instruments, tools, furni- 
ture, experiments, and general torpedo outfits, sixty-five thousand 
dollars. * 

Arming and equipping Naval Militia: For arms, accouterments, 
signal outfits, boats and their equipment, repairs to vessels loaned to 
States in accordance with law, and the printing or purchase of the neces¬ 
sary books of instruction for the Naval Militia of the various States, 
under such regulations as the Secretary of the Navy may prescribe, 
sixty thousand dollars. 

Repairs, Bureau of Ordnance: For necessary repairs to ordnance 
buildings, magazines, gun parks, boats, lighters, wharves, machinery, 
and other items of like character, thirty thousand dollars. 

Miscellaneous, Bureau of Ordnance: For miscellaneous items, 
namely: Freight to foreign and home stations, advertising, cartage 
and express charges; expenses of light and water at magazines and 
stations; tolls, ferriage, foreign postage, and telegrams to and from the 
Bureau, technical books, and incidental expenses attending inspection 
of ordnance material, seventy-five thousand dollars. 

Civil establishment, Bureau of Ordnance: Navy-yard, Ports¬ 
mouth, New Hampshire: For one writer, at one thousand dollars; 

Navy-yard, Boston, Massachusetts: For one writer, at one thousand 
dollars; 

Navy-yard, New York, New York: For one clerk, at one thousand 
four hundred dollars; 

Navy-yard, League Island, Pennsylvania: For one clerk, at one 
thousand two hundred dollars; 

Navy-yard, Washington, District of Columbia: For one chemist, at 
two thousand five hundred dollars; two foremen of gun factory, at 
two thousand two hundred dollars each; one ordnance engineer and 
computing draftsman for gun factory, three thousand dollars; one 
chief clerk, at one thousand six hundred dollars; one clerk, at one 
thousand four hundred dollars; one clerk, at one thousand two hun¬ 
dred dollars; one clerk, at one thousand one hundred dollars; three 
writers, at one thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents 
each; one draftsman, at one thousand eight hundred dollars; three 
draftsmen, at one thousand and eighty-one dollars each; one assistant 
draftsman, at seven hundred and seventy-two dollars; two copyists, at 
seven hundred and twenty dollars each; one telegraph operator and 
copyist, at one thousand dollars; in all, twenty-six thousand five hun¬ 
dred and six dollars and seventy-five cents; 

Navy-yard, Norfolk, Virginia: For one clerk, at one thousand two 
hundred dollars; 

Navy-yard, Mare Island, California: For one clerk, at one thousand 
two hundred dollars; 

Naval proving ground, Indian Head, Maryland: For one clerk, at 
one thousand two hundred dollars; one foreman of powder factory, 
two thousand dollars; one chemist for powder factory, two thousand 
five hundred dollars; one assistant chemist for powder factory, one 
thousand six hundred dollars; 

Naval torpedo station, Newport, Rhode Island: For one chemist, at 
two thousand five hundred dollars; one clerk, at one thousand two 
hundred dollars; one draftsman, at one thousand five hundred dollars; 
in all, five thousand two hundred dollars; 


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In all, civil establishment, Bureau of Ordnance, forty-six thousand 
and six dollars and seventy-five cents; and no other fund appropriated 
by this Act shall be used in payment for such service. 

BUREAU OF EQUIPMENT. 

Equipment of vessels: For hemp, wire, iron, and other materials 
for the manufacture of cordage, anchors, cables, galleys, and chains; 
canvas for the manufacture of sails, awnings, hammocks, and other 
work; water for all purposes on board naval vessels, including the 
expenses of transportation and storage of the same; stationery for 
chaplains, commanding and navigating officers of ships, equipment 
officers on shore and afloat, and for the use of courts-martial on board 
ship; the removal and transportation of ashes from ships of war; 
interior appliances and tools for equipment buildings in navy-yards 
and naval stations; supplies for seamen’s quarters; and for the pur¬ 
chase of all other articles of equipment at home and abroad, and for 
the payment of labor in equipping vessels and manufacture of equip¬ 
ment articles in the several nav 3 ^-yards; all pilotage and towage of 
ships of war; canal tolls, wharfage, dock, and port charges, and other 
necessary incidental expenses of a similar nature; services and mate¬ 
rials in repairing, correcting, adjusting, and testing compasses on shore 
and on board ship; nautical and astronomical instruments, and repairs 
to same; libraries for ships of war; professional books and papers, 
and drawings and engravings for signal books; naval signals and 
apparatus, namely, signals, lights, lanterns, rockets, and running 
lights; compass fittings, including binnacles, tripods, and other 
appendages of ships’ compasses; logs and other appliances for meas¬ 
uring the ship’s way, and leads and other appliances for sounding; 
lanterns and lamps, and their appendages for general use on board ship 
for illuminating purposes, and oil and candles used in connection 
therewith; bunting and other materials for making and repairing flags 
of all kinds; photographs, photographic instruments, and materials; 
musical instruments and music; installing, maintaining, and repairing 
interior and exterior signal communications and all electrical appli¬ 
ances of whatsoever nature on board naval vessels, except range 
finders, battle order and range transmitters and indicators, and motors 
and their controlling apparatus used to operate the machinery belong¬ 
ing to other bureaus, two million seven hundred and fifty thousand 
dollars. 

Coal and transportation: Purchase of coal for steamers’ and ships’ 
use and other equipment purposes, including expenses of transporta¬ 
tion, storage, and handling the same, two million five hundred thousand 
dollars. 

Contingent, Bureau of Equipment: For freight and transportation 
of equipment stores, packing boxes and materials, printing, advertising, 
telegraphing, books, and models; stationery; furniture for equipment 
offices in navy-yards; postage on letters sent abroad; ferriage, ice, 
and emergencies arising under cognizance of the Bureau of Equipment 
unforeseen and impossible to classify, thirty-five thousand dollars. 

Ocean and lake survefs: Hydrographic surveys, and for the pur¬ 
chase of nautical books, charts, and sailing directions, and freight and 
express charges on the same, one hundred thousand dollars. 


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Civil Establishment, Bureau of Equipment: Navy-yard, Ports¬ 
mouth, New Hampshire: For one clerk, at one thousand two hundred 
dollars; one writer, nine hundred and fifty dollars; in all, two thousand 
one hundred and fifty dollars; 

Navy-yard, Boston, Massachusetts: For one superintendent of rope- 
walk, at one thousand eight hundred and seventy-five dollars; one 
clerk, at one thousand four hundred dollars; one clerk, at one thousand 
three hundred dollars; one clerk, at one thousand two hundred dollars; 
two writers, at nine hundred and fifty dollars each; in all, seven 
thousand six hundred and seventy-five dollars; 

Navy-yard, New York, New York: For one clerk, at one thousand 
four hundred dollars; one clerk, at one thousand two hundred dollars; 
two writers, at nine hundred and fifty dollars each; one clerk in charge 
of distribution of books, at one thousand two hundred dollars; in all, 
five thousand seven hundred dollars; 

Navy-yard, League Island, Pennsylvania: For one clerk, at one 
thousand four hundred dollars; one clerk, at one thousand dollars; 
in all, two thousand four hundred dollars; 

Navy-yard, Norfolk, Virginia: For two clerks, at one thousand two 
hundred dollars each; one writer, at nine hundred and fifty dollars; 
in all, three thousand three hundred and fifty dollars; 

Navy-yard, Mare Island, California: For one clerk, at one thousand 
two hundred dollars; one clerk, at one thousand dollars; one writer, 
at nine hundred and fifty dollars; in all, three thousand one hundred 
and fifty dollars; 

Navy-yard, Washington, District of Columbia: For one clerk, who 
shall also perform the clerical duties for the board of labor employ¬ 
ment at said navy-yard, one thousand six hundred dollars; 

Cavite, Philippine Islands: For one electrician, at five dollars and 
four cents per diem; one clerk, at one thousand dollars; in all, two 
thousand five hundred and seventy-seven dollars and fifty-two cents; 

Navy-yard, Pensacola, Florida: One clerk, one thousand dollars; 

Naval station, Port Royal, South Carolina: One clerk, one thousand 
dollars; 

Naval station, Key West, Florida: One clerk, one thousand dollars; 

Navy-yard, Puget Sound, Washington: One clerk, one thousand 
dollars; one clerk, one thousand dollars; in all, two thousand dollars. 

In all, civil establishment, Bureau of Equipment, thirty-three thou¬ 
sand six hundred and two dollars and fifty-two cents. 

BUREAU OF YARDS AND DOCKS. 

Maintenance of yards and docks: For general maintenance of 
yards and docks, namely: For freight, transportation of materials and 
stores; books, maps, models, and drawings; purchase and repair of 
fire engines; fire apparatus and plants; machinery; purchase and 
maintenance of oxen, horses, and driving teams; carts, timber wheels, 
and all vehicles for use in the navy-yards; tools and repairs of the 
same; postage on letters and other mailable matter on public service 
sent to foreign countries, and telegrams; stationery; furniture for 
Government houses and offices in navy-yards; coal and other fuel; 
candles, oil, and gas; attendance on light and power plants; cleaning 
and clearing up yards and care of buildings; attendance on fires, lights, 


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fire engines, and fire apparatus and plants; incidental labor at navy- 
yards; water tax, tolls, and ferriage; pay of watchmen in navy-yards; 
awnings and packing boxes, and advertising for yards and docks and 
other purposes; and for rent of wharf and storehouse at Erie, Penn¬ 
sylvania, for use and accommodation of United States steamer Michi¬ 
gan, and for pay of employees on leave, six hundred thousand dollars. 

Contingent, Bureau of Yards and Docks: For contingent 
expenses that may arise at navy-yards and stations, forty thousand 
dollars. 

Civil establishment, Bureau of Yards and Docks: Navy-yard, 
Portsmouth, New Hampshire: For one clerk, at one thousand four 
hundred dollars; one mail messenger, at two dollars per diem, including 
Sundays; one messenger, at six hundred dollars; one foreman laborer 
and head teamster, at four dollars per diem, including Sundays; one 
janitor, at six hundred dollars; one pilot, at three dollars per diem, 
including Sundays; one draftsman, at four dollars per diem; one elec¬ 
trician, one thousand two hundred dollars; in all, eight thousand three 
hundred and fifty dollars; 

Navy-yard, Boston, Massachusetts: For one clerk, at one thousand 
four hundred dollars; one foreman laborer, at four dollars per diem; 
one messenger to commandant, at two dollars per diem; one messenger, 
at two dollars per diem; one mail messenger, at two dollars per diem, 
including Sundays; one writer, at one thousand and seventeen dollars 
and twenty-five cents; one draftsman, at five dollars per diem; one 
master of tugs, at one thousand two hundred dollars; one electrician, 
at one thousand four hundred dollars; in all, nine thousand eight 
hundred and thirty-one dollars and twenty-five cents; 

Navv-vard, New York, New York: For one clerk, at one thousand 
four hundred dollars; one writer, at one thousand and seventeen dol¬ 
lars and twenty-five cents; one yard pilot, two thousand dollars; two 
masters of tugs, at one thousand five hundred dollars each; two writers, 
at one thousand eight hundred dollars; one foreman laborer, at four 
dollars and fifty cents per diem; one mail messenger, at two dollars 
per diem, including Sundays; two messengers, at two dollars and 
twenty-five cents per diem each; one draftsman, at five dollars per 
diem; one quarterman, at three dollars per diem; one superintendent 
of teams, or quarterman, at four dollars per diem; one messenger to 
commandant, at two dollars and twenty-five cents per diem, including 
Sundays; one messenger, yards and docks, at two dollars and twenty- 
five cents per diem; one stenographer and typewriter, at three dollars 
and twenty-six cents per diem; one electrician, at one thousand four 
hundred dollars; one bookkeeper, or accountant, at one thousand two 
hundred dollars; in all, twenty-one thousand six hundred and ninety- 
six dollars and eighty-nine cents; 

Naval station, Sacketts Harbor, New York: For one ship keeper, at 
three hundred and sixty-six dollars per annum; 

Navy-yard, League Island, Pennsylvania: For one clerk, at one 
thousand four hundred dollars; one writer and telegraph operator, at 
one thousand dollars; one messenger, at two dollars per diem; one 
foreman laborer, at four dollars per diem; one master of tugs, at one 
thousand two hundred dollars; one draftsman, at five dollars per 
diem; one electrician, at one thousand two hundred dollars; one mail 
messenger, at two dollars per diem, including Sundays; one master of 


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tugs, at one thousand dollars; in all, nine thousand nine hundred and 
eighty-six dollars; 

Navy-yard, Washington, District of Columbia: For one clerk, at 
one thousand four hundred dollars; one messenger, at two dollars per 
diem; one foreman laborer, at four dollars per diem; one electrician, 
at one thousand four hundred dollars; one writer, at one thousand 
and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents; in all, five thousand seven 
hundred and one dollars and twenty-five cents; 

Navy-yard, Norfolk, Virginia: For one clerk, at one thousand four 
hundred dollars; one writer, at one thousand and seventeen dollars and 
twenty-five cents; one writer, at one thousand dollars; one foreman 
laborer, at four dollars per diem; one electrician, at one thousand two 
hundred dollars; one mail messenger, at two dollars per diem, includ¬ 
ing Sundays; two messengers, at two dollars per diem each; one pilot, 
at two dollars and twenty-six cents per diem; one master of tugs, at 
one thousand two hundred dollars; one draftsman, one thousand five 
hundred dollars; one bookkeeper, one thousand two hundred dollars; 
in all, twelve thousand four hundred and seventy dollars and eighty- 
nine cents; 

Navy-yard, Pensacola, Florida: For one clerk, at one thousand two 
hundred dollars; one mail messenger, at two dollars per diem, includ¬ 
ing Sundays; in all, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-two dollars; 

Naval station, Port Royal, South Carolina: For one clerk, one thou¬ 
sand two hundred dollars; onerodman and inspector, three dollars per 
diem; one messenger and janitor, one dollar and fifty cents per diem; 
one master of tugs, one thousand two hundred dollars; one mail mes¬ 
senger, including Sundays, two dollars per diem; one telegraph oper¬ 
ator, including Sundays, two dollars per diem; one electrician, one 
thousand two hundred dollars; in all, six thousand five hundred and 
fifty-five dollars; 

Naval station, Key West, Florida: For one mail messenger, at six 
hundred dollars; 

Navy-yard, New Orleans, Louisiana: For one clerk, at one thousand 
two hundred dollars; one rodman and inspector, at three dollars per 
diem; one messenger and janitor, at one dollar and fifty cents per 
diem; in all, two thousand six hundred and ninety-one dollars; 

Navy-yard, Mare Island, California: For one clerk, at one thousand 
four hundred dollars; one writer, at one thousand and seventeen dol¬ 
lars and twenty-five cents; one foreman mason, at six dollars per diem; 
one foreman laborer, at five dollars and fifty cents per diem; one 
pilot, at one thousand five hundred dollars per annum; one draftsman, 
at five dollars per diem; one mail messenger, at two dollars per 
diem, including Sundays; one messenger, at two dollars per diem; 
one electrician, at one thousand four hundred dollars; one quarter- 
man joiner, at four dollars and fifty-six cents per diem; one telegraph 
operator, at three dollars and twenty-eight cents per diem; in all, four¬ 
teen thousand three hundred and twenty dollars and one cent; 

Navy-yard, Puget Sound, Washington: One clerk, at one thousand 
two hundred dollars; one draftsman, at five dollars per diem; one mes¬ 
senger and janitor, at one dollar and seventy-six cents per diem, includ¬ 
ing Sundays; one master of tugs, at one thousand two hundred dollars; 
one copyist, at nine hundred dollars; one electrician, at ope thousand 
two hundred dollars; one writer and telegraph operator, nine hundred 


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dollars; in all, seven thousand six hundred and fourteen dollars and 
sixteen cents; 

Naval station, San Juan, Porto Pico: One clerk, one thousand two 
hundred dollars; one writer, commandant’s office, nine hundred and 
sixty dollars; one mail messenger, four hundred and twenty dollars; 
in all, two thousand five hundred and eighty dollars; 

Naval station, Hawaii: One writer, at one thousand and seventeen 
dollars and twenty-five cents per annum; one messenger, at two dol¬ 
lars per diem, including Sundays; in all, one thousand seven hundred 
and forty-nine dollars and twenty-five cents; 

Naval station, Cavite, Philippine Islands: One clerk, one thousand 
two hundred dollars; one time clerk, four hundred and eighty dollars; 
one writer, three hundred and sixty dollars; one messenger, two 
hundred and forty dollars; one messenger, one hundred and eighty 
dollars; in all, two thousand four hundred and sixty dollars; 

In all, civil establishment, Bureau of Yards and Docks, one hundred 
and eight thousand nine hundred and three dollars and seventy cents, 
and no other fund appropriated by this Act shall be used in payment 
for such service. 

PUBLIC WORKS, BUREAU OF YARDS AND DOCKS, NAVY-YARDS AND 
STATIONS, NAVAL ACADEMY, AND NEW NAVAL OBSERVATORY. 

Navy-yard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire : Removal of Hender¬ 
sons Point, to complete, five hundred and forty-nine thousand dollars; 
quay wall, to extend, seventy-five thousand dollars; grading, to con¬ 
tinue, twenty-five thousand dollars; railroad and rolling stock, 
additions, eight thousand dollars; sewer systems, extensions, four 
thousand dollars; water systems, extensions, four thousand dollars; 
tools for yards and docks, additional, two thousand dollars; locomotive 
crane and track, to complete, fifty thousand dollars; electric plant, 
extensions, fifteen thousand dollars; central heating plant, extensions, 
fifteen thousand dollars; steel-plant building for construction and repair 
(to cost not to exceed one hundred and fifty thousand dollars), to con¬ 
tinue, fift} T thousand dollars; blasting in front of quay wall, twenty- 
five thousand dollars; naval prison, ninety-five thousand dollars (toward 
the construction of the naval prison herein authorized there is also 
hereby reappropriated and made available the unexpended balance of 
appropriations made by the Acts approved March third, nineteen 
hundred and one, and July first, nineteen hundred and two, under the 
general title “Public Works, Bureau of Yards and Docks,” for exten¬ 
sion of the naval prison, navy-yard, Boston, Massachusetts); in all, 
nine hundred and seventeen thousand dollars. 

Navy-yard, Boston, Massachusetts: Sewer system, extensions, 
fifteen thousand dollars; electric-light plant, extensions, fifteen thou¬ 
sand dollars; water-closets, additional, five thousand dollars; paving, 
to continue, fifty thousand dollars; drains, five thousand dollars; rail¬ 
road system, extensions, twenty-four thousand dollars; pile driver, 
six thousand five hundred dollars; tools for yards and docks, ten 
thousand dollars; paint shop for construction and repair, thirty-five 
thousand dollars; steel shears, improvements to, fifteen thousand dol¬ 
lars; refitting and improving buildings forty-two and forty-three, 
forty thousand dollars; central heating system, extensions, twenty 
thousand dollars; extension of building numbered one hundred and 


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seven, fifty thousand dollars; in all, navy-yard, Boston, two hundred 
and ninety thousand five hundred dollars. 

Naval station, New London, Connecticut: Railroad scales, two 
thousand five hundred dollars. 

Navy-yard, New York, New York: Paving and grading, to con¬ 
tinue, twenty thousand dollars; dredging, to continue, twenty-five 
thousand dollars; railroad system, extensions, fifteen thousand dollars; 
improvements to building numbered one hundred and twenty-six, 
fifteen thousand dollars; electric plant, extensions, thirty thousand 
dollars; quay wall between dry docks numbered two and three (to 
be immediately available), twenty-five thousand dollars; rebuilding 
wharves on cob dock, twenty-five thousand dollars; new roof for 
building numbered twenty-eight, twenty thousand dollars; piers, addi¬ 
tional, one hundred thousand dollars; coal bins and tracks for yards 
and docks (to be immediately available), two thousand five hundred 
dollars; extension of building numbered one hundred and sixteen, four 
thousand five hundred dollars; repairing and rebuilding crane track 
around dry dock numbered one, sixteen thousand dollars; in all, navy- 
yard, New York, New York, two hundred and ninety-eight thousand 
five hundred dollars. 

Navy-yard, League Island, Pennsylvania: To continue retaining 
wall about reserve basin, fifty thousand dollars; grading and paving, 
to continue, thirty thousand dollars; sewer system, extensions, ten 
thousand dollars; electric plant, extensions, seventy-five thousand 
dollars; railroad system, extensions, twenty thousand dollars; dredg¬ 
ing and filling in Delaware water front, to continue, twenty-five thou¬ 
sand dollars; water system, extension, twelve thousand dollars; tools 
and appliances for yards and docks, five thousand dollars; pitch house 
and oakum loft for construction and repair, five thousand two hundred 
dollars; underground conduit system, twelve thousand dollars; fire¬ 
proof vault, building numbered one, two thousand dollars; houses 
over artesian well pumps, three thousand dollars; fire-protection sys¬ 
tem, extensions, thirty-five thousand dollars; machine shop for steam 
engineering, to complete, twenty-five thousand dollars; in all, navy- 
yard, League Island, three hundred and nine thousand two hundred 
dollars. 

Navy-yard, Washington, District of Columbia: Building for 
power plant, extension, one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars; 
piled floor in storehouse for guns and mounts, twenty-seven thousand 
two hundred and forty dollars; raising floor of annex to building num¬ 
bered forty-six, two thousand dollars; grading and paving, twenty- 
five thousand dollars; coal storage and handling plant for new power 
plant, forty-five thousand dollars; in all, navy-yard, Washington, two 
hundred and twenty-four thousand two hundred and forty dollars. 

And upon the acquirement by the United States of title to all prop¬ 
erty abutting on Canal, Fifth, and N streets, and Georgia avenue, 
between the south building line of M street south and the Eastern 
Branch of the Potomac River, and between the east building line of 
Fourth street east and the west wall of the navy-yard in the city of 
Washington, District of Columbia, all portions of Canal, Fifth, and 
N streets, and Georgia avenue lying within such boundaries shall be 
abandoned and closed, and the Secretary of the Navy is authorized to 
take possession thereof, and said portions of said streets, together 
with Government reservations numbered two hundred and forty-nine 


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and two hundred and fifty lying within the same boundaries, shall be 
regarded as set apart and reserved for naval purposes. 

Navy-yard, Charleston, South Carolina: Power house and fuel 
storage for construction and repair, to complete, forty-five thousand 
dollars; machine shop for construction and repair, to complete, eighty 
thousand dollars; joiners’ shop for construction and repair, to complete, 
ninety thousand dollars; machine shop for steam engineering, sixty 
thousand dollars; power house for steam engineering, twenty-five 
thousand dollars; in all, three hundred thousand dollars: Provided , 
That the Secretary of the Navy be, and hereby is, authorized to 
reconvey to the city of Charleston, South Carolina, a small triangular 
piece of land in the northern extremity of the tract recently purchased 
by the United States for the purposes of a navy-yard in the vicinity of 
Charleston, South Carolina, containing about one-thirtieth of an acre, 
at the same rate per acre as that at which said lands were conveyed to 
the United States by the said city of Charleston. 

Navy-yard, Norfolk, Virginia: Quay wall for fitting-out basin, 
seventy-five thousand dollars; railroad tracks, extensions, five thou¬ 
sand dollars; machinery and tools for }^ards and docks, additional, three 
thousand dollars; electric capstans for dry docks, additional, five thou¬ 
sand dollars; cistern, twenty thousand dollars; landing float and slip 
for railroad cars, forty thousand dollars; improvements to storehouse 
building numbered fifteen, fifteen thousand dollars; enlarging canvas 
shed for storage of chain, thirty thousand dollars; in all, navy-yard, 
Norfolk, Virginia, one hundred and ninety-three thousand dollars. 

Naval station, Key West, Florida: Quay wall, to continue, fifty 
thousand dollars; marine railway, fifteen thousand dollars; coaling 
plant, extensions and improvements, one hundred thousand dollars; in 
all, naval station, Key West, one hundred and sixty-five thousand 
dollars. 

Navy-yard, Mare Island, California: Medical dispensary, to 
complete, two thousand dollars; repairing forty-ton crane track, six¬ 
teen thousand dollars; completing and extending timber storage, four 
thousand dollars; storage tank for oil, twelve thousand dollars; loco¬ 
motive crane, twelve thousand dollars; remodeling chain shed, four 
thousand dollars; railroad system, extensions, ten thousand dollars; 
electric plant, extensions, fifty thousand dollars; light and power sta¬ 
tion building, forty thousand dollars; moving and improving building 
numbered one hundred and thirteen, twelve thousand dollars; fittings 
for chapel, one thousand dollars; extension to electrical workshop, 
twenty-five thousand dollars; in all, navy-yard, Mare Island, one hun¬ 
dred and eighty-eight thousand dollars: Provided , That the balances 
from any appropriations for dredging be reappropriated for “ Dredg¬ 
ing or other means of deepening the channel in Mare Island Strait.” 

Navy-yard, Puget Sound, Washington: Sewer system, extensions, 
five thousand dollars; to continue grading, thirty thousand dollars; 
fire-protection system, extensions, ten thousand dollars; electric- 
light plant, extensions, three thousand dollars; telephone system, 
extensions, one thousand dollars; railroad and equipment, extensions, 
ten thousand dollars; boat shop for construction and repair, to con¬ 
tinue (to cost not to exceed one hundred and fifty thousand dollars, for 
which contract is hereby authorized), fifty thousand dollars; water- 
closets, additional, two thousand five hundred dollars; water system, 
extensions, eight thousand dollars; foundry and coppersmith’s shop, 


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to complete, fifty thousand dollars; boiler and blacksmith shop, to 
complete, fifty thousand dollars; heating system, extensions, three 
thousand dollars; extension of dry-dock boiler plant, ten thousand 
dollars; extension of general office building, five thousand dollars; two 
officers’ quarters, ten thousand dollars; sick quarters, to complete, four 
thousand two hundred dollars; locomotive crane and track about dry 
dock (to cost ninety thousand dollars), forty thousand dollars; timber 
floats and gangway bridges, two thousand dollars; garbage scow, one 
one thousand five hundred dollars; in all, navy-yard, Puget Sound, 
Washington, two hundred and ninety-five thousand two hundred 
dollars. 

Navy-yard, Pensacola, Florida: Crib for floating dry dock, ten 
thousand dollars; dredging, to continue, ten thousand dollars; electric- 
light plant, additions, three thousand dollars; building for Bureau of 
Equipment, one hundred and twenty thousand dollars; in all, navy- 
yard, Pensacola, one hundred and forty-three thousand dollars. 

Naval station, New Orleans, Louisiana: Latrines, one thousand 
eight hundred dollars; additions to floating dock, fifteen thousand dol¬ 
lars; shops for steam engineering, extension, fifty thousand dollars; 
approach to floating dry dock, ten thousand dollars; to pay award of 
condemnation suit for land, thirty-five thousand dollars; in all, naval 
station, New Orleans, Louisiana, one hundred and eleven thousand 
eight hundred dollars. 

Naval station, Tutuila : Grading and filling, to continue, twenty 
thousand dollars; waterworks and accessories, five thousand dollars; 
carpenter and blacksmith shop, five thousand dollars; mooring, shoal, 
and channel buoys, four thousand dollars; ice-making plant, five thou¬ 
sand dollars; in all, naval station, Tutuila, thirty-nine thousand dollars. 

Naval station, island of Guam : General storehouse, ten thousand 
dollars. 

Naval station, Cavite, Philippine Islands: Distilling plant, 
twenty thousand dollars; floating steel dry dock, to continue, three 
hundred thousand dollars; in all, three hundred and twenty thousand 
dollars. 

Repairs and preservation at navy-yards and stations: For 
repairs and preservation at navy-yards and stations, five hundred 
thousand dollars. 

Plans and specifications for public works : For the prepara¬ 
tion of plans and* specifications for public works, including such expert 
aids, draftsmen, writers, and copyists as the Secretary of the Navy 
may deem necessary, thirty thousand dollars. 

In all, public works, four million three hundred and thirty-six 
thousand nine hundred and forty dollars. 

Public works, Secretary’s office: For necessary expenditures 
incident to the occupation and utilization of the naval station at Guan¬ 
tanamo, Cuba, to be used for such purposes as the Secretary of the 
Navy may direct, one hundred thousand dollars. 

public works, bureau of navigation. 

Naval Academy: The limit of expenditure for the construction of 
buildings and other necessary improvements at the Academy, as set 
forth in the Act of June seventh, nineteen hundred, be, and the same 
is hereby, increased to ten million dollars, and no part of the same 


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shall hereafter be used for the purchase of land. The Secretary of 
the Navy may modify or alter all plans or estimates of cost, within 
said limit, for all such buildings and improvements, including the 
hospital and dredging authorized in the Act approved July first, nine¬ 
teen hundred and two, as he may see fit. 

Repairs, Naval Academy: For building and furnishing additional 
temporary quarters and recitation rooms and for enlarging and fur¬ 
nishing the mess hall, to be immediately available, sixty thousand 
dollars. 

That the Secretary of the Navy, the Superintendent of the Naval 
Academy, and the mayor of Annapolis, Maryland, are hereby appointed 
a commission to ascertain the sites of, and to have erected suitable 
tablets upon, the historic places within the grounds of the United 
States Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland, and the sum of five 
hundred dollars is hereby appropriated for such purpose. 

Naval training station, California (buildings) : Extension of new 
wharf, four thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; in all, four thou¬ 
sand two hundred and fifty dollars. 

Naval training station, Rhode Island (buildings): Extending 
and completing stone quay and coaling pier at southeast end of island, 
ten thousand dollars; filling in two stagnant basins, one near main 
causeway and the other adjacent to the naval hospital, four thousand 
five hundred dollars; additional barracks for the accommodation of 
apprentices and landsmen under training, with mess hall, wash room, 
and all necessary appurtenances, two hundred and seventeen thousand 
five hundred dollars; in all, naval training station, Rhode Island, two 
hundred and thirty-two thousand dollars. 

In all, Public works, Bureau of Navigation, two hundred and ninety- 
six thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars. 

public works, bureau of ordnance. 

New England Naval Magazine: The Secretary of the Navy is 
hereby directed to appoint a board of naval officers, whose duty it 
shall be to recommend a site or sites for one naval magazine on the 
New England coast, north of Cape Cod, suitable for the use of the 
Boston and Portsmouth navy-yards; and, if upon private land, to esti¬ 
mate its value and ascertain as nearly as practicable the cost for which 
it can be purchased or acquired, and also to estimate the cost of neces¬ 
sary buildings, grading, and filling in, building roads and walks, 
improvement of water front, necessary wharves and cranes, railroad 
tracks and rolling stock, fire and water service, and for general equip¬ 
ment of said naval magazine. The board shall make a full and detailed 
report to the Secretary of the Navy, who shall transmit such report, 
with his recommendations thereon, to the next session of Congress. 
And to defray the expenses of said board the sum of one thousand 
dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to be immediately 
available, is hereby appropriated, out of any moneys in the Treasury 
not otherwise appropriated. 

Naval magazine, Iona Island, New York: One new compressed-air 
charging station, with pipes and fittings, two thousand dollars; machine 
tools for machine shop, two thousand dollars; machine tools for car¬ 
penters’ shop, one thousand two hundred dollars; improvements to old 
dock, nine thousand dollars; in all, naval magazine, Iona Island, four¬ 
teen thousand two hundred dollars. 


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Naval powder depot, Lake Denmark, New Jersey: Four electric 
elevators for two completed storehouses, ten thousand dollars; improve¬ 
ments to shell house numbered one; new floors, platforms, roof lead¬ 
ers, ventilators, and improving lightning protection, six thousand 
dollars; improvements to magazines numbered one and two; new roof 
gutters, ventilators, and improved lightning protection, three thousand 
six hundred dollars; in all, naval magazine, Dover, Lake Denmark, 
New Jersey, nineteen thousand six hundred dollars. 

Water system, Fort Norfolk, Virginia: To connect the reserva¬ 
tion with the city water mains, one thousand one hundred feet from 
main line, one thousand five hundred dollars. 

Naval torpedo station, Newport, Rhode Island: Additional 
wharves and slips for torpedo boats; for moving present boathouse to 
a new location; and for dredging, twenty-five thousand dollars; in all, 
naval torpedo station, Newport, Rhode Island, twenty-five thousand 
dollars. 

Naval proving ground, Indian Head, Maryland: Three new 
cast-steel gun platforms, four thousand five hundred dollars; lightning 
protection, six thousand dollars; in all, naval proving ground, Indian 
j Lad, ten thousand five hundred dollars. 

Naval magazine, Saint Juliens Creek, Norfolk, Virginia; One 
shell house, eleven thousand dollars. 

In all, public works, Bureau of Ordnance, eighty-two thousand eight 
hundred dollars. 

NAVAL OBSERVATORY. 

Naval Observatory: For grounds and roads; continuing grading, 
extending roads and paths, clearing and improving grounds, five 
thousand dollars. 

BUREAU OF MEDICINE AND SURGERY. 

Medical Department: For surgeons’ necessaries for vessels in 
commission, navy-yards, naval stations, Marine Corps, and for the 
civil establishment at the several naval hospitals, navy-yards, naval 
laboratory, museum of hygiene and department of instruction, and 
Naval Academy, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. 

Naval hospital fund: For maintenance of the naval hospitals at 
the various navy-yards and stations, and for care and maintenance of 
patients in other hospitals at home and abroad, forty thousand dollars. 

Contingent, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery: For freight, 
oxpressage on medical stores, tolls, ferriages, transportation of sick 
enlisted persons to hospital; transportation of insane patients; care, 
transportation, and burial of the dead; advertising, telegraphing, rent 
of telephones, purchase of books and stationery, binding of medical 
records, unbound books, and pamphlets; postage and purchase of 
stamps for foreign service; expenses attending the medical board of 
examiners; hygienic and sanitary investigation and illustration; 
sanitary and hygienic instruction; purchase and repairs of wagons and 
harness; purchase of and feed for horses and cows; trees, plants, gar¬ 
den tools, and seeds; furniture and incidental articles for the museum 
of hygiene and department of instruction, naval dispensary, Wash¬ 
ington; naval laboratory, sick quarters at Naval Academy and marine 
barracks, surgeons’ offices and dispensaries at navy-yards and naval 
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stations; washing for medical department at museum of hygiene and 
department of instruction, naval dispensary, Washington; naval lab¬ 
oratory, sick quarters at Naval Acadenw and marine barracks, dis¬ 
pensaries at navy-yards and naval stations and ships and rendezvous, 
and for minor repairs on buildings and grounds of the United States 
Naval Museum of Hygiene and Department of Instruction; for the 
care, maintenance, and treatment of the insane of the Navy and Marine 
Corps on the Pacific coast, and all other necessary contingent expenses, 
thirty-five thousand dollars. 

Repairs, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery: For necessary repairs 
of naval laboratory, naval hospitals and appendages, including roads, 
wharves, outhouses, sidewalks, fences, gardens, farms, and cemeteries, 
forty thousand dollars. 

Naval hospital, New York, New York: Changing officers’ quar¬ 
ters into wards for enlisted men, and building quarters for officers outside 
of naval hospital, twenty thousand dollars. 

Naval Hospital, Washington, District of Columbia: The erec¬ 
tion and completion of new buildings for the accommodation of the 
United States naval hospital, Washington, District of Columbia, on 
the grounds belongingto the United States Naval Museum of Hygiene, 
one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars. 

Naval laboratory, New York, New t York: Erection and comple¬ 
tion of a new building for the accommodation of the United States 
naval laboratory, New York, New York, on the grounds of the United 
States naval hospital, New York, New York, seventy-five thousand 
dollars. 

Naval hospital, Yokohama, Japan: Erection of new buildings at 
the United States naval hospital at Yokohama, Japan, to replace 
buildings unfit for further use, twenty-five thousand dollars. 

SUPPLIES AND ACCOUNTS. 

Provisions, Navy: For provisions and commuted rations for the 
seamen and marines, which commuted rations may be paid to caterers 
of messes, in cases of death or desertion, upon orders of the command¬ 
ing officers, commuted rations for officers on sea duty (other than 
commissioned officers of the line, Medical and Pay corps, and chief 
boatswains, chief gunners, chief sailmakers, chief carpenters, and mid¬ 
shipmen), and commuted rations stopped on account of sick in hospital 
and credited to the naval-hospital fund; subsistence of officers and men 
unavoidably detained or absent from vessels to which attached under 
orders (during which subsistence rations to be stopped on board ship 
and no credit for commutation therefor to be given); labor in gen¬ 
eral storehouses and paymasters’ offices in navy-yards, including naval 
stations maintained in island possessions under the control of the United 
States, and expenses in handling stores purchased under the naval- 
supply fund; one chemist, at two thousand five hundred dollars per 
annum, and two chemists, at two thousand dollars each per annum, 
four million dollars. 

Contingent, Bureau of Supplies and Accounts: For freight 
and express charges, fuel, books and blanks, stationery, advertising, 
furniture for general storehouses and pay offices in navy-yards; 
expenses of naval clothing factory and machinery for same, postage, 
telegrams, telephones, tolls, ferriages, yeoman’s stores, safes, news- 


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papers, ice, transportation of stores purchased under the na\ al-supply 
fund, and other incidental expenses, two hundred and fifty thousand 
dollars. 

Clothing and small-stores fund: For purchase of’ clothing and 
small stores for issue to the Naval service, the present fund being in¬ 
adequate to meet the requirements of the service at this time; to be 
added to the “clothing and small-stores fund,” one million dollars. 

Civil establishment, Bureau of Supplies and Accounts: Navy- 
3 r ard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire: In general storehouses: Two 
bookkeepers, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; one assistant 
bookkeeper, at seven hundred and twenty dollars; one bill clerk, at 
one thousand dollars; one assistant clerk, at seven hundred and twenty 
dollars; one shipping and receiving clerk, at one thousand dollars; in 
all, five thousand eight hundred and forty dollars; 

Navy-yard, Boston, Massachusetts: In general storehouses: One 
bookkeeper, at one thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five 
cents; one shipping clerk, at one thousand dollars; one receiving clerk, 
at one thousand dollars; one bookkeeper, at one thousand two hun¬ 
dred dollars. In yard pay office: One writer, at one thousand and 
seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents; in all, five thousand two 
hundred and thirty-four dollars and fifty cents; 

Navy-yard, New York, New York: In office of board of inspection: 
One writer, nine hundred dollars. In general storehouses: Three book¬ 
keepers, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; one assistant 
bookkeeper, at one thousand dollars; one assistant bookkeeper, at seven 
hundred and twenty dollars; two receiving clerks, at four dollars each 
per diem; one assistant receiving clerk, atone thousand and ninety- 
nine dollars; three shipping clerks, at one thousand dollars each; one 
bill clerk, at one thousand dollars; one assistant bill clerk, at seven hun¬ 
dred and twenty dollars; two leading men, at two dollars and fifty cents 
each per diem; five pressmen, at two dollars and seventy-six cents each 
per diem; one box maker, at three dollars per diem; one engine tender, 
at three dollars and twenty-six cents per diem; one coffee roaster, at 
tw T o dollars and fifty cents per diem; one fireman, at two dollars per 
diem; one messenger, at two dollars and twenty-five cents per diem; 
one writer, one thousand dollars; one storeman, nine hundred dollars; 
one principal clerk, provisions and clothing section, one thousand four 
hundred dollars; one principal clerk, supply fund section, one thou¬ 
sand four hundred dollars; one cloth inspector, one thousand two hun¬ 
dred and fifty-six dollars. In yard pay office: One writer, at one 
thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents; one messenger, 
at two dollars and twenty-five cents per diem; in all, thirty-two thou¬ 
sand two hundred and nineteen dollars and nine cents; 

Navy-yard, League Island, Pennsylvania: In general storehouse: 
Two bookkeepers, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; one 
assistant bookkeeper, at seven hundred and twenty dollars; one bill 
clerk, at one thousand dollars; one receiving clerk, at one thousand 
dollars; one shipping clerk, at one thousand dollars. In yard pay 
office: One writer, at one thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty- 
five cents; in all, seven thousand one hundred and thirty-seven dollars 
and twenty-five cents; 

Nav} 7 -yard, Washington, District of Columbia: In general store¬ 
house:" One bookkeeper, at one thousand two hundred dollars; one 
clerk, at one thousand two hundred dollars; one receiving clerk, at 


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one thousand dollars; one bill clerk, at one tho isand dollars; one ship¬ 
ping clerk, at one thousand dollars. In yard pay office: One writer, 
at one thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents; in all, 
six thousand four hundred and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents; 

Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland: In general storehouse: One 
bookkeeper, at one thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five 
cents; one receiving and shipping clerk, at one thousand dollars; in 
all, two thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents; 

Naval station, Newport, Rhode Island: In general storehouse (train¬ 
ing station): One clerk, at one thousand two hundred dollars. In gen¬ 
eral storehouse (torpedo station): One clerk, at one thousand two hun¬ 
dred dollars; in all, two thousand four hundred dollars; 

Navy-yard, Mare Island, California: In general storehouses: Two 
bookkeepers, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; two assistant 
bookkeepers, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; one receiving 
clerk, at one thousand dollars; one shipping clerk, at one thousand 
dollars; one bill clerk, at one thousand dollars; one clerk, at one thou¬ 
sand dollars; one assistant clerk, at one thousand dollars. In yard pay 
office: One writer, at one thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty- 
five cents; in all, nine thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven dollars 
and twenty-five cents; 

Navy-yard, Norfolk, Virginia: In general storehouses: Two book- 
Keepers, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; two assistant 
bookkeepers, at one thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five 
cents each; one bill clerk, at one thousand dollars; one assistant bill 
clerk, at seven hundred and twenty dollars; two receiving clerks, at 
nine hundred and forty-two dollars each. In yard pay office: One 
writer, at one thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents; 
in all, nine thousand and fifty-five dollars and seventy-five cents; 

Naval station, Cavite, Philippine Islands: In general storehouses: 
One clerk, at one thousand six hundred dollars; one bookkeeper, at 
one thousand four hundred dollars; three assistant bookkeepers, at one 
thousand two hundred dollars each, three thousand six hundred dol¬ 
lars; one shipping and bill clerk, atone thousand two hundred dollars; 
three storekeepers, at one thousand dollars each, three thousand dol¬ 
lars; one receiving clerk, at one thousand two hundred dollars; one 
shipping clerk, at one thousand dollars; one assistant clerk, at one 
thousand dollars; two storemen, at nine hundred dollars each; in all, 
fifteen thousand eight hundred dollars; 

Navy-} T ard, Puget Sound, Washington: In general storehouses: 
One principal clerk, one thousand four hundred dollars; two book¬ 
keepers, at one thousand two hundred dollars each, two thousand four 
hundred dollars; one bill clerk, one thousand dollars; one receiving 
clerk, one thousand dollars; one shipping clerk, one thousand dollars; 
in all, six thousand eight hundred dollars; 

Naval station, Key West, Florida: One clerk, one thousand two 
hundred dollars; in all, one thousand two hundred dollars; 

In all, civil establishment, Bureau of Supplies and Accounts, one 
hundred and three thousand nine hundred and seventy-eight dollars 
and thirty-four cents; and no other fund appropriated by this Act 
shall be used in payment for such service. 

BUREAU OF CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR. 

Construction and repair of vessels: For preservation and com¬ 
pletion of vessels on the stocks and in ordinary; purchase of materials 


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and stores of all kinds; steam steerers, pneumatic steerers, steam 
capstans, steam windlasses, and all other auxiliaries; labor in navy- 
yards and on foreign stations; purchase of machinery and tools for 
use in shops; carrying on work of experimental model tank; design¬ 
ing naval vessels; construction and repair of yard craft, lighters and 
barges for use at home stations; wear, tear, and repair of vessels 
atloat; general care, increase, and protection of the Navy in the line 
of construction and repair; incidental expenses for vessels and navy- 
yards, inspectors’ offices, and bureau, such as advertising, freight, 
foreign postage, telegrams, telephone service, photographing, books, 
professional magazines, plans, stationery, and instruments for drafting 
room, eight million dollars: Provided , That no part of this sum shall 
be applied to the repair of any wooden ship when the estimated cost 
of such repairs, to be appraised by a competent board of naval 
officers, shall exceed ten per centum of the estimated cost, appraised 
in like manner, of a new ship of the same size and like material. 

Improvement of construction plants: Repairs to and improve¬ 
ments of plant at navy-yard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, twenty 
thousand dollars. 

Construction plant, navy-yard, Boston, Massachusetts: Repairs to 
and improvement of plant at navy-yard, Boston, Massachusetts, fifty 
thousand dollars. 

Construction plant, navy-yard, New York, New York: Repairs to 
and improvement of plant at navy-yard, New York, New York, fifty 
thousand dollars. 

Construction plant, navy-yard, League Island, Pennsylvania: Repairs 
to and improvement of plant at navy-yard, League Island, Pennsyl¬ 
vania, thirty thousand dollars. 

Construction plant, navy-yard, Norfolk, Virginia: Repairs to and 
improvement of plant at navy-yard, Norfolk, Virginia, thirty thousand 
dollars. 

Construction plant, navy-yard, Mare Island, California: Repairs to 
and improvement of plant at navy-yard, Mare Island, California, thirty 
thousand dollars. 

Construction plant, navy-yard, Puget Sound, Washington: Repairs 
to and improvement of plant at Puget Sound Navy-Yard, Washington, 
seventy-five thousand dollars. 

Construction plant, naval station, New Orleans, Louisiana: Repairs 
to and improvement of plant at naval station, New Orleans, Louisiana, 
twenty-five thousand dollars. 

Steel ammunition lighter, naval station, Cavite, Philippine Islands: 
One steel steam ammunition lighter, with all fittings complete, for use 
at naval station, Cavite, Philippine Islands, thirty thousand dollars. 

Civil establishment, Bureau of Construction and Repair: 
Navy-} r ard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire: One clerk to naval con¬ 
structor, at one thousand four hundred dollars; two writers, at one 
thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents each; in all, 
three thousand four hundred and thirty-four dollars and fifty cents; 

Navy-yard, Boston, Massachusetts: One clerk to naval constructor, 
at one thousand four hundred dollars; two writers, at one thousand 
and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents each; in all, three thou¬ 
sand four hundred and thirty-four dollars and fifty cents; 

Navy-yard, New York, New York: One clerk to naval constructor, 
at one thousand four hundred dollars; three writers, at one thousand 


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and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents each; in all, four thousand 
four hundred and fifty-one dollars and seventy-five cents; 

Navy-yard, League Island, Pennsylvania: One clerk to naval con¬ 
structor, at one thousand four hundred dollars; one writer, at one 
thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents; in ail, two thou¬ 
sand four hundred and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents; 

Navy-yard, Washington, District of Columbia: One clerk to naval 
constructor, at one thousand four hundred dollars; 

Navy-yard, Norfolk, Virginia: One clerk to naval constructor, at 
one thousand four hundred dollars; two writers, at one thousand and 
seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents each; in all, three thousand 
four hundred and thirty-four dollars and fifty cents; 

Navy-yard, Charleston, South Carolina: One clerk to naval con¬ 
structor, one thousand four hundred dollars; 

Nav} r -3 7 ard, Pensacola, Florida: One writer, at one thousand and 
seventeen dollars and twent3 7 -five cents; 

Navy-yard, Mare Island, California: One clerk to naval constructor, 
at one thousand four hundred dollars; two writers, at one thousand 
and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents each; in all, three thou¬ 
sand four hundred and thirt3 r -four dollars and fifty cents; 

Puget Sound Navy-Yard, Washington: One clerk to naval con¬ 
structor, one thousand four hundred dollars; 

Naval station, New Orleans, Louisiana: One clerk to naval con¬ 
structor, one thousand two hundred dollars; 

In all, civil establishment, Bureau of Construction and Repair, 
twenty-seven thousand and twenty-four dollars and twenty-five cents; 
and no other fund appropriated b3 r this Act shall be used in payment 
for such service. 

STEAM ENGINEERING. 

Steam machinery: For completion, repairing, and preservation of 
machinery and boilers of naval vessels, including cost of new boilers; 
distilling, refrigerating, and auxiliary machinery; preservation of and 
small repairs to machinery and boilers in vessels in ordinary, receiving 
and training vessels, repair and care of machinery of yard tugs and 
launches, two million one hundred and ninet3 7 thousand dollars; 

For purchase, handling, and preservation of all material and stores; 
purchase, fitting, repair, and preservation of machinery and tools in 
navy-yards and stations, and running yard engines, one million two 
hundred thousand dollars; 

For incidental expenses for navy vessels, 3 7 ards, and the bureau, 
such as foreign postage, telegrams, advertising, freight, photograph¬ 
ing, books, stationer, office furnishings, and instruments, fifteen thou¬ 
sand dollars; 

In all, steam machinery, three million four hundred and five thou¬ 
sand dollars. 

Machinery plant, navy-yard, Boston, Massachusetts: Electric cranes 
for foundiy, boiler shop, and smithery, and for some large and pow¬ 
erful machine tools to complete equipment of shops, sixty thousand 
dollars. 

Machinery plant, navy-yard, Norfolk, Virginia: Cranes and heavy 
tools to equip the shops as altered, twenty-five thousand dollars. 

Building on land owned by the Government, Annapolis, 
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as an experiment station and testing laborator}" in the department of 
marine engineering and naval construction (to cost not to exceed two 
hundred and fifty thousand dollars), two hundred and fifty thousand 
dollars. For the complete equipment of this building with all the 
necessary appliances and apparatus as an experiment station and test¬ 
ing^ laboratory, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. 

Civil establishment, Bureau of Steam Engineering: Navy- 
yard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire: One clerk to department, at one 
thousand two hundred dollars; one messenger, at six hundred dollars; 
in all, one thousand eight hundred dollars; 

Navy-yard, Boston, Massachusetts: One clerk to department, one 
thousand four hundred dollars; in all, one thousand fotir hundred 
dollars; 

Navy^ard, New York, New York: One clerk to department, atone 
thousand four hundred dollars; one writer, at one thousand dollars; 
one messenger, at six hundred dollars; in all, three thousand dollars; 

Navy-yard, League Island, Pennsylvania: One clerk to department, 
at one thousand two hundred dollars; * 

Navy-yard, Norfolk, Virginia: One clerk to department, at one 
thousand three hundred dollars; one messenger, at six hundred dollars; 
in all, one thousand nine hundred dollars; 

Navy-yard, Pensacola, Florida: One writer, one thousand dollars; 

Navy-yard, Mare Island, California: One clerk to department, at 
one thousand four hundred dollars; one writer, at one thousand dol¬ 
lars; one messenger, at six hundred dollars; in all, three thousand 
dollars; 

Naval station, Port Royal, South Carolina: One clerk to department, 
one thousand two hundred dollars; 

Navyward, Puget Sound, Washington: One clerk to department, 
one thousand two hundred dollars; one writer, one thousand dollars; 
in all, two thousand two hundred dollars; 

Navy-yard, Washington, District of Columbia: One clerk to depart¬ 
ment, one thousand two hundred dollars; 

In all, civil establishment, Bureau of Steam Engineering, seventeen 
thousand nine hundred dollars; and no other fund appropriated by 
this Act shall be used in payment for such service. 

NAVAL ACADEMY. 

Pay of professors and others, Naval Academy: One professor 
as head of department of physics, three thousand dollars. 

One professor as head of department of modern languages, three 
thousand dollars. 

One professor of mathematics, one of chemistry, and one of English, 
at two thousand five hundred dollars each; four professors, namely, 
one of English, one of French and Spanish, one of French, and one of 
drawing, at two thousand two hundred dollars each; one assistant 
professor of Spanish, at one thousand eight hundred dollars; ten 
instructors, at one thousand five hundred dollars each. 

One sword master, at one thousand five hundred dollars; one assist¬ 
ant, at one thousand two hundred dollars, and two assistants, at one 
thousand dollars each; one instructor in gymnastics, at one thousand 
two hundred dollars; one assistant librarian, at one thousand eight 
hundred dollars; one assistant librarian, at one thousand dollars; one 


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secretary to the Naval Acadenr^, at one thousand eight hundred dol¬ 
lars; two clerks to the Superintendent, at one thousand two hundred 
dollars each; one clerk to the commandant of midshipmen, at one 
thousand two hundred dollars; one clerk to the paymaster, at one 
thousand two hundred dollars; one dentist, at one thousand six 
hundred dollars; one baker, at six hundred dollars; one mechanic in 
department of physics, at seven hundred and thirty dollars; one 
mechanic in the department of ordnance, nine hundred and fifty-one 
dollars and fifty-two cents; one cook, at three hundred and twenty-five 
dollars and fifty cents; one messenger to the Superintendent, at six 
hundred dollars; one armorer, at six hundred and forty-nine dollars 
and fifty cents; one chief gunner’s mate, at five hundred and twenty- 
nine dollars and fifty cents; one quarter gunner, at four hundred and 
sixty-nine dollars and fifty cents; one coxswain, at four hundred and 
sixty-nine dollars and fifty cents; one seaman in the department of sea¬ 
manship, at three hundred and ninety-seven dollars and fifty cents; one 
attendant in the department of navigation and one in the department 
of ph}^sics, at three hundred dollars each; eight attendants at recita¬ 
tion rooms, library, store, chapel, armory, and offices, at three hun¬ 
dred dollars each; one bandmaster, at one thousand and eighty dollars; 
twenty-one first-class musicians, at four hundred and twenty dollars 
each; seven second-class musicians, at three hundred and sixty dollars 
each; services of organist at chapel, three hundred dollars; in all, 
seventy-seven thousand four hundred and forty-two dollars and fifty- 
two cents. 

Pay of watchmen, mechanics, and others, Naval Academy; 
Captain of the watch and weigher, at two dollars and fifty cents per 
diem; seven watchmen, at two dollars each per diem; foreman of steam 
heating works of the Academy, at five dollars per diem; labor at power 
house, for masons, carpenters, and other mechanics and laborers, and 
for care of buildings, and grounds, wharves, and boats, forty-two 
thousand one hundred and fifty dollars and fifty cents; in all, fifty 
thousand dollars. 

Pay of steam employees, Naval Academy: Pay of mechanics and 
others in department of steam engineering, eleven thousand one hun¬ 
dred and fifty-four dollars and eighty-two cents. 

Special course of study and training of midshipmen, as authorized 
by Act of Congress approved August fifth, eighteen hundred and 
eighty-two, three thousand dollars. 

Repairs, Naval Academy: Necessary repairs of public buildings, 
wharves, and walls inclosing the grounds of the Naval Academy, 
improvements, repairs, furniture, and fixtures, thirty-one thousand 
dollars. 

Heating and lighting, Naval Academy: Fuel, oil, waste, and 
other materials for the operation, repair, and maintenance of the plant; 
heating and lighting apparatus and tools; for heating and lighting the 
Academy and bandsmen’s quarters, twenty-five thousand dollars. 

Contingent, Naval Academy: Purchase of books for the library 
(to be purchased in open market on the written order of the Superin¬ 
tendent), two thousand dollars; stationery, blank books, models, maps, 
and text-books, for use of instructors, tw 7 o thousand dollars; expenses 
of the Board of Visitors of the Naval Academy, being mileage and five 
dollars per diem for each member for expenses during actual attend¬ 
ance at the Academy and for supplying necessary outfit for the board 


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house, and for clerk hire, carriages, and other incidental and necessary 
> expenses of the board, three thousand dollars; purchase of chemicals, 
apparatus, and instruments in the department of physics, and for 
repairs of the same, two thousand dollars; purchase of gas and steam 
machinery, steam pipes and fittings, rent of building-s for the use of 
the Academy, freight, cartage, water, music, musical and astronomical 
instruments, uniforms for the bandsmen, telegraphing, feed and main¬ 
tenance of teams, current expenses, and repairs of all kinds, and for 
incidental labor and expenses not applicable to any other appropriation, 
fifty thousand dollars; stores in the departments of steam engineering, 
eight hundred dollars; materials for repairs in steam machinery, one 
thousand dollars; for contingencies for the Superintendent of the 
Academy, to be expended in his discretion, one thousand dollars; 
apparatus for the instruction of midshipmen in the department of 
marine engineering and naval construction, ten thousand dollars. 

Repairs of sextants in the department of navigation, one thousand 
dollars. 

In all, Naval Academy, two hundred and seventy thousand three 
hundred and ninety-seven dollars and thirty-four cents. 

The grades of the active list of the Nav} T hereinafter designated 
shall be so increased that there shall be thirty additional lieutenant- 
commanders, in all two hundred; fifty additional lieutenants, in all 
three hundred and fift} r ; such total numbers of lieutenants (junior 
grade) and ensigns as may qualify for said grades under existing law 
and the provisions of this Act; thirty additional surgeons with the 
rank of lieutenant-commander, in all eighty-five; one hundred and 
twenty additional passed assistant and assistant surgeons, with the 
rank, respectively, of lieutenant and lieutenant (junior grade), in all 
two hundred and thirty; two additional pay inspectors, in all fifteen; 
thirty-six additional paymasters, in all seventy-six; twenty-six addi¬ 
tional passed assistant and assistant paymasters, in all ninety- 
six; twenty-nine additional naval constructors and assistant naval 
constructors, in all sevent3^-five; one additional civil engineer, in 
all twenty-eight; and twelve assistant civil engineers, of whom six 
shall have the rank of lieutenant (junior grade) and six the rank of 
ensign: Provided , That assistant civil engineers, during the first five 
years after date of appointment, shall receive, per annum, when on 
duty, one thousand five hundred dollars, when on leave or waiting 
orders, one thousand dollars; during the second five years after such 
date, when on duty, one thousand eight hundred dollars, when on 
leave or waiting orders, one thousand two hundred dollars; and after 
ten years from such date, w.hen on duty, two thousand one hundred 
dollars, and when on leave or waiting orders, one thousand four hun¬ 
dred dollars: And provided further, That promotions in the corps of 
civil engineers shall be after such examination as the Secretar\r of the 
Navy may prescribe. 

The increase in the grades of lieutenant-commander and lieutenant 
provided for in this Act shall be filled by promotion each year of not 
exceeding twenty-five per centum of the total number of the increase 
in each of said grades; and not more than twenty-five assistant surgeons, 
not more than twenty assistant paymasters, nor more than five assistant 
naval constructors, nor more than three assistant civil engineers, in 
addition to those necessary to till vacancies in said grades, shall be 
appointed in an}^ one calendar year. 


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Hereafter in each calendar year there may, under the restrictions 
imposed by existing law, be appointed from the boatswains, gunners, 
and warrant machinists of the Navy twelve ensigns. 

There shall be allowed at the Naval Academy two midshipmen for 
each Senator, Representative, and Delegate in Congress, two for the 
District of Columbia, and five each year at large: Provided, That the 
additional Congressional appointments authorized by this Act shall be 
made at such times as may be determined by the Secretary of the 
Navy, who shall equitably distribute the increase among the several 
States, Districts, and Territories, so that ultimately, if practicable, 
each Senator, Representative, and Delegate may recommend for 
appointment during each Congress one midshipman. Provided further. 
That members of the Fifty-seventh Congress who will not be members 
of the Fifty-eighth Congress, and in whose Districts or States appoint¬ 
ments have not been made or vacancies tilled in the Fifty-seventh 
Congress, may immediately upon the passage of this Act make the 
additional appointments herein provided for. 

The Secretary of the Navy shall as soon as practicable after the fifth 
day of March in each year notify in writing each Senator, Represent¬ 
ative, and Delegate in Congress of any vacancy which may be regarded 
as existing in the State, District, or Territory which he represents, 
and the nomination of a candidate to fill such vacancy shall be made 
upon the recommendation of the Senator, Representative, or Delegate. 
Such recommendation shall be made by the first day of June of that 
year, and if not so made the Secretary of the Navy shall till the 
vacancy by the appointment of an actual resident of the State, District, 
or Territory in which the vacancy exists, who shall have been for at 
least two years immediately preceding his appointment an actual 
bona fide resident of the State, District, or Territory in which the 
vacancy exists and shall have the qualifications otherwise prescribed 
by law: And provided further. That the Superintendent of the Naval 
Academy shall make such rules, to be approved by the Secretary of 
the Navy, as will effectually prevent the practice of hazing; and any 
cadet found guilt}" of participating in or encouraging or countenancing 
such practice shall be summarily expelled from the Academy, and shall 
not thereafter be reappointed to the Corps of Cadets or be eligible for 
appointment as a commissioned officer in the Army or Navy or Marine 
Corps until two years after the graduation of the class of which he was 
a member. 

That the provisions of this Act for the increase of appointments of 
midshipmen to the Naval Academy shall continue in force until the 
thirtieth day of June, nineteen hundred and thirteen; and thereafter 
one midshipman, as now provided by law, shall be appointed for each 
Senator, Representative, and Delegate in Congress. 

That hereafter there shall be at the Naval Academy one midship¬ 
man from Porto Rico, who shall be a native of said island, and whose 
appointment shall be made by the President on the recommendation 
of the governor of Porto Rico. 

That after January first, nineteen hundred and four, all candidates 
for admission to the Naval Academy at the time of their examination 
must be between the ages of sixteen and twenty years. 

Nothing contained in this Act shall affect the officers of the Navy 
who ma}^ have been or may hereafter be advanced in rank under exist¬ 
ing provisions of law by which they become extra numbers in their 


NAVAL APPROPRIATION LAWS. 


423 


respective grades, or operate to vacate the commission of any officer 
now in the service. 

That from and after the passage of this Act, and in order to further 
increase the efficiency of the Marine Corps, the following additional 
officers, noncommissioned officers, drummers, trumpeters, and privates 
to those now provided by law for said corps, are hereby authorized 
and directed, namely: One colonel, one lieutenant-colonel, live majors, 
twelve captains, twenty-five first lieutenants, twelve second lieutenants, 
one assistant adjutant and inspector with the rank of lieutenant-colonel, 
two assistant adjutants and inspectors with the rank of major, one 
assistant quartermaster with the rank of lieutenant-colonel, five assist¬ 
ant quartermasters with the rank of captain, one assistant paymaster 
with the rank of lieutenant-colonel, one assistant paymaster with the 
rank of captain, one sergeant-major, forty quartermaster-sergeants, 
twelve first sergeants, sixty-five sergeants, fifty-five corporals, ten 
drummers, ten trumpeters, and five hundred and twenty-seven privates: 
Provided , That the vacancies now existing in the line and the staff 
departments of the Marine Corps and those created by this Act below 
the grade of brigadier-general shall be filled, respectively, first by 
promotion by seniority and then by selection and appointment as now 

f )rovided by law, excepting that vacancies in the grade of second 
ieutenant shall be filled first, as far as practicable, from graduates of 
the Naval Academy each year on completing the prescribed course at 
the Naval Academy, exclusive of the probationary tour of sea service 
before final graduation, then from meritorious noncommissioned officers 
and from civil life between the ages of twenty-one and twenty-seven 
years: Provided , That the commissions of officers now in the Marine 
Corps shall not be vacated by this Act: And provided further , That 
officers selected for appointment to fill vacancies in the grade of field 
officers in any of the staff departments shall be taken from officers on 
the active list not below the grade of captain and who have seen not 
less than seven years’ service as commissioned officers in the Marine 
Corps. And that appointments to the grade of captain in any of the 
staff departments shall be made from officers on the active list of the 
Marine Corps not below the grade of first lieutenant. 

MARINE CORPS. 

Pay, Marine Corps: For pay and allowances prescribed by law of 
officers on the active list, five hundred and forty-seven thousand nine 
hundred dollars; 

Pay of officers on the retired list: For three colonels, three lieutenant- 
colonels, one adjutant and inspector, one quartermaster, one assistant 
quartermaster, two majors, nine captains, three first lieutenants, and 
three second lieutenants, fifty-five thousand one hundred and forty 
dollars; 

Pay of noncommissioned officers, musicians, and privates, as pre¬ 
scribed by law, and the number of enlisted men shall be exclusive of 
those undergoing imprisonment with sentence of dishonorable dis¬ 
charge from the service at expiration of such confinement, and for the 
expenses of clerks of the United States Marine Corps traveling under 
orders, one million three hundred and sixty-five thousand six hundred, 
and twenty-eight dollars; 

Pay and allowance of retired enlisted men: For one sergeant-major* 


424 


NAVAL APPROPRIATION LAWS. 


one drum-major, four gunnery-sergeants, eight first-class musicians, 
twelve first sergeants, thirty-one sergeants, five corporals, one drum¬ 
mer, one fifer, and forty-three privates, and for those who may be 
retired during the year, thirty-eight thousand dollars; 

Undrawn clothing: For payment to discharged soldiers for clothing 
undrawn, thirty-six thousand dollars; 

Mileage: For mileage of officers traveling under orders without 
troops, twenty thousand dollars; 

For commutation of quarters to officers on duty without troops 
where there are no public quarters, eight thousand dollars; 

Pay of civil force: In the office of the major-general commandant: 
One chief clerk, at one thousand six hundred dollars; one clerk, at one 
thousand two hundred dollars; one messenger, at nine hundred and 
seventy-one dollars and twenty-eight cents; 

In the office of the paymaster: One chief clerk, at one thousand six 
hundred dollars; one clerk, at one thousand five hundred dollars; one 
clerk, at one thousand two hundred dollars; 

In the office of the assistant paymaster: One clerk, at one thousand 
four hundred dollars; 

In the office of the adjutant and inspector: One chief clerk, at one 
thousand six hundred dollars; one clerk, at one thousand five hundred 
dollars; 

In the office of the assistant adjutant and inspector: One clerk, at 
one thousand two hundred dollars; 

In the office of the quartermaster: One chief clerk, at one thousand 
six hundred dollars; one clerk, at one thousand five hundred dollars; 
one clerk, at one thousand two hundred dollars; one draftsman, at one 
thousand six hundred dollars; one clerk, at one thousand two hundred 
dollars; 

In the office of the assistant quartermaster, Washington, District of 
Columbia, or San Francisco, California: One clerk, at one thousand 
four hundred dollars; two clerks, additional, for duty in the Philip¬ 
pines—one in Pay and one in Quartermaster’s Department—at one 
thousand four hundred dollars each; 

In the office of the assistant quartermaster, Philadelphia, Pennsyl¬ 
vania: One clerk, at one thousand four hundred dollars; one messen¬ 
ger, at one dollar and seventy-five cents per diem; 

In all, for pay of civil force, twenty-seven thousand one hundred and 
ten dollars and three cents, and the mone}^ herein specifically appro¬ 
priated for pay of the Marine Corps shall be disbursed and accounted 
for in accordance with existing law as pay of the Marine Corps, and 
for that purpose shall constitute one fund; 

In all, pay Marine Corps, two million and ninety-seven thousand 
seven hundred and seventy-eight dollars and three cents. 

Provisions, Marine Corps : For noncommissioned officers, musi¬ 
cians, and privates serving ashore, for commutation of rations to en¬ 
listed men regularly detailed as clerks and messengers, for payment 
of board and lodging of recruiting parties, transportation of provi¬ 
sions and the employment of necessary labor connected therewith, and 
for ice for preservation of rations, four hundred and ninet}^-two 
thousand and eighty-seven dollars and fifty cents ; and no law shall be 
construed to entitle marines on shore duty to any rations, or commu¬ 
tation thereof, other than such as now are or may hereafter be allowed 
to enlisted men in the Army: Provided , however , That when it is im- 


NAVAL APPROPRIATION LAWS. 


425 


practicable or the expense is found greater to supply marines serving 
on shore duty in the island possessions and on foreign stations with 
the army ration, such marines may be allowed the navy ration or com¬ 
mutation therefor. 

CloItiing, Marine Corps: For noncommissioned officers, musi¬ 
cians, and privates authorized b } 7 law, four hundred and twenty-two 
thousand three hundred and sevent } 7 dollars. 

Fuel, Marine Corps: For heating barracks and quarters, for 
ranges and stoves for cooking, fuel for enlisted men, for sales to 
officers, maintaining electric lights, and for hot-air closets, fifty thou¬ 
sand dollars. 

Military stores, Marine Corps: For pay of chief armorer, at 
three dollars per day; three mechanics, at two dollars and fifty cents 
each per day; for purchase of military equipments, such as rifles, 
revolvers, cartridge boxes, bayonet scabbards, haversacks, blanket 
bags, knapsacks, canteens, musket slings, swords, drums, trumpets, 
flags, waist belts, waist plates, cartridge belts, sashes for officer of the 
day, spare parts for repairing muskets, purchase and repair of tents 
and field ovens, purchase and repair of instruments for band, purchase 
of music and musical accessories, purchase and marking of medals for 
excellence in gunnery and rifle practice, good-conduct badges; for 
incidental expenses of the school of application; for the construction, 
equipment, and maintenance of school, library, and amusement rooms 
and gymnasiums for enlisted men; purchase and repair of signal 
equipment and stores, for the establishment and maintenance of tar¬ 
gets and ranges, and renting ranges, and for procuring, preserving, 
and handling ammunition and other necessary military supplies, one 
hundred and ten thousand eight hundred and ninety-five dollars. 

Transportation and recruiting, Marine Corps: For transporta¬ 
tion of troops, including ferriage, and the expense of the recruiting 
service, one hundred and twenty-one thousand six hundred and twent } 7 
dollars. 

For repairs of barracks, Marine Corps: Repairs and improve¬ 
ments to barracks and quarters at Portsmouth, New Hampshire; 
Boston, Massachusetts; Newport, Rhode Island; New York, New 
York; League Island, Pennsylvania; Annapolis, Maryland; head¬ 
quarters and navy-yard, District of Columbia; Norfolk, Virginia; 
Port Royal, South Carolina; Pensacola, Florida; Dry Tortugas, 
Florida; New Orleans, Louisiana; Mare Island and San Francisco, 
California; Bremerton, Washington; and Sitka, Alaska; for the rent¬ 
ing, leasing, improvement, and erection of buildings in Porto Rico, 
the Philippine Islands, at Guam, and at such other places as the public 
exigencies require; and for per diem to enlisted men employed under 
the direction of the Quartermaster’s Department on the repair of bar¬ 
racks, quarters, and the other public buildings, sixty-six thousand 
three hundred and thirty-six dollars. 

For rent of building used for manufacture of clothing, storing of 
supplies, and office of assistant quartermaster,. Philadelphia, Pennsyl¬ 
vania, six thousand dollars. 

Forage, Marine Corps: For forage in kind for horses of the quar¬ 
termaster’s department, and the authorized number of officers’ horses, 
seventeen thousand seven hundred dollars. 

Hire of quarters, Marine Corps: For hire of quarters for officers 
serving with troops where there are no public quarters belonging to 


42G 


NAVAL APPROPRIATION LAWS 


the Government, and where there are not sufficient quarters possessed 
by the United States to accommodate them; for hire of quarters for 
enlisted men employed as clerks and messengers in the offices of the 
commandant, adjutant and inspector, paymaster, and quartermaster, 
and the offices of the assistant adjutant and inspector, the assistant 
paymaster, and the assistant quartermasters, at twenty-one dollars 
each per month, and for enlisted men employed as messengers in said 
offices, at ten dollars each per month, thirty thousand seven hundred 
and forty-eight dollars. 

Contingent, Marine Corps: For freight, tolls, cartage, advertis¬ 
ing, washing of bed sacks, mattress covers, pillow-cases, towels, and 
sheets, funeral expenses of marines, including the transportation of 
bodies from the place of demise to the homes of the deceased in the 
United States, stationery and other paper, telegraphing, rent of tele¬ 
phones, purchase and repair of typewriters, apprehension of stragglers 
and deserters, per diem of enlisted men employed on constant labor 
for a period of not less than ten days, employment of civilian labor, 
repair of gas and water fixtures, office and barracks furniture, camp 
and garrison equipage and implements, mess utensils for enlisted men, 
such as bowls, plates, spoons, knives and forks, tin cups, pans, pots, 
and so forth; packing boxes, wrapping paper, oilcloth, crash, rope, 
twine, quarantine fees, camphor and carbolized paper, carpenters’ tools, 
tools for police purposes, iron safes, purchase and repair of public 
wagons, purchase and repair of public harness, purchase of public 
horses, services of veterinary surgeons and medicines for public horses, 
purchase and repair of hose, purchase and repair of fire extinguishers, 
purchase of fire hand grenades, purchase and repair of carts, wheel¬ 
barrows, and lawn mowers; purchase and repair of cooking stoves, 
ranges, stoves, and furnaces where there are no grates; purchase of ice, 
towels, soap, combs, and brushes for offices; postage stamps for foreign 
postage; purchase of books, newspapers, and periodicals; improving 
parade grounds, repair of pumps and wharves, laying drain, water, 
and gas pipes, water, introducing gas, and for gas, gas oil, and intro¬ 
duction and maintenance of electric lights; straw for bedding, mat¬ 
tresses, mattress covers, pillows, sheets; wire bunk bottoms for enlisted 
men at various posts; furniture for Government quarters and repair of 
same, and for all emergencies and extraordinar } 7 expenses arising at 
home and abroad, but impossible to anticipate or classify, one hundred 
and thirty-six thousand dollars. 

PUBLIC WORKS, MARINE CORPS. 

Barracks and Quarters, Marine Corps: Purchase of ground and 
erection of building at Philadelphia, to be used for manufacture of 
clothing and storing of supplies and office of assistant quartermaster 
(to cost not to exceed one hundred and fifty thousand dollars), one 
hundred and fifty thousand dollars; construction and completion of 
commanding officers’ and junior officers’ quarters, navy-yard, Norfolk, 
Virginia, forty-two thousand dollars; construction and completion of 
commanding officers’ and junior officers’ quarters, naval training station, 
San Francisco, California, sixteen thousand dollars; construction and 
completion of one power house and the installation of steam heat, 
marine barracks and officers’ quarters, navy-yard, Mare Island, Cali¬ 
fornia, eleven thousand dollars; in all, public wor^s under Marine 
Corps, two hundred and nineteen thousand dollars. 


NAVAL APPROPRIATION LAWS. 


427 


INCREASE OF THE NAVY. 


lhat for the purpose of further increasing the naval establishment 
of the United States the President is hereby authorized to have con¬ 
structed by contract or in navy-yards as hereinafter provided three 
first-class battle ships canning the heaviest armor and most powerful 
ordnance for vessels of their class upon a trial displacement of not more 
than sixteen thousand tons, and to have the highest practicable speed 
and great radius of action, and to cost, exclusive of armor and arma¬ 
ment, not exceeding four million two hundred and twelve thousand 
dollars each; two first-class battle ships, canning the heaviest armor 
and most powerful ordnance for vessels of "their class, upon a trial 
displacement of not more than thirteen thousand tons, and to have 
the highest practicable speed and great radius of action, and to cost, 
exclusive of armor and armament, not exceeding three million five 
hundred thousand dollars each; two steel ships, to be used in training 
landsmen and apprentices, to be propelled by sail, and to cost, exclusive 
of armament, not exceeding three hundred and seventy thousand 
dollars each; one wooden brig, to be used for training landsmen 
and apprentices at stations, to be propelled by sail, and to cost, 
exclusive of armament, not exceeding fifty thousand dollars; and the 
contract for the construction of each of said vessels shall be awarded, 
by the Secretary of the Navy, to the lowest best responsible bidder, 
having in view the best results and most expeditious delivery; and 
in the construction of all of said vessels the provisions of the Act of 
August third, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, entitled “An Act to 
increase the naval establishment,” as to materials for said vessels, their 
engines, boilers, and machinery, the contracts under which they are 
built, the notice of any proposals for the same, the plans, drawings, 
specifications therefor, and the method of executing said contracts 
shall be observed and followed, and, subject to the provisions of 
this Act, all said vessels shall be built in compliance with the 
terms of said Act, and in all their parts shall be of domestic 
machinery; and the steel material shall be of domestic manufacture, 
and of the quality and characteristics best adapted to the various 
purposes for which it may be used, in accordance with specifications 
approved by the Secretary of the Navy; and not more than two 
of the five battle ships provided for in this Act shall be built by 
one contracting party: Provided further^ That the Secretary of the 
Navy may build any or all of the vessels herein authorized in such 
navy-yards as he may designate, and shall build an}' of the vessels 
herein authorized in such navy-yards as he may designate, should it 
reasonably appear that the persons, firms, or corporations, or the 
agents thereof, bidding for the construction of any of said vessels, 
have entered into any combination, agreement, or understanding, the 
effect, object, or purpose of which is to deprive the Government of 
fair, open, and unrestricted competition in letting contracts for the 
construction of any of said vessels. 

The Secretary of the Navy is hereby authorized, in his discretion, to 
contract for or purchase subsurface or submarine torpedo boats in the 
aggregate of, but not exceeding, five hundred thousand dollars: 
Provided , That prior to said purchase or contract for said boats any 
American inventor or owner of a subsurface or submarine torpedo 
boat may give reasonable notice and have his, her, or its subsurface 


428 


NAVAL APPROPRIATION LAWS. 


or submarine torpedo boat tested by comparison or competition, or 
both, with a Government subsurface or submarine torpedo boat or any 
private competitor, provided there be any such, and thereupon the 
board appointed for conducting such tests shall report the result of 
said competition or comparison, together with its recommendations, to 
the Secretary of the Navy, who may purchase or contract for sub¬ 
surface or submarine torpedo boats in a manner that will best advance 
the interests of the United States in submarine warfare: And provided 
further, That before any subsurface or submarine torpedo boat is pur 
chased or contracted for it shall be accepted by the Navy Department 
as fulfilling all reasonable requirements for submarine warfare and 
shall have been fully tested to the satisfaction of the Secretary of the 
Navy. To carry out the purpose aforesaid the sum of five hundred 
thousand dollars is hereby appropriated out of any money in the 
Treasury not otherwise appropriated. 

Construction and machinery: On account of the hulls and outfits 
of vessels and steam machinery of vessels heretofore authorized, fifteen 
million twenty-five thousand six hundred and thirty-two dollars. 

Armor and armament: Toward the armament and armor of domes¬ 
tic manufacture for the vessels authorized, ten million dollars. 

Equipment: Toward the completion of the equipment of the new 
vessels authorized, four hundred thousand dollars. 

Approved, March 3 , 1903 . 


INDEX 


Explanatory: General index of principal features from page 429 to 436, inclusive. 
“Public Works” index from page 433 to 435, part of each, inclusive. Alphabetical 
list of vessels from page 437 to 438, inclusive. List of vessels by years and sessions 
of Congress from page 439 to 442, inclusive. Principal changes affecting the “per¬ 
sonnel,” subsequent to “personnel” law of March 3, 1899, page 443. Entire pay for 
officers and men for each year from act of March 3, 1885, to and including act of 
March 3, 1903, page 444. Number of petty officers, seamen, landsmen, boys, etc., for 
each year from act of March 3, 1885, to and including act of March 3, 1903, page 444. 
Total amounts of naval appropriation acts for each year from act of March 3, 1883, to 
and including act of March 3, 1903, page 444. Table showing number of officers on 
the active list of the Navy, including midshipmen, and of the entire enlisted force, 
on February 1,1904, page 445. Table showing the cost of each completed battleship, 
armored cruiser, protected cruiser, and unprotected cruiser, built under appropria¬ 
tions for increase of the navy, page 446. Vessels under construction, showing degree 
of completion January 13, 1904, page 447. 


Algiers, La.: 

Public works— Page. 

1893(52-2). 166 

1894(53-2). 184 

1899 (55-3). 295 

1900(56-1). 320 

1901(56-2). 348 

1902(57-1). 379 

1903(57-2). 411 

Blythe Island, Ga.: 

Public works— 

1901 (56-2). 349 

Boston, Mass.:' 

Public works— 

1887 (49-2). 53 

1888(50-1). 70 

1889(50-2). 87 

1890 (51-1). 106 

1891(51-2). 125 

1893 (52-2). 165 

1894(53-2). 184 

1895(53-3). 204 

1896(54-1). 224 

1897 (55-1). 246 

1898(55-2). 268 

1899(55-3). 291 

1900 (56-1). 316 

1901 (56-2). 345 

1902 (57-1). 376 

1903(57-2). 408 

Cavite, P. I.: 

Public works— 

1902(57-1). 380 

1903 (57-2). 411 

Charleston (Port Royal), S. C.: 

Public works— 

1888 (50-1). 70 

1889 (50-2). 88 

1890(51-1). 106 

1891(51-2). 126 

1892(52-1). 146 

1893(52-2). 166 

1894(53-2). 184 

1895(53-3). 205 

1896(54-1). 224 

1897 (55-1). 247 

1898 55-2). 269 

1899(55-3). 294 


S. Doc. 100-28* 


Charleston, (PortRoyal), S. C. —Con. 


Public works —Continued. Page. 

1900(56-1). 318 

1901 (56-2). 348 

1902(57-1).. 379 

1903(57-2). 401 


Construction and Repair, Bureau of: 


1883(47-2). 6 

1884(48-1). 13 

1885 (48-2). 19 

1885(48-2 . 29 

1886(49-1). 40 

1887 (49-2). 56 

1888(50-1). 75 

1889(50-2). 92 

1890(51-1). 112 

1891(51-2). 131 

1892 (52-1). 151 

1893(52-2).-.. 169 

1894(53-2). 189 

1895(53-3). 208 

1896(54-1). 228 

1897 (55-1). 250 

1898 55-2). 273 

1899(55-3). 298 

1900(56-1). 324 

1901 (56-2). 354 

1902 (57-1). 387 

1903(57-2). 416 


Docks: 

Public works— 

1887 (49-2). 53 

1888(50-1). 70 

1890(51-1). 106 

1891(51-2). 126 

1892(52-1). 146 


429 











































































430 


INDEX. 


Docks—Continued. 

Public works—Continued. 
1893 (52-2). 

1893 (52-2). 

1894(53-2). 

1894 (53-2).. 

1895(53-3 . 

1898(55-2). 

1899(55-3). 

1900(56-1). 

1901 (56-2). 

1902(57-1). 

Dry Tortugas, Fla.: 

Public works— 

1900(56-1) .. 

1901 (56-2). 

Emergency Fund: 

1900 (56-1). 

1901 (56-2). 

1902 (57-1). 

1903 (57-2). 

Equipment, Bureau of: 

1883(47-2)... 

1884 (48-1). 

1885 (48-2). 

1885 (48-2). 

1886 (49-1). 

1887 (49-2). 

1888 (50-1). 

1889 50-2). 

1890 (51-1). 

1891 (51-2 . 

1892 (52-1). 

1893 (52-2). 

1894 (53-2). 

1895 (53-3 . 

1896(54-1). 

1897 (55-1). 

1898 (55-2). 

1899 (55-3). 

1900 (56-1). 

1901 (56-2). 

1902(57-1). 

1903 (57-2). 

Guam, Island of: 

Public works— 

1903(57-2). 

Havana, Cuba: 

Public works— 

1900(56-1). 

Hawaii: 

Public works— 

1901 (56-1). 

Hospitals: 

Widow’s Island, Me.— 

1887(49-2). 

Portsmouth, N. H.— 

1889(50-2). 

1890(51-1). 

Port Royal, S. C.— 

1897 (55-1). 

Newport, R. I.— 

1898(55-2). 

1900(56-1). 

Washington, D. C.— 

1903(57-2). 


Hospitals— Continued Page- 

New York, N. Y.— 

1903(57-2). 414 

Yokohama, Japan— 

1903(57-2). 414 


Increase of the Navy: 

1883(47-2). 7 

1884(48-1). 13 

1885 (48-2). 20 

1885(48-2). 33 

1887 (49-2). 45 

1888 (50-1). 81 

1889(50-2). 99 

1890(51-1). 119 

1891 (51-2). 138 

1892(52-1). 157 

1893 52-2). 176 

1894(53-2). 195 

1895(53-3). 214 

1896(54-1). 237 

1897(55-1). 258 

1898 (55-2). 281 

1899 (55-3). 305 

1900(56-1). 332 

1901 (56-2). 362 

1902(57-1). 396 

1903(57-2).,. 427 

Japonski Island, Alaska: 

Public works— 

1898(55-2). 269 

Key West, Fla.: 

Public works— 

l§89(50-2). 88 

1890(51-1). 107 

1894(53-2). 185 

1895(53-3). 205 

1896(54-1). 225 

1897 (55-1 . 247 

1899(55-3). 294 

1900(56-1). 319 

1901 (56-2). 347 

1902 (57-1). 378 

1903(57-2). 410 


Land, purchase of: 

1889 (50-2), Naval Academy. 95 

1891 (51-2), Puget Sound_ 126 

1895 (53-3), Norfolk. 204 

1896 (54-1), Port Royal. 224 

1898 (55-2), Norfolk. 268 

League Island, Pa.: 

Public works— 

1888 (50-1). 70 

1889 (50-2). 87 

1890(51-1). 106 

1891(51-2). 125 

1892(52-1). 146 


Page. 

166 

166 

184 

185 

205 

270 

295 

320 

348 

379 

320 

348 

308 

336 

366 

400 

4 

13 

17 

27 

37 

52 

68 

86 

104 

124 

144 

162 

181 

200 

221 

242 

264 

288 

312 

340 

371 

404 

411 

320 

348 

55 

90 

110 

248 

271 

321 

414 































































































INDEX. 


League Island, Pa.—Continued 
Public works—Continued. 

1893 (52-2). 

1894(53-2). 

1895(53-3). 

1896(54-1). 

1897(55-1). 

1898 (55-2). 

1899 (55-3). 

1900 (56-1). 

‘ 1901 (56-2). 

1902(57-1). 

1903(57-2). 

Mare Island, Cal.: 

Public works— 

1887 49-2). 

1888 50-1). 

1889(50-2). 

1890(51-1). 

1891(51-2). 

1892(52-1). 

1893(52-2). 

1894(53-2). 

1895(53-3). 

1896(54-1). 

1897 (55-1). 

1898(55-2). 

1899(55-3). 

1900 (56-1). 

1901 (56-2). 

1902(57-1). 

1903 (57-2). 


Marine Corps: 

1883 ( 

'47-2).... 

1884 ( 

48-1)_ 

1885 ( 

*48-2)- 

1885 ( 

*48-2).... 

1886 ( 

*49-1).... 

1887 ( 

*49-2).... 

1888 i 

(50-1 .... 

1889 i 

(50-2).... 

1890 i 

(51-1)- 

1891 (51-2).... 

1892 ( 

'52-1).... 

1893 ( 

*52-2).... 

1894 ( 

*53-2).... 

1895(53-3).... 

1896 54-1).... 

1897 55-1).... 

1898 ( 55-2).... 

1899(55-3).... 

1900 ( 

56-1).... 

1901 ( 

’56-2).... 

1902 ( 

*57-1).... 

1903 ( 

'57-2).... 

Public works— 


1892 (52-1) 

1893 (52-2) 
1900(56-1) 
1901 (56-2) 
1902(57-1) 
1903(57-2) 


431 


Medicine and Surgery, Bureau of: Page. 

1883 (47-2). 5 

1884(48-1). 13 

1885 48-2). 18 

1885 (48-2). 28 

1886(49-1). 39 

1887 49-2). 55 

1888(50-1). 73 

1889 50-2). 90 

1890(51-1). 109 

1891 51-2). 129 

1892(52-1). 148 

1893 (52-2). 167 

1894 (53-2). 186 

1895 (53-3). 206 

1896(54-1). 226 

1897 (55-1). 247 

1898(55-2). 270 

1899 (55-3). 296 

1900 (56-1). 321 

1901 (56-2). 352 

1902 (57-1). 383 

1903 (57-2). 413 

Naval Academy: 

1883(47-2). 8 

1884 (48-1). 13 

1885 (48-2). 20 

1885 (48-2). 30 

1886(49-1). 41 

1887(49-2). 58 

1888(50-1). 77 

1889(50-2 . 94 

1890(51-1). 114 

1891 51-2). 133 

1892(52-1). 152 

1893(52-2). 171 

1894 53-2). 191 

1895(53-3). 210 

1896(54-1). 232 

1897(55-1). 253 

1898(55-2). 276 

1899 (55-3). 301 

1900(56-1). 327 

1901 (56-2). 357 

1902(57-1). 390 

1903 (57-2). 419 

Public works— 

1893(52-2). 166 

1894 (53-2). 185 

1895(53-3). 205 

1896(54-1).. 225 

1897(55-1). 247 

1898(55-2). 277 

1899 (55-3). 295 

1900(56-1). 320 

1901 56-2). 349 

1902(57-1). 381 

1903 (57-2). 411 

Naval Observatory: 

Public works— 

1886(49-1). 43 

1887(49-2). 53 


Page. 

166 

184 

204 

224 

246 

268 

293 

317 

346 

377 

409 

53 

70 

88 

107 

126 

146 

166 

185 

205 

225 

247 

269 

294 

319 

347 

378 

410 

10 

13 

22 

31 

43 

60 

78 

96 

116 

135 

154 

172 

193 

212 

233 

255 

278 

302 

328 

359 

392 

423 

156 

174 

330 

362 

395 

426 




















































































































432 


INDEX. 


Naval Observatory—Continued. Page. ; 

Public works—Continued. 

1888 (50-1). 71 

1889(50-2). 88 

1892(52-1). 148 

1893(52-2). 167 

1894 (53-2). 185 

1895(53-3). 205 

1896(54-1). 225 

1897(55-1). 247 

1898(55-2). 270 

1899(55-3). 295 

1900(56-1). 321 

1901 (56-2). 351 

1902 (57-1). 383 

1903 (57-2). 413 

Navigation, Bureau of: 

1883 (47-2). 3 

1884(48-1). 13 

1885 (48-2). 16 

1885 (48-2). 26 

1886(49-1). 36 

1887 (49-2). 50 

1888 (50-1). 66 

1889(50-2). 84 

1890(51-1). 102 

1891(51-2). 122 

1892(52-1 . 142 

1893(52-2). 160 

1894 (53-2). 178 

1895 (53-3). 198 

1896(54-1). 218 

1897 (55-1). 240 

1898(55-2). 260 

1899 (55—31. 284 

1900(56-1). 308 

1901 (56-2). 336 

1902 (57-1). 366 

1903(57-2). 400 

New London, Conn.: 

Public works— 

1890 (51-1). 107 

1899(55-3)....-. 294 

1900(56-1). 318 

1902 (57-1). 376 

1903(57-2). 409 

New York, N. Y.: 

Public works— 

1888(50-1). 70 

1889 (50-2). 87 

1890(51-1). 106 

1891(51-2). 125 

1892 (52-1). 146 

1893 (52-2). 165 

1894(53-2).; 184 

1895(53-3). 204 

1896 (54-1). 224 

1897 (55-1). 246 

1898 (55-2). 268 

1899(55-3). 292 

1900 (56-1). 317 

1901 (56-2). 345 

1902(57-1). 377 

1903(57-2). 409 

Norfolk, Va.: 

Public works— 

1887(49-2). 53 

1888(50-1). 70 


Norfolk, Va.—Continued. Re¬ 

public works—Continued. 

1889 (50-2). 88 

1890(51-1). 106 

1891(51-2). 126 

1892(52-1). 146 

1893(52-2). 166 

1894(53-2). 184 

1895(53-3). 204 

1896(54-1). 224 

1897(55-1). 246 

1898 (55-2). 268 

1899(55-3). 293 

1900(56-1). 318 

1901 (56-2 ) . 346 

1902(57-1). 377 

1903(57-2). 410 

Ordnance, Bureau of: 

1883(47-2). 3. 

1884 (48-1). 13 

1885 (48-2). 17 

1885(48-2). 27 

1886 (49-1). 37 

1887 (49-2). 51 

1888(50-1)... 67 

1889(50-2). 85 

1890 51-1). 103 

1891(51-2). 123 

1892(52-1). 143 

1893(52-2). 161 

1894(53-2). 179 

1895(53-3). 199 

1896(54-1 . 219 

1897(55-1). 241 

1898 (55-2). 261 

1899(55-3). 285 

1900(56-1). 310 

1901 (56-2). 338 

1902(57-1). 369 

1903(57-2). 402 

Pay, miscellaneous: 

1883 (47-2). 2 

1884(48-1). 13 

1885 (48-2). 16 

1885(48-2). 25 

1886(49-1). 35 

1887(49-2). 49 

1888(50-1). 65 

1889 (50-2). 83 

1890(51-1). 101 

1891(51-2).. 121 

1892 (52-1). 141 

1893(52-2). 159 

1894 (53-2). 178 

1895(53-3). 197 

1896 (54-1). 217 

1897 (55-1). 239 

1898(55-2). 260 

1899(55-3). 283 

1900(56-1). 307 

* 1901 (56-2). 339 

1902(57-1). 365 

1903(57-2). 399 

Pay of the Navy: 

1883 (47-2). 1 

1884(48-1). 13 

1885 (48-2). 15 

1885 (48-2). 25 






























































































































INDEX. 


Pay of the Navy—Continued. 

1886 (49-1). 

1887 (49-2). 

1888 (50-1). 

1889 (50-2). 

1890 (51-1). 

1891 (51-2). 

1892 (52-1). 

1893(52-2). 

1894 (53-2). 

1895(53-3). 

1896(54-1). 

1897 (55-1). 

1898(55-2). 

1899(55-3).. 

1900(56-1). 

1901 (56-2). 

1902(57-1). 

1903 (57-2). 

Pensacola, Fla.: 

Public works— 

1900 (56-1). 

1901 (56-2). 

1902 (57-1). 

1903(57-2). 

Port Royal (Charleston), S. C.: 
Public works— 

1888 (50-1). 

1889 (50-2). 

1890(51-1). 

1891 (51-2). 

1892(52-1). 

1893(52-2). 

1894 (53-2). 

1895(53-3). 

1896 (54-1). 

1897(55-1). 

1898(55-2). 

1899(55-3). 

1900(56-1). 

1901 (56-2). 

1902(57-1). 

1903 (57-2). 

Portsmouth, N. H.: 

Public works— 

1890 (51-1). 

1891 (51-2). 

1892(52-1). 

1893 (52-2). 

1898(55-2). 

1899(55-3). 

1900(56-1). 

1901 (56-2). 

1902(57-1). 

1903 (57-2). 


Public Works: 

Algiers, La .— 
1893(52-2) 
1894 (5:1-2) 

1899 (55-3) 

1900 (56-1) 

1901 (56-2) 


433 


Public Works—Continued. Page. 

Algiers, La. —Continued. 

1902(57-1). 379 

1903(57-2). 411 

Blythe Island, Ga .— 

1901 (56-2). 349 

Boston, Mass .— 

1887 (49-2). 53 

1888(50-1). 70 

1889(50-2). 87 

1890(51-1). 106 

1891(51-2). 125 

1893 (52-2). 165 

1894(53-2). 184 

1895(53-3). 204 

1896(54-1). 224 

1897 (55-1). 246 

1898 (55-2). 268 

1899(55-3). 291 

1900 (56-1). 316 

1901 (56-2). 345 

1902(57-1). 376 

1903 (57-2). 408 

Cavite, P. I .— 

1902(57-1). 380 

1903(57-2). 411 

Coasters Harbor Island, It. I .— 

1887 (49-2). 53 

Docks — 

1887(49-2). 53 

1888(50-1). 70 

1890(51-1). 106 

1891(51-2). 126 

1892(52-1). 146 

1893(52-2). 166 

1893(52-2). 166 

1894(53-2). 184 

1894(53-2). 185 

1895(53-3). 205 

1898(55-2). 270 

1899(55-3). 295 

1900(56-1). 320 

1901 (56-2). 348 

1902(57-1). 379 

Dry Tortugas, Fla .— 

1900 (56-1). 320 

1901(56-2). 348 

Guam, Island of — 

1903 (57-2). 411 

Havana, Cuba — 

1900 (56-1). 320 

Hawaii — 

1901 (56-1). 348 

Japonski Island, Alaska —• 

1898 (55-2). 269 

Key West, Fla .— 

1889 (50-2). 88 

1890(51-1). 107 

1894(53-2). 185 

1895(53-3). 205 

1896 (54-1). 225 

1897(55-1). 247 

1899(55-3). 294 

1900(56-1). 319 

1901 (56-2). 347 

1902(57-1). 378 

1903(57-2). 410 


Page. 

35 

49 

65 

83 

101 

121 

141 

159 

177 

197 

217 

239 

259 

283 

307 

335 

365 

399 

320 

348 

379 

411 

70 

88 

106 

126 

146 

166 

184 

205 

224 

247 

269 

294 

318 

348 

379 

410 

106 

125 

146 

165 

267 

291 

316 

344 

375 

408 

166 

184 

295 

320 

348 














































































































434 


INDEX. 


Public Works—Continued. 

League Island, Pa .— 

1888(50-1). 

1889(50-2). 

1890(51-1). 

1891 (51-2). 

1892 (52-1). 

1893 (52-2);. 

1894(53-2). 

1895(53-3). 

1896(54-1). 

1897(55-1). 

1898(55-2). 

1899 (55-3 . 

1900 (56-1). 

1901 (56-2)...... 

1902(57-1). 

1903(57-2). 

Mare Island, Cal .— 

1887 (49-2). 

1888(50-1)... 

1889(50-2). 

1890 (51-1). 

1891 (51-2). 

1892(52-1). 

1893 (52-2). 

1894(53-2). 

1895(53-3). 

1896(54-1). 

1897(55-1). 

1898 55-2 . 

1899(55-3). 

1900(56-1). 

1901 (56-2). 

1902(57-1). 

1903(57-2). 

Naval Academy — 
1893(52-2). 

1894 (53-2). 

1895(53-3). 

1896 (54-1). 

1897(55-1). 

1898(55-2). 

1899(55-3). 

1900(56-1). 

1901(56-2). 

1902(57-1). 

1903(57-2). 

Naval Observatory — 

1886 (49-1). 

1887 (49-2). 

1888(50-1). 

1889(50-2). 

1892(52-1 . 

1893(52-2). 

1894(53-2). 

1895 53-3). 

1896(54-1). 

1897 (55-l). 

1898(55-2). 

1899 (55-3). 

1900(56-1). 

1901 (56-2). 

1902(57-1). 

1903(57-2). 


Public Works—Continued. Page. 

New London , Conn .— 

1890(51-1). 107 

1899(55-3). 294 

1900(56-1). 318 

1902(57-1). 376 

1903(57-2)... 409 

New York , N. Y .— 

1888 (50-1). 70 

1889(50-2). 87 

1890(51-1). 106 

1891(51-2). 125 

1892(52-1). 146 

1893 (52-2). 165 

1894(53-2). 184 

1895(53-3). 204 

1896 (54-1). 224 

1897(55-1). 246 

1898 (55-2). 268 

1899 55-3).... 292 

1900(56-1). 317 

1901(56-2). 345 

1902 (57-1). 377 

1903 (57-2). 409 

Norfolk , Va. — 

1887 (49-2). 53 

1888 (50-1). 70 

1889 50-2). 88 

1890(51-1). 106 

1891(51-2). 126 

1892 (52-1). 146 

1893(52-2). 166 

1894(53-2). 184 

1895 (53-3). 204 

1896(54-1). 224 

1897(55-1). 246 

1898 (55-2). 268 

1899(55-3). 293 

1900(56-1). 318 

1901 (56-2). 346 

1902(57-1). 377 

1903(57-2). 410 

v Pensacola, Fla .— 

1900(56-1). 320 

1901 (56-2). 348 

1902(57-1). 379 

1903(57-2). 411 

Port Royal, S. C .— 

1888(50-1). 70 

1889(50-2). 88 

1890(51-1). 106 

1891(51-2). 126 

1892(52-1). 146 

1893(52-2). 166 

1894(53-2). 184 

1895 (53-3). 205 

1896(54-1). 224 

1897(55-1). 247 

1898(55-2 . 269 

1899(55-3). 294 

1900 56-1). 318 

1901 (56-2). 348 

1902 (57-1) (Charleston) . 379 

1903 (57-2) (Charleston). 410 


Page. 

70 

87 

106 

125 

146 

166 

184 

204 

224 

246 

268 

293 

317 

346 

377 

409 

53 

70 

88 

107 

126 

146 

166 

185 

205 

225 

247 

269 

294 

319 

347 

378 

410 

166 

185 

205 

225 

247 

277 

295 

320 

349 

381 

411 

43 

53 

70 

88 

148 

167 

185 

205 

225 

247 

270 

295 

321 

351 

383 

413 























































































































INDEX. 


435 


Public Works—Continued. Page. 

Portsmouth, N. H .— 

1890(51-1). 106 

1891(51-2). 125 

1892(52-1 . 146 

1893(52-2). 165 

1898(55-2). 267 

1899(55-3). 291 

1900 56-1 . 316 

1901 (56-2). 344 

1902 57-1). 375 

1903(57-2). 408 

Puget Sound, Wash. — 

1891(51-2). 126 

1893 52-2).. 166 

1894(53-2 . 185 

1895(53-3). 205 

1896(54-1). 225 

1897(55-1). 247 

1898 55-2). 269 

1899(55-3). 295 

1900(56-1). 319 

1901 (56-2). 347 

1902(57-1). 378 

1903 (57-2). 410 

San Juan, P. R .— 

1900(56-1). 320 

1901 (56-2). 348 

1902(57-1). 379 

Tutuila, Samoa — 

1889(50-2). 88 

1901 (56-2). 348 

1902 (57-1). 379 

1903(57-2). 411 

Washington, D. C .— 

1888 (50-1). 70 

1889(50-2). 87 

1890(51-1). 106 

1891(51-2). 126 

1892(52-1). 146 

1893(52-2). 166 

1894 53-2). 184 

1895(53-3). 204 

1896(54-1). 224 

1897(55-1). 246 

1898(55-2). 268 

1899 (55-3). 293 

1900(56-1). 318 

1901 (56-2). 346 

1902(57-1). 377 

1903(57-2). 409 

Puget Sound, Wash.: 

Public works— 

1891(51-2). 126 

1893 (52-2). 166 

1894(53-2). 185 

1895(53-3). 205 

1896(54-1). 225 

1897(55-1). 247 

1898 (55-2). 269 

1899 (55-3). 295 

1900(56-1). 319 

1901 (56-2). 347 

1902(57-1). 378 

1903(57-2). 410 


San Juan, P. R.: Page. 

Public works— 

1900(56-1). 320 

1901(56-2). 348 

1902(57-1). 379 

Steam Engineering, Bureau of: 

1883 (47-2). 6 

1884(48-1). 13 

1885(48-2). 19 

1885 (48-2). 29 

1886(49-1). 40 

1887 (49-2). 57 

1888(50-1). 76 

1889 (50-2). 93 

1890(51-1). 113 

1891 51-2). 132 

1892 52-1). 152 

1893(52-2). 170 

1894(53-2). 190 

1895(53-3 . 208 

1896 (54-1). 230 

1897(55-1). 252 

1898(55-2). 275 

1899(55-3). 300 

1900(56-1). 325 

1901(56-2). 356 

1902 (57-1). 389 

1903(57-2). 418 

Supplies and Accounts, Bureau of: 

1883(47-2). 6 

1884(48-1). 13 

1885(48-2). 19 

1885 48-2). 29 

1886(49-1). 39 

1887(49-2). 56 

1888(50-1). 73 

1889(50-2). 90 

1890(51-1 . 110 

1891(51-2). 130 

1892(52-1). 149 

1893 (52-2). 167 

1894(53-2). 187 

1895 (53-3). 206 

1896(54-1). 226 

1897(55-1 . 248 

1898(55-2). 271 

1899 55-3). 296 

1900(56-1). 322 

1901 (56-2). 352 

1902(57-1). 384 

1903(57-2). 414 

Tutuilla, Samoa: 

Public works— 

1889 (50-2). 88 

1901(56-2). 348 

1902(57-1). 379 

1903(57-2). 411 

Washington, D. C.: 

Public works— 

1888(50-1). 70 

1889 (50-2). 87 

1890(51-1). 106 

1891 (51-2). 126 

1892(52-1). 146 

1893(52-2). 166 





















































































































436 


INDEX. 


Washington, D. C.— Continued. Page. 

Public works—Continued. 

1894(53-2). 184 

1895 (53-3). 204 

1896(54-1). 224 

1897 (55-1). 246 

1898(55-2).:. 268 

1899(55-3). 293 

1900(56-1). 318 

1901 (56-2 . 346 

1902(57-1). 377 

1903(57-2). 409 

Yards and Docks, Bureau of: 

1883(47-2).... 5 

1884(48-1). 13 

1885 (48-2). 18 

1885 (48-2). 28 

1886(49-1). 38 


Yards and Docks, Bureau of— Con. Page. 

1887(49-2). 53 

1888 (50-1). 69 

1889(50-2). 87 

1890(51-1). 105 

1891(51-2). 125 

1892(52-1). 145 

1893(52-2). 163 

1894 (53-2). 182 

1895 (53-3). 202 

1896 (54-1). 222 

1897 (55-1). 244 

1898 (55-2). 265 

1899 (55-3). 289 

1900(56-1). 314 

1901 (56-2)... 342 

1902(57-1). 373 

1903 (57-2). 405 



































Alphabetical list of naval vessels authorized by acts of Congress from 1883 to 1903, inclusive. 


Name. 


♦Adder. 

Alabama. 

Amphitiite. 

Annapolis. 

Arkansas.. 

Atlanta. 

Bagley. 

Bailey. 

Bainbridge. 

Baltimore. 

Bancroft. 

Barney. 

Barry. 

Bennington. 

Biddle. 

Blakely. 

Boston . 

Brooklyn. 

California. 

Castine. 

Charleston (destroyed) 

Charleston. 

Chattanooga. 

Chauncey . 

Chesapeake. 

Chicago. 

Cincinnati«. 

Cleveland. 

Colorado. 

Columbia. 

Concord . 

Connecticuta. 

Craven . 

Cumberland a. 

Cushing. 

Dahlgren. 

Dale. 

Davis. 

Decatur. 

De Long. 

Denver. 

Des Moines. 

Detroit. 

Dolphin. 

Dubuque. 

Dupont. 

Ericsson. 

Farragut. 

Florida. 

Foote. 

Fox. 

Galveston. 

Georgia. 

Goldsboro. 

* Grampus. 

Gunboat No. 16. 

Gwin. 

Helena. 

♦Holland. 

Hopkins. 

Hull. 

Idaho . 

Illinois. 

Indiana. 

Intrepid a . 

Iowa. 

Kansas. 

Katahdin. 

Keaxsarge. 

Kentucky. 

Lawrence. 

Louisiana. 

Macdonough. 

Machias. 

McKee. 

Mackenzie. 


Type. 

Displace¬ 

ment. 

Speed. 

Mean 

draft. 

Contract 
price of 
hull and 
machin¬ 
ery. 

Year and 
Congress 
authorized. 


Tons. 

Knots. 

Ft. 

In. 




Submarine torpedo boat. 





SI 70, 000 

1900 

56-1) 

First-class battle ship... 

11,665 

17.103 

23 

6 

2,650,000 

1896 

54-1) 

Monitor. 

3,990 

10. 5 

14 

6 


1886 

49-1) 

Gunboat. 

L060 

13.17 

12 

5 

227,700 

1895 

53-3) 

Monitor. 

3,235 

11.5 

12 

6 

960,000 

1898 

55-2) 

Protected cruiser. 

3,000 

15.6 

16 

10 

617,000 

1883 

47-2) 

Torpedo boat. 

175 

29.2 

4 

111 

161,000 

1898 

55-2) 


280 

30. 198 

6 

10 

210,000 

1897 

5,5-1) 

Torpedo-boat destroyer. 

420 

29 

6 

6 

283,000 

1898 

55-2) 

Protected cruiser. 

4,413 

20.096 

20 

0 

1,325,000 

1886 

49-1) 

Gunboat. 

839 

14.37 

12 

2 

250,000 

1888 

(50-1) 

Torpedo boat. 

175 

29.1 

4 

Hi 

161,000 

1898 

(55-2) 

Torpedo-boat destroyer. 

420 

29 

6 

6 

283,000 

1898 

55-2) 

Gunboat. 

1,710 

17.5 

14 

0 

490,000 

1887 

49-2) 

Torpedo boat. 

175 

28 

4 

Hi 

161,000 

1898 

55-2) 


200 

26 

5 

10$ 

159,400 

1898 

55-2) 

Protected cruiser. 

3,035 

15. 60 

17 

0 

619,000 

1883 

47-2) 

Armored cruiser. 

9,215 

21.91 

24 

0 

2,986,000 

1892 

(52-1) 


13,680 

22 

24 

1 

3,800,000 

1899 

55-3) 

Gunboat. 

1,177 

16.032 

12 

0 

318,500 

1889 

50-2) 

Protected cruiser. 

3,370 

18.2 

18 

7 

1,017,500 

1885 

48-2) 


9,700 

22 

22 

6 

2, 740,000 

1900 

56-1) 


3,200 

16.5 

15 

9 

1,039,966 

1899 

(5.5-3) 

Torpedo-boat destroyer. 

420 

29 

6 

6 

283,000 

1898 

55-2) 

Training ship. 

1,175 


16 

6 

112, 600 

1897 

55-1) 

Protected cruiser. 

5’ 000 

18 

20 

4i 

889,000 

1883 

47-2) 

.do. 

3,213 

19 

18 

0 

61,100,000 

1888 

50-1) 

.do. 

3,200 

16.5 

15 

9| 

1,041,650 

1899 

55-3) 

Armored cruiser. 

13,680 

22 

24 

1 

3, 780,000 

1900 

56-1) 

Protected cruiser. 

7,375 

22.8 

22 

6 

2,725,000 

1890 

51-1) 

Gunboat. 

1,710 

16.8 

14 

0 

490,000 

1887 

49-2) 

First-class battle ship... 

16,000 

18 

24 

6 

64,212,000 

1902 

57-1) 

Torpedo boat. 

146.4 

30.5 

4 

74 

194,000 

1896 

54-1) 

Training ship. 

1,800 


16 

54 

6 370,000 

1903 

57-2) 

Torpedo" boat. 

105 

22.5 

4 

10^ 

82; 750 

1886 

49-1) 

.do. 

146.4 

30.5 

4 

74 

194,000 

1896 

54-1) 

Torpedo-boat destroyer. 

420 

28 

6 

6 

260,000 

1898 

(55-2) 

Torpedo boat. 

154 

23.41 

5 

10 

81,546 

1896 

(54-1) 

Torpedo-boat destroyer. 

420 

28 

6 

6 

260,000 

1898 

55-2) 

Torpedo boat. 

200 

26 

5 

10$ 

159,400 

1898 

55-2) 

Protected cruiser. 

3,200 

16.5 

15 

9 

1,080,000 

1899 

55-3) 

.do... 

3,200 

16.5 

15 

9 

1,065,000 

1899 

55-3) 

Unprotected cruiser.... 

2,089 

18. 71 

14 

7 

612,500 

1888 

50-1) 

Dispatch boat. 

1,486 

15. 50 

14 

3 

315,000 

1883 

47-2) 

Gunboat. 

1,050 

12.50 

12 

3 


1902 

57-1) 

Torpedo boat. 

165 

28.58 

4 

8 

144,000 

1895 

53-3) 

.do. 

120 

24 

4 

9 

113,500 

1890 

51-1) 


279 

30.13 

6 

0 

227,500 

1896 

54-1) 

Monitor. 

3,235 

11.50 

12 

6 

925,000 

1898 

55-2) 

Torpedo boat. 

142 

24. 534 

5 

0 

97, 500 

1894 

53-2) 


154 

23.13 

5 

10 

81,546 

1896 

54-1) 

Protected cruiser . 

3,200 

16.5 

15 

9 

1,027,000 

1899 

55-3) 

First-class battle ship... 

14, 948 

19 

29 

9 

3,590,000 

1899 

55-3) 

Torpedo boat. 

247.5 

30 

5 

0 

214,500 

1897 

55-1) 

Submarine torpedo boat 





170,000 

1900 

56-1) 

Gunboat. 




1898 

55-2) 

Torpedo boat. 

45.78 

20.88 

3 

3 

39,000 

1896 

54-1) 

Gunboat. 

1,397 

15.50 

9 

0 

280,000 

1893 

52-2) 

Submarine torpedo boat 





c150,000 



Torpedo-boat destroyer. 

408 

29 

6 

0 

291;000 

1898 

55-2) 

_do. 

408 

29 

6 

0 

291,000 

1898 ( 

55-2) 

First-class hattle ship... 

13,000 

17 

24 

8 

2,999,500 

1903 

57-2) 

....do.*. 

11,565 

17.449 

23 

6 

2,595,000 

1896 

54-1) 


10,288 

15.547 

24 

0 

3,063,000 

1890 

51-1) 

Training ship. 

1,800 

. 

16 

54 

6 370,000 

1903 

57-2) 

First-class battle ship... 

11,340 

17.087 

24 

0 

3,010,000 

1892 

52-1) 

_do. 

16,000 

18 

24 

6 

4,165,000 

1903 

57-2) 

Ram. 

2,155 

16.11 

15 

0 

930,000 

1889 

50-2) 

First-class battle ship... 

11,540 

16.816 

23 

6 

2,250,000 

1895 

53-3) 


11,.540 

16. 897 

23 

6 

2,250,000 

1895 

53-3) 

Torpedo-boat destroyer. 

402 

30 

6 

64 

281,000 

1898 

55-2) 

First-class battle ship... 

16,000 

18 

23 

9 

64,212,000 

1902 

57-1) 

Torpedo-boat destroyer. 

402 

30 

6 

64 

281,000 

1898 

55-2) 

Gunboat. 

1,177 

15.46 

12 

0 

318,500 

1889 1 

50-2) 

Torpedo boat. 

65 

19.82 

4 

3 

45,000 

1896 

54-1) 


65 

20.11 

4 

3 

48,500 

1896 

54-1) 


a Built in Government yard. 6 Maximum cost. 


c Purchase price. 


437 

































































































































































438 


LIST OF NAVAL VESSELS 


Alphabetical list of naval vessels authorized by acts of Congress from 1883 to 1903, inclusive — 

Continued. 


Name. 


Maine. 

Maine (destroyed) a ... 

Marblehead. 

Marietta. 

Maryland. 

Massachusetts. 

Miantonomah. 

Milwaukee. 

Minneapolis. 

Minnesota. 

Mississippi. 

Missouri. 

* Moccasin. 

Monadnock. 

Monterey. 

Montgomery. 

Morris. 

Nashville. 

Nebraska. 

Newark. 

Nevada. 

New Jersey. 

Newport. 

New York. 

Nicholson. 

O’Brien. 

Ohio. 

Olympia. 

Oregon . 

Paducah . 

Paul Jones. 

Pennsylvania. 

Perry.. 

Petrel. 

Philadelphia. 

*Pike. 

* Plunger. 

* Porpoise. 

Porter. 

Preble. 

Princeton. 

Puritan. 

Raleigh a . 

Rhode Island. 

Rodgers. 

Rowan. 

St. Louis. 

San Francisco. 

*Shark . 

Shubrick. 

South Dakota. 

Stewart. 

Stockton. 

Stringham. 

Tacoma. 

Talbot. 

Tennessee. 

Terror. 

Texas «. 

Thornton. 

Tingey . 

Truxtun. 

Vermont. 

Vesuvius. 

Vicksburg. 

Virginia. 

Washington. 

West Virginia. 

Wheeling. 

Whipple. 

Wilkes. 

Wilmington. 

Winslow. 

Wisconsin. 

Worden. 

Wyoming. 

Yorktown. 


Type. 

Displace¬ 

ment. 

Speed. 

Mean 

draft. 


Tons. 

Knots. 

Ft. 

In. 

First-class battle ship... 

12,300 

18 

23 

6 

Second-class battleship. 

6,682 

17.45 

21 

6 

Unprotected cruiser. 

2,089 

18.44 

14 

7 

Gunboat. 

1,000 

13.02 

12 

0 

Armored cruiser. 

13, 680 

22 

24 

1 

First-class battle ship... 

10,288 

16.21 

24 

0 

Monitor. 

3,990 

10.5 

14 

6 

Protected cruiser. 

9, 700 

22 

22 

6 

.do. 

7,375 

23.073 

22 

6 

First-class battle ship... 

16,000 

18 

24 

6 

.do. 

13,000 

17 

24 

8 

.do. 

12,240 

18 

23 

6 

Submarine torpedo boat. 










Monitor. 

4,005 

12 

14 

7 

.do. 

4,084 

13.6 

14 10 

Unprotected cruiser. 

2,089 

19. 05 

14 

7 

Torpedo boat. 

104. 75 

24 

4 

01 

Gunboat. 

1,371 

16.3 

11 

0 

First-class battle ship... 

14,948 

19 

23 

9 

Protected cruiser . 

4,098 

19 

18 

9 

Monitor. 

3,228 

11.5 

12 

6 

First-class battle ship... 

14,948 

19 

23 

9 

Gunboat. 

1,000 

12.29 

12 

0 

Armored cruiser. 

8,200 

21 

23 

3j 

Torpedo boat. 

174 

26 

4 

6 

.do. 

174 

26 

4 

6 

First-class battle ship... 

12,440 

18 

23 

6 

Protected cruiser. 

5,870 

21. 686 

21 

6 

First-class battle ship ... 

10,288 

16.79 

24 

0 

Gunboat. 

1,100 

12 

12 

9i 

Torpedo-boat destroyer. 

420 

29 

6 

6 

Armored cruiser. 

13,680 

22 

24 

1 

Torpedo-boat destroyer. 

420 

29 

6 

6 • 

Gunboat. 

892 

11.79 

11 

7 

Protected cruiser. 

4,410 

19. 678 

19 

6 

Submarine torpedo boat. 





.do.*. 




.do. 




Torpedo boat. 

165 

28. 630 

4 

8 

Torpedo-boat destroyer. 

420 

29 

6 

6 

Gunboat. 

1,100 


12 

9i 

Monitor. 

6,060 

12.4 

18 

0 

Protected cruiser. 

3,213 

19 

18 

0 

First-class battle ship... 

14,948 

19 

23 

9 

Torpedo boat. 

142 

24.49 

5 

0 

.do. 

182 

27.074 

5 1H 

Protected cruiser. 

9,700 

22 

22 

6 

.do. 

4,098 

19. 525 

18 

9 

Submarine torpedo boat 





Torpedo boat. 

200 

25 

5 

2 

Armored cruiser. 

13, 680 

22 

24 

1 

Torpedo-boat destroyer. 

420 

29 

6 

6 

Torpedo boat. 

200 

24.75 

5 

2 

.do. 

340 

30 

6 

6 

Protected cruiser . 

3,200 

16.5 

15 

9 

Torpedo boat. 

46.5 

21.15 

3 

31 

Armored cruiser. 

14, 500 

22 

25 

0 

Monitor. 

3,990 

10.5 

14 

6 

Second-class battleship. 

6,315 

17.8 

22 

6 

Torpedo boat. 

200 

26 

5 

2 

.do. 

165 

26 

4 

8 

Torpedo-boat destroyer. 

433 

30 

6 

0 

First-class battle ship... 

16,000 

18 

24 

6 

Dynamite-gun cruiser .. 

929 

21.42 

10 

7i 

Gunboat. 

1,000 

12.71 

12 

0 

First-class battle ship... 

14,948 

19 

23 

9 

Armored cruiser. 

14,500 

22 

25 

0 

.do. 

13,680 

22 

24 

1 

Gunboat. 

1,000 

12.88 

12 

0 

Torpedo-boat destroyer. 

433 

30 

6 

0 

Torpedo boat. 

165 

26.50 

4 

8 

Gunboat. 

1,397 

15.08 

9 

0 

Torpedo boat. 

142 

24.82 

5 

0 

First-class battle ship... 

11,653 

17.174 

23 

8.1 

Torpedo-boat destroyer. 

433 

30 

6 

0 

Monitor. 

3,218 

11.50 

12 

6 

Gunboat. 

1,710 

16.14 

14 

0 


Contract 
price of 
hull and 
machin¬ 
ery. 


$2,885,000 


674,000 
223,000 
3,775,000 
3,063,000 


2,825,000 
2,690,000 
4,110,000 
2,999,500 
2,885,000 
170,000 


1,628,950 
674,000 
85,000 
180,000 j 
3, 733,600 
1,248,000 
962,000 
3,405,000 
229,400 
2,985,000 
165,000 
165,000 
2,899,000 
1,796,000 
3,222,810 


285,000 
3,890, 000 
285,000 
247,000 
1,350, 000 
170,000 
150,000 
170,000 
144,000 
285,000 
230,000 


M, 100,000 
3,405,000 
97,500 
160,000 
2,740,000 
1,428,000 
170,000 
129, 750 
3,750,000 
282,000 
129,750 
236,000 
1,041,900 
39,000 
4,035,000 


b2, 500,000 
129,750 
168,000 
286,000 
4,179,000 
350,000 
229,400 
3,590, 000 
4,035,000 
3,885,000 
219,000 
286, 000 
146,000 
280,000 
97,500 
2,674,950 
286,000 
975,000 
455,000 


Year and 
Congress 
authorized. 


1898 (5&-2) 

1886 (49-1) 
1888 (50-1) 

1895 (53-3) 
1900 (56-1) 

1890 (51-1) 

1887 (49-2) 
1900 (56-1) 

1891 (51-2) 
1903 (57-2) 
1903 (57-2) 

1898 (55-2) 
1900 (56-1) 

1886 (49-1) 

1887 (49-2) 

1888 (50-1) 

1896 (54-1) 
1893 (52-2) 

1899 (55-3) 

1885 (48-2) 

1898 (55-2) 

1900 (56-1) 

1895 (53-3) 

1888 (50-1) 
1898 (55-2) 
1898 (55-2) 
1898 (55-2) 
1888 (50-1) 
1890 (51-1) 
1902 (57-1) 

1898 (55-2) 

1899 (55-3) 
1898 (55-2) 

1885 (48-2) 

1887 (49-2) 

1900 (56-1) 

1893 (52-2) 
1900 (56-1) 
1895 (53-3) 
1898 (55-2) 
1895 (53-3) 

1886 (49-1) 

1888 ( 50-1) 
1900 (56-1) 

1894 (53-2) 

1895 (53-3) 

1900 (56-1) 

1887 (49-2) 

1900 (56-1) 

1898 (55-2) 
1900 (56-1) 
1898 55-2) 

1898 (55-2) 

1897 (55-1) 

1899 (55-3) 

1896 (54-1) 

1902 (57-1) 

1886 (49-1) 

1886 (49-1) 

1898 (55-2) 
1898 (55-2) 

1898 (55-2) 

1903 (57-2) 

1886 (49-1) 

1895 (53-3) 

1899 (55-3) 
1902 (57-1) 
1899 (55-3) 

1895 (53-3) 
1898 (55-2) 
1898 (55-2) 

1893 (52-2) 

1894 (53-2) 

1896 (54-1) 
1898 (55-2) 
1898 (55-2) 
1885 (48-2) 


b Maximum cost. 


n Built in Government yard. 

























































































































































List, by years and sessions 


of Congress, of naval vessels authorized by acts of Congress 
from 1833 to 1903, inclusive. 


1883 (47th, 2d)—P age 1. 


Name. 

Type. 

Displace¬ 

ment. 

Speed. 

Mean. 

draft. 

Contract 
price of 
hull and 
machinery. 

Atlanta. 

Protected cruiser 

Tons. 

3,000 

3,035 

5,000 

1,486 

Knots. 

15.60 

15.60 

18 

15.50 

Ft. In. 
16 10 
17 0 

20 4£ 

14 3 

$617,000 
619,000 
889,000 
315,000 

Boston. 


Chicago. 


Dolphin. 

Dispatch boat . 




1885 (48th, 2d)— Page 25. 


Charleston (destroyed). 

Newark. 

Petrel.. 

Yorktown.. 


Protected cruiser. 

.do. 

Gunboat. 

.dO... 


3,370 

18.2 

18 

7 

$1,017,500 

4,098 

19 

18 

9 

1,248,000 

892 

11.79 

11 

7 

247,000 

1,710 

16.14 

14 

0 

455,000 


1886 (49th, 1st)—P age 45. 


Monitor. 

3,990 

10.5 

14 6 

Protected cruiser. 

4,413 

20.096 

20 0 

Torpedo boat._ 

105 

22.5 

4 10§ 

Second-class battle ship. 

6,682 

17.45 

21 6 

Monitor. 

4,005 

12 

14 7 

.do. 

6,060 

12.4 

18 0 

.do. 

3' 990 

10.5 

14 6 

Second-class battle ship. 

6; 315 

17.8 

22 6 

Dynamite-gun cruiser. 

929 

21.42 

10 7i 


Amphitrite.. 

Baltimore. 

Cushing.. 

Maine (destroyed) a... 

Monadnock.. 

Puritan. 

Terror. 

Texasa. 

Vesuvius.. 


$1,325,000 
159,400 


b 2,500,000 
350,000 


1887 (49th, 2d)— Page 49. 


Bennington. 

Gunboat. 

1,710 

17.5 

14 

0 

$490,000 

Concord . 

.do. 

1,710 

16.8 

14 

0 

490 ;000 

Miantonomoh. 

Monitor. 

3j 990 

10.5 

14 

6 

Mont,ere v.. 

.do. 

4,084 

13.6 

14 

10 

1,628,950 

Philadelphia. 

Protected cruiser. 

4 ,410 

19.678 

19 

6 

l| 350^000 

San Francisco. 


4; 098 

19.525 

18 

9 

I! 428; 000 


1888 ( 50th, 1st)— Page 65. 


Bnneroft 

Gunboat. 

839 

14.37 

12 

2 

$250,000 

rMneinnat/i a 

Protected cruiser. 

3,213 

19 

18 

0 

M, 100,000 

Detroit _, 

Unprotected cruiser. 

2,089 

18. 71 

14 

7 

' 612 , 500 

Mnrblehead 

_Ido. 

' 2,089 

18.44 

14 

7 

674,000 

M nn tgnm ery 

. .do. 

2,089 

19.05 

14 

7 

674,000 

Ne\y Ynrk 

Armored cruiser. 

8,200 

21 

23 

3i 

2, 985,000 

Ol vmpin . 

Protected cruiser. 

5; 870 

21.686 

21 

6 

1,796,000 

Raleigh a. 


3; 213 

19 

18 

0 

M, 100,000 


1889 ( 50th, 2d)—P age 83. 


Castine.. 
Katahdin 
Machias.. 


Gunboat. 

1,177 

16.032 

12 

0 

$318,500 

Ram. 

2,155 

16.11 

15 

0 

930,000 

Gunboat. 

1,177 

15.46 

12 

0 

318,500 


a Built in Government yard. 


b Maximum cost. 


439 





























































































































440 


LIST OF NAVAL VESSELS 


List, by years and sessions of Congress , of naval vessels authorized by acts of Congress 
from 1883 to 1903, inclusive —Continued. 

1890 (51st, 1st)—P age 101. 


Name. 

Type. 

Displace¬ 

ment. 

Speed. 

Mean 

draft. 

Contract 
price of 
hull and 
machinery. 

Columbia. 

Ericsson. 

Protected cruiser. 

Torpedo boat. 

Tons. 

7,375 

120 

10.288 

10,288 

10,288 

Knots. 

22.8 

24 

15.547 
16.21 
16.79 

Ft. In. 
22 6 

4 9 

24 0 

24 0 

24 0 

$2,725,000 
113,500 
3,063,000 
3,063,000 
3,222,810 

Indiana. 

Massachusetts. 

First-class battle ship. 

.do. 

Oregon . 

.do. 



1891 (51st, 2d)— Page 121. . . 

Minneapolis. 

Protected cruiser. 

7,375 

23. 073 

22 6 

$2,690,000 


1892 (52d, 1st)—P age 141. 


Brooklyn. 

.1 Armored cruiser. 

9,215 

21.91 24 0 

$2,986,000 

Iowa_ 

_ First-class ba ttle shin_ 

1R 340 


3 ; 010 ; 000 


17.057 j 24 0 


1893 (52d, 2d)— Page 159. 


Helena. 

Nashville... 
* Plunger... 
Wilmington 


Gunboat.. 

_do. 

Submarine torpedo boat 
Gunboat. 


1,397 

1,371 

15.50 
16. 30 

9 0 

11 0 

1,397 

15.08 

9 0 


$280,000 
180,000 
150,000 
280,000 


1894 (53d, 2d)— Page 177. 


Foote. 

Torpedo boat. 

142 

24.534 

5 0 

$97, 500 
97,500 
97,500 

Rodgers. 

.do. 

142 

24.49 

5 0 

Winslow. 

.do... 

142 

24. 82 

5 0 




1895 (53d, 3d) —Page 197. 


Annapolis 
Dupont... 
Kearsarge 
Kentucky 
Marietta.. 
Newport.. 
Porter.... 
Princeton 
Rowan ... 
Vicksburg 
Wheeling. 


Gunboat. 

Torpedo boat. 

First-class battle ship 

_do. 

Gunboat. 

-do. 

Torpedo boat. 

Gunboat. 

Torpedo boat. 

Gunboat. 

_do. 


1,060 

13.17 

12 

5 

$227,700 

165 

28. 58 

4 

8 

144,000 

11, 540 

16.816 

23 

6 

2, 250,000 

11,540 

16.897 

23 

6 

2,250,000 

1,000 

13.02 

12 

0 

223,000 

1,000 

12.29 

12 

0 

229,400 

165 

28.630 

4 

8 

144,000 

1,100 


12 

91 

230, 000 

182 

27.074 

5 

m 

160,000 

1,000 

12.71 

12 

0 

229,400 

1,000 

12.88 

12 

0 

219,000 


1896 (54th, 1st)—P age 217. 


Alabama .. 

Craven 

Dahlgren.. 

Davis. 

Farragut .. 

Fox. 

GWin.. 

Illinois 
McKee .... 
Mackenzie 

Morris. 

Talbot. 

Wisconsin . 


First-class battleship 

Torpedo boat.. 

_do. 

_do. 

_do. 

_do. 

—do. 

First-class battleship 

Torpedo boat. 

-do. 

_do. 

-do. 

First-class battle ship 


11,565 

17.103 

23 

6 

$2, 650,000 

146.4 

30.5 

4 

7£ 

194.000 

146.4 

30.5 

4 


194,000 

154 

23. 41 

5 

10 

81,546 

279 

30.13 

6 

0 

227, 500 

154 

23.13 

5 

10 

81,546 

45.78 

20. 88 

3 

3 

39,000 

11,565 

17.449 

23 

6 

2,595,000 

65 

19. 82 

4 

3 

45,000 

65 

20.11 

4 

3 

48,500 

104.75 

24 

4 

01 

85,000 

46.5 

21.15 

3 

31 

39,000 

11,653 

17.174 

23 

&T& 

2,674,950 












































































































































LIST OF NAVAL VESSELS 


441 


List, by years and sessions of Congress, of naval vessels authorized by acts of Congress 

from 1883 to 1903, inclusive —Continued. 


1897 (55th, 1st)— Page 239. 


Name. 

Type. 

Displace¬ 

ment. 

Speed. 

Mean 

draft. 

Contract 
price of 
hull and 
machinery. 

Bailey. 

Torpedo boat 

Tons. 
280 
1,175 
247.5 
340 

Knots. 
30.198 

Ft. In. 

6 10 
16 6 

5 0 

6 6 

5210,000 
112,600 
214,500 
236,000 

Chesapeake. 

Training ship. 

Goldsboro. 

Torpedo boat.. 

30 

30 

Stringham. 





1898 (55th, 2d)— Page 259. 


Arkansas. 

Monitor. 

Bagley. 

Torpedo boat 

Bain bridge. 

Torpedo boat, destroyer 

Barney .7. 

Torpedo boat.. 

Barrv. 

Torpedo boa t destroyer 

Biddle. 

Torpedo boat_ 

Blakelv. 


Chauncey . 

Torpedo boat, destroyer 

Dale... 


Decatur. 


De Long. 

Torpedo boat_ 

Florida".. 

Monitor. 

Gunboat No. 16. 

Gunboat. 

Hopkins . 

Torpedo boat destroyer 

Hull. 


Lawrence. 


Macdonough. 

.do. 

Maine... 

First-class battle ship_ 

Missouri. 


Nevada. 

Monitor. 

Nicholson. 

Torpedo boat. 

O’Brien . 

.do. 

Ohio. 

First-class battle ship. 

Paul Jones. 

Torpedo-boat destroyer_ 

Perrv. 

.do. 

Preble. 

.do. 

Shubrick. 

Torpedo boat. 

Stewart. 

Torpedo-boat destroyer. 

Stockton. 

Torpedo boat. 

Thornton. 

.do. 

Tingey . 

.do. 

Truxtun. 

Torpedo-boat destroyer. 

Whipple. 

.do. 

Wilkes. 

Torpedo boat. 

Worden. 

Torpedo-boat destrover. 

Wyoming. 

Monitor. 



1899 (55th, 3d)— Page 


3,235 

11.50 

12 

6 

5960,000 

175 

29.2 

4 

Hi 

161,000 

420 

29 

6 

6 

283,000 

175 

29.1 

4 

Hi 

161,000 

420 

29 

6 

6 

283,000 

175 

28 

4 

Hi 

161,000 

200 

26 

5 

lOi 

159,400 

420 

29 

6 

6 

283,000 

420 

28 

6 

6 

260,000 

420 

28 

6 

6 

260,000 

200 

26 

5 

10J 

159, 400 

3,235 

11.50 

12 

6 

925,000 

408 

29 

6 

0 

291,000 

408 

29 

6 

0 

291,000 

402 

30 

6 

6i 

281,000 

402 

30 

6 

6| 

281,000 

12,300 

18 

23 

6 

2,885,000 

12,240 

18 

23 

6 

2,885,000 

3,228 

11.50 

12 

6 

962,000 

174 

26 

4 

6 

165,000 

174 

26 

4 

6 

165,000 

12,440 

18 

23 

6 

2,899,000 

420 

29 

6 

6 

285,000 

420 

29 

6 

6 

285,000 

420 

29 

6 

6 

285,000 

200 

25 

5 

2 

129,750 

420 

29 

6 

6 

282,000 

200 

24.75 

5 

2 

129,750 

200 

26 

5 

2 

129,750 

165 

26 

4 

8 

168,000 

433 

30 

6 

0 

286,000 

433 

30 

6 

0 

286,000 

165 

26.50 

4 

8 

146,000 

433 

30 

6 

0 

286,000 

3,218 

11.50 

12 

6 

975,000 


California .... 
Chattanooga . 

Cleveland_ 

Denver. 

Des Moines... 
Galveston .... 

Georgia. 

Nebraska. 

Pennsylvania 

Tacoma. 

Virginia. 

West Virginia 


Armored cruiser. 

Protected cruiser. 

.do. 

.do.. 

.do. 

.do. 

First-class battle ship. 

.do. 

Armored cruiser. 

Protected cruiser. 

First-class battle ship. 
Armored cruiser_ 


13,680 

22 

24 

1 

$3,800,000 

3,200 

16.5 

15 

9 

1,039,966 

3,200 

16.5 

15 

9? 

1,041,650 

3,200 

16.5 

15 

9 

1,080,000 

3,200 

16.5 

15 

9 

1,065,000 

3, 200 

16.5 

15 

9 

1,027,000 

14, 948 

19 

29 

9 

3, 590,000 

14,948 

19 

23 

9 

3,733,600 

13,680 

22 

24 

1 

3,890,000 

3,200 

16.5 

15 

9 

1.041,900 

14,948 

19 

23 

9 

3,500,000 

13,680 

22 

24 

1 

3,885,000 


1900 (56th, 1st)— Page 307. 



Submarine torpedo boat. 




$170,000 

r'harlestnn 

Protected cruiser. 

9,700 

22 

22 6 

2,740i000 

C<V|nrado 

Armored cruiser. 

13,680 

22 

24 1 

3,780, 000 


Submarine torpedo boat. 



170,000 

* J-TrVllflnri 

...do. 




a 150,000 

Maryland. 

Armored cruiser. 

13,680 

22 

24 1 

3,775,000 


a Purchase price. 



























































































































































442 


LIST OF NAVAL VESSELS 


List, by years and sessions of Congress, of naval vessels authorized by acts of Congress from 

1883 to 1903, inclusive —Continued. 

1900 (56th, 1st)— Page 307—Continued. 


Name. 

Type. 

Displace¬ 

ment. 

Speed. 

Mean 

draft. 

Contract 
price of 
hull and 
machinery. 

Milwaukee. 

* Moron sin 

Protected cruiser. 

Submarine torpedo boat .... 

Tons. 

9,700 

Knots. 

22 

Ft. In. 
22 6 

$2,825,000 
170, 000 
3,405, 000 
170,000 
170,000 
3,405,000 
2,740,000 
170,000 
3,750,000 

New Jersey. 

* Pike . 

First-class battle ship. 

Submarine torpedo boat. 

14,948 

19 

23 9 

* Porpoise... 

.do .... 




Rhode Island. 

St. Louis. 

* Shark. 

First-class battle ship. 

Protected cruiser. 

Submarine torpedo boat. 

14,948 
9,700 

19 

22 

23 9 

22 6 

South Dakota. 

Armored cruiser. 

13,680 

22 

24 1 


1902 (57th-1st)— page 365. 


Connecticut«. 

First-class battle ship. 

16,000 

18 

24 

6 

b $4,212,000 

Dubuque. 

Gunboat. 

1'050 

12.50 

12 

3 

Louisiana. 

First-class battle ship. 

16,000 

18 

23 

9 

b 4,212,000 

Paducah . 

Gunboat. 

l’ ioo 

12 

12 

9i 

Tennessee. 

Armored cruiser. 

14’ 500 

22 

25 

0 

4,035,000 

Washington. 

.do. 

14,500 

22 

25 

0 

4, 035; 000 


1903 (57th-2d)— page 399. 


Cumberland a 

Idaho . 

Intrepid . 

Kansas. 

Minnesota.... 
Mississippi ... 
Vermont. 


Training ship. 

First-class battle ship 

Training ship. 

First-class battle ship 

-do. 

-do. 

-do. 


1,800 


16 

5* * 

b $370,000 

13,000 

17 

24 

8 

2, 999, 500 

1,800 


16 

5* 

b 370,000 

16,000 

18 

24 

6 

4,165,000 

16,000 

18 

24 

6 

4,110, 000 

13,000 

17 

24 

8 

2,999, .500 

16,000 

18 

24 

6 

4,179,000 


a Built in Government yard. 


b Maximum cost. 


* HISTORY OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR HOLLAND SUBMARINE BOATS. 

Act of March 3, 1893, authorized Plunger , which was contracted for March 13, 1895. Contract can¬ 
celed April, 1900, and amount previously paid credited on new contract of November 19, 1900, and 
payment for new Plunger made out of appropriation of 1883—$200,000. Reference to present Plunger 
made in act of June 10, 1896. 

Act of June 10, 1896, provided for construction of two Holland submarine boats at $175,000 each. 

Act of March 3, 1899, provided for construction of two submarine boats of Holland type, similar to 
the Holland (amending act of June 10, 1896). One of these two was the Holland and was purchased— 
$150,000. 

Act of June 7, 1900, provided for construction of five submarine torpedo boats of Holland type, and 
the Department, on August 25, 1900 (referring to acts of 1896, 1899, and 1900), contracted for Adder, 
Grampus, Moccasin, Pike, Porpoise, and Shark, at $170,000 each. 

All except Plunger were paid for out of appropriations “Increase of the Navy—Construction and 
machinery.” 

Act of March 3, 1903, authorized the Secretary of the Navy, in his discretion, to contract for or pur¬ 
chase subsurface or submarine torpedo boats, not exceeding $500,000, and provided for certain tests. 









































































Principal changes affecting the “ personnel ” of the Navy and Marine Corps subsequent to 
the passage of the personnel law , March 3, 1899. 


Act of June 7, 1900 (56th, 1st): Page. 

Active service for retired officers. 328 

Desertion forfeitures, credit for. 321 

Medical Corps, increase of. 322 

Midshipmen, succeeding appointments of, after four years of six-years’ 

course. 328 

Mileage in lieu of traveling expenses within United States. 308 

Actual expenses without the United States. 308 

Pay of officers, personnel law not to operate to reduce. 322 

Act of March 3, 1901 (56th, 2d): 

Advancement for Spanish war service not to interfere with regular promo¬ 
tions . 335 

Naval Observatory, rank of superintendent. 351 

Officers advanced, to be additional numbers in grade. 335 

Shore duty beyond seas defined. 335 

Traveling expenses. 336 

Warrant officers eligible to grade of ensign. 359 

(Number increased to twelve in 57th, 2d, p. 422.) 

Act of July 1, 1902 (57th, 1st): 

Civil Engineer Corps, increase of. 375 

Civilians employed in island possessions, method of pay of. 366 

Marine Corps, present commandant’s rank and pay increased.. 392 

Additional force... 392 

Midshipman, title changed from cadet. 392 

Naval Constructors Corps, increase of. 389 

Act of March 3, 1903 (57th, 2d): 

Active list of Navy, increase in certain grades. 421 

Civil Engineer Corps— 

Pay of assistant civil engineers..... 421 

Examinations for promotion. 421 

Hazing, punishment for. 422 

Limit of yearly increase in certain grades of line and staff. 421 

Marine Corps— 

Increase of. 423 

Present vacancies in, how filled. 423 

Midshipmen— 

Increase of, till 1913. 422 

Age limit changed. 422 

Present vacancies in. 422 

Porto Rico, midshipman. 422 

Warrant officers appointed ensigns, increase in number of. 422 


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444 


NAVAL APPROPRIATION ACTS. 


Entire pay for officers and men for each year from act of 

act of March 3, 1903. 

Act of March 3, 1885 (48th Cong., 2d sess.). 

Act of July 26, 1886 (49th Cong., 1st sess.). 

Act of March 3, 1887 (49th Cong., 2d sess.). 

Act of September 7, 1888 (50th Cong., 1st sess.). 

Act of March 2, 1889 (50th Cong., 2d sess.). 

Act of June 30, 1890 (51st Cong., 1st sess.). 

Act of March 2, 1891 (51st Cong., 2d sess.). 

Act of July 19, 1892 (52d Cong., 1st sess.). 

Act of March 3, 1893 (52d Cong., 2d sess.). 

Act of July 26, 1894 (53d Cong., 2d sess.). 

Act of March 2, 1895 (53d Cong., 3d sess.).. 

Act of June 10, 1896 (54th Cong., 1st sess.). 

Act of March 3, 1897 (55th Cong., 1st sess.). 

Act of May 4, 1898 (55th Cong., 2d sess.). 

Act of March 3, 1899 (55th Cong., 3d sess.).. 

Act of June 7, 1900 (56th Cong., 1st sess.).. 

Act of March 3, 1901 (56th Cong., 2d sess.).. 

Act of July 1, 1902 (57th Cong., 1st sess.).. 

Act of March 3, 1903 (57th Cong., 2d sess.).. 

Act of 1904 (58th Cong., 2d sess.) estimated. 


March 3, 1885, to and including 


..$6, 940, 780_ 

Page. 

25 

.. 7,000,000.... 

35 

.. 7,000,000.... 

49 

.. 7,082,404.... 

65 

.. 7,250,000.... 

83 

.. 7,250,000_ 

101 

.. 7,300,000.... 

121 

.. 7,300,000_ 

141 

.. 7,300,000.... 

159 

.. 7,475,000_ 

177 

.. 7,649,329.... 

197 

.. 8,100,873.... 

217 

.. 8,235,385.... 

239 

.. 9,125,460.... 

259 

..13,500,171.... 

283 

..12, 810, 897.... 

307 

..15, 200,284.... 

335 

..16,138,199.... 

365 

..17, 706, 099.... 

399 

..19,824, 093.... 



Number of petty officers, seamen, landsmen, boys, etc., for each year from act of March 3, 
1885, to and including act of March 3, 1903. 

Page. 


Act of March 3,1885 (48th Cong., 2d sess.).$8, 250_ 25 

Act of July 26, 1886 (49th Cong., 1st sess.). 8, 250_ 35 

Act of March 3, 1887 (49th Cong., 2d sess.). 8, 250_ 49 

Act of September 7, 1888 (50th Cong., 1st sess.). 8, 250_ 65 

Act of March 2, 1889 (50th Cong., 2d sess.). 8, 250_ 83 

Act of June 30, 1890 (51st Cong., 1st sess.). 8, 250_ 101 

Act of March 2,. 1891 (51st Cong., 2d sess.). 8, 250_ 121 

Act of July 19,1892 (52d Cong., 1st sess.). 8, 250_ 141 

Act of March 3, 1893 (52d Cong., 2d sess.). 9, 000_ 159 

Act of July 26, 1894 (53d Cong., 2d sess.). 9, 000_ 177 

Act of March 2, 1895 (53d Cong., 3d sess.). 9, 000_ 197 

Act of June 10, 1896 (54th Cong., 1st sess.).10, 000_ 217 

Act of March 3, 1897 (55th Cong., 1st sess.).11, 750_ 239 

Act of May 4, 1898 (55th Cong., 2d sess.).13, 750_ 259 

Act of March 3, 1899 (55th Cong., 3d sess.).20, 000_ 283 

Act of June 7, 1900 (56th Cong., 1st sess.).20, 000_ 307 

Act of March 3, 1901 (56th Cong., 2d sess.).25, 050_ 335 

Act of July 1, 1902 (57th Cong., 1st sess.).28, 000_ 365 

Act of March 3, 1903 (57th Cong., 2d sess.).31, 000..-.. 399 

Act of 1904 (58th Cong., 2d sess.).34, 000_ 


Total amounts of naval appropriation acts for each year from act af March 3, 1883, to and 

including act of March 3, 1903. 


1883 

1884 

1885 

1886 

1887 

1888 

1889 

1890 

1891 

1892 

1893 


$14, 819, 976. 80 
15, 894, 434. 23 
14,980, 472. 59 
15,070, 837.95 
16,489, 907.20 
25, 767, 348.19 
19, 942, 835. 35 
21, 692, 510. 27 
24,136, 035.53 
31, 541, 654. 78 
23,543, 385. 00 


1894 . 

1895 . 

1896 . 

1897 . 

1898 . 

1899 . 

1900 . 

1901 . 

1902 . 

1903.... ; . 

1904 (estimates) 


$22,104, 061. 38 
25, 327,126. 72 
29,416, 245. 31 
30, 562, 660. 95 
33, 003, 234.19 
56, 098, 783. 68 
48, 099, 969. 58 
65,140, 916. 67 
78,101,791.00 
81,876, 791.43 
102, 866, 449. 34 

































































OFFICERS ON THE ACTIVE LIST OF THE NAVY. 445 


Officers on the active list of the Navy, February 1,1904, consisted of the following: 


Admiral of the Navy. 1 

Rear-admirals. 27 

Captains. 80 

Commanders. 120 

Lieutenant-commanders. 192 

Lieutenants. 331 

Lieutenants (junior grade). 24 

Ensigns. 165 

Midshipmen at sea. 101 

Midshipmen at Naval Academy.. 649 

Medical directors.:. 16 

Medical inspectors. 15 

Surgeons. 86 

Passed assistant surgeons. 35 

Assistant surgeons. 67 

Acting assistant surgeons. 23 

Pay directors. 14 

Pay inspectors. 15 

Paymasters. 76 

Passed assistant paymasters. 30 


Assistant paymasters. 21 

Chaplains. 23 

Professors of mathematics. 12 

Secretary to the admiral. 1 

Naval constructors. 20 

Assistant naval constructors. 30 

Civil engineers. 28 

Assistant civil engineers. 5 

Chief boatswains. 12 

Boatswains. 115 

Chief gunners. 12 

Gunners. 100 

Chief carpenters. 14 

Carpenters. 73 

Chief sailmakers. 7 

Warrant machinists. 150 

Pharmacists. 25 

Mates. 16 


Total. 2, 731 


This total of 2,731 officers is divided among the various branches of the naval serv¬ 


ice as follows: 

Total number line officers. 940 

Total number staff officers. 517 

Total number midshipmen. 750 

Total number warrant officers. 524 


The following table gives the strength 

Petty officers of all classes. 

Enlisted men.. 

Apprentices training. 

Apprentices on cruising vessels. 


of the enlisted force on that date: 


1,362 
3,157 


7,986 

17,411 


4,519 


Total..29,916 

S. Doc. 100-29 


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446 COST OF COMPLETED BATTLE SHIP, AEMOEED CEUISEE, ETC 


Statement showing the cost of each completed battle ship , armored cruiser, protected cruiser, 
and unprotected cruiser built under appropriations for increase of the Navy. 


Battle ships. 

Texas. 

Indiana. 

Massachusetts..... 

Oiegon . 

Iowa. 

Kearsarge. 

Kentucky. 

Alabama... 

Wisconsin... 

Illinois... 

Maine.. 

Missouri... 


Armored cruisers. 


Protected cruisers. 

Newark. 

Baltimore. 

Philadelphia. 

San Francisco. 

Olympia. 

Cincinnati. 

Raleigh.. 

Columbia. 

Minneapolis. 

Tacoma.. 

Cleveland.. 


Unprotected cruisers. 

Marblehead.. 

Montgomery.. 

Detroit.. 


Hull and ma¬ 
chinery. 

Armor and 
armament, 
equipage, 
trial trip ex¬ 
penses, and 
speed pre¬ 
miums. 

Total. 

82,949,549:18 
3,462,265.00 
3,425,980.92 
3,358,048.15 
3,181,973.77 
2, 725,444.57 
2,706,397.27 
3,016,416.19 
3,018.549.29 
2,984,237.95 

3.377.476.81 

3.258.185.82 

SI, £52, 572.31 
2, o21,106.98 
2,621,137.03 

3.216.984.61 
2,689,232.55 
2,318,147.11 
2,291,622.15 

1.671.796.62 
1,705,344. 99 
1,637,170.87 
1,858,722.30 
1,947, 023.22 

$4,202,121.49 
5,983,371.98 
6,047,117.95 
6,575,032.76 
5,871,206.32 
5,043,591.68 
4,998,019.42 

4.688.212.81 
4,723,894.28 

4.621.408.82 
5,236,199.11 
5,205,209.04 

37,464,524.92 

25,730,860.74 

63,195,385.66 

3,101,566.69 
3,336,071.41 

1,322,223.40 
1,010,570.98 

4,423,790.09 
4,346,642.39 

6,437,638.10 

2,332, 794.38 

8,770,432.48 

1,386,196.86 
1,434,129.93 
1,443,964.85 
1,612,811.50 
2,003,235.83 
1,995,773.30 
1,839, 965.23 
3,026,229.61 
2,906,225.06 
1,071,950.49 
1,115,569.88 

443,920.34 
642, 599.42 
514,695.53 
522,491.81 
976,047.55 
376,131.22 
359,764.57 
882, 711. 65 
943, 771.38 
198, 720. 73 
198,720.73 

1,830,117.20 
1,976,729.35 

1.958.660.38 
2,135,303.31 

2.979.283.38 
2,371,904.52 
2,199, 729.80 
3,909, Oil. 26 
3,849,996.44 
1,270, 671.22 
1,314,290.61 

19,836,122.54 | 

5,959,574.93 

25,795,697.47 

900,391.85 
810,681.65 
808,782.04 

390,771.08 
456,428.06 
424,257.86 

1,291,162.93 
1,267,109.71 
1,233,039.90 

2,519,855.54 

1,271,457.00 

3,791,312.54 


Navy Department, 

Bureau of Construction and Repair, 

January 13 , 1904. 
































































VESSELS UNDEE CONSTRUCTION, 


447 


Vessels under construction , United States Navy. 


No. 


Name. 


11 

12 

13 

14 

15 

16 

17 

18 

19 

20 
21 
22 


4 

5 

6 

7 

8 
9 

10 

11 


14 

15 

16 

17 

18 
19 
21 
22 


17 

18 


Battle ships. 

Missouri.. 

Ohio.... 

Virginia. 

Nebraska.. 

Georgia.. 

New jersey.. 

Rhode Island.. 

Connecticut.. 

Louisiana ... 

Vermont.. 

Kansas.. 

Minnesota.. 

Armored cruisers. 

Pennsylvania. 

West Virginia. 

California. 

Colorado. 

Maryland. 

South Dakota. 

Tennessee. 

Washington. 

Protected cruisers. 

Denver. 

Des Moines. 

Chattanooga. 

Galveston. 

Tacoma. 

St. Louis. 

Milwaukee. 

Charleston. 


Gunboats. 


Dubuque 

Paducah 


Training ships. 

Cumberland. 

Intrepid. 


Training brig. 
Boxer.. 


Torpedo boats. 


19 

20 
27 

29 

30 
34 


Stringham 

Goldsborough 

Biarely . 

Nicholson .... 

O’Brien. 

Tingey . 


Steel tugs. 


8 

9 


Pentucket 

Sotoyomo 


Speed. 


Degree of com¬ 
pletion. 

Where building. 

Decem¬ 
ber 1, 
1903. 

Jam 
uary 1, 
1904. 

Knots. 

18 

Newport News Co.. 

Per ct. 
99.7 

Per ct. 
99.9 

18 

Union Iron Works. 

83.5 

84.5 

19 

Newport News Co. 

50.4 

52.5 

19 

Moran Brothers Co. 

33 

35 

19 

Bath Iron Works. 

40 

42.5 

19 

Fore River Ship and Engine Co. 

48.9 

49.43 

19 

.do. 

48.8 

24.7 

50.61 
26.7 

18 

Navy-yard, New York, N. Y. 

18 

Newport News Co. 

31 

34.5 

18 

Fore River Ship and Engine Co. 

1 

2. 76 

18 

New York Shipbuilding Co. 

2 

2.6 

18 

Newport News Co. 

8 

12 

22 

William Cramp & Sons. 

63.2 

64.9 

22 

Newport News Co. 

67.3 

70.5 

22 

Union Iron Works. 

48 

51 

22 

William Cramp & Sons. 

67.4 

69 

22 

Newport News Co. 

63.1 

65.4 

22 

Union Iron Works. 

44.5 

47 

22 

William Cramp & Sons. 

12.9 

15.1 

22 

New York Shipbuilding Co. 

9.7 

12 

17 

Neafie & Lew. 

98 

98 

16i 

Fore River Ship and Engine Co. 

96 

97 

16* 

Lewis Nixon. 

72 

72 

16* 

Wm. R. Trigg Co. 

69 

70.5 

16* 

Union Iron Works. 

96.5 

99 

22 

Neafie & Levy. 

34.8 

36.2 

22 

Union Iron Works. 

38.5 

41 

22 

Newport News Co. 

55.2 

56.9 

12 

Gas Engine and Power Co. 

15 

20 

12 

.do. 

13 

16 

Sails 

Navy-vard, Boston. 

7 

12 

Sails 

Navy-yard, Mare Island. 

0 

5 

Sails 

Navy-yard, Portsmouth. 

3 

6 

30 

Harlan & Hollingsworth. 

93 

93 

30 

Wolff & Zwicker. 

99 

99 

26 

Geo. Lawley & Son. 

99 

99 

26 

Lewis Nixon. 

99 

99 

26 

26 

do ..... 

98 

98 

Columbian Iron Works. 

100 

100 

12 

Navv-yard, Boston. 

96 

100 

12 

Navy-yard, Mare Island. 

95 

98 


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